<p>English: 29
Math: 29
Reading: 27
Science: 25
Composite: 28
Essay: 11
Combined English/Writing: 30</p>
<p>UC's will use the Combined english/writing and not the regular English right?</p>
<p>HS Senior in South Carolina taking the ACT for the first time. I've taken the SAT a bunch of times, and did alright. I studied for the last few weeks leading up to the test with the Princeton Review book.</p>
<p>Composite 34</p>
<p>M: 31
E: 32
R: 35
S: 36</p>
<p>Essay: 9</p>
<p>Am I the only one that didn't have any trouble at all on the Science section? I didn't run out of time or anything. It's good news (I want to apply to some top-tier science schools), but just totally unexpected.</p>
<p>If my subscores for the math section were 17/18/16, does this mean I missed 3 questions? It means I missed at least two I guess. I still got a 35 though. Is this an unusual curve?</p>
<p>19382,
No, it doesn't mean you missed 3; but yeah, you must've missed at least 2. If you got a 35 I'd bet you only missed 2. That sounds like a pretty typical curve to me.</p>
<p>i got a 10 on my ACT essay.</p>
<p>8 from the SAT</p>
<p>I took the test for the first time in September and only studied out of "The Real ACT Prep Guide."</p>
<p>Composite: 36
English: 36
Math: 36
Reading: 36
Science: 36</p>
<p>I sort of screwed up on the essay though.
Essay: 9
English/Writing: 33</p>
<p>WOW! Are you serious? I also got a 9 on the essay, with a 35 composite. I guess I can't figure out the writing section at all. My friend, who is by admission the WORST writer of my group of friends, got an 11 and everyone else got lower.</p>
<p>Yup, but I think luck was on my side that Saturday.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what to say about the writing section. Since most students will never have to actually write an essay under the same circumstances, I barely studied for it and decided to try to wing it on test day. Unfortunately, I didn't even finish my final paragraph. Maybe your friend just has the ability to put a lot of semi-coherent material down on paper under a lot of stress.</p>
<p>I got a 11 on the essay too and didn't prepare for it as such. I think the key to the ACT essay is to come up with solid examples and just writing and writing!!!! The longer you write the better! In my June ACT, I wrote 2.5 pages and got a 10. In September, I wrote 3 pages and got a 11 ( although I think I supported my essay better this time since it was an easier topic imo )</p>
<p>I've read that length has a strong correlation with essay score. For my essay, I think what I did write was relatively high quality, but the short length (about 1.5 pages) hurt my score.</p>
<p>E 28
M 35
R 33
S 34
C 33</p>
<p>I've taken the ACT twice: the first time essay was two pages and got an 11, second time essay was 2 1/4 pages and got a 12. I actually thought my first essay was much better; so maybe there is a correlation between essay length and score?</p>