<p>All the colleges i am going to apply to requires the option writing ACT: These are my scores</p>
<p>English: 31
Math: 33
Reading: 30
Science: 26 (Killer!)</p>
<p>Composite: 30</p>
<p>Essay: 7</p>
<p>Combined English/Essay: 28</p>
<p>now what are colleges gonna do? are they gonna use my 31 English or my 28 English/Essay? Thanks</p>
<p>To a certain extent, it will depend on the college. In general, I'd say that for admission purposes the school will most likely look to the traditional composite and the 4 main subscores to make the decision. At our state u for example, the essay/writing score is only used for decisions related to their honors college and/or certain scholarships where they used to make you write an essay for a prompt they provided, but now they use the ACT essay score instead of their own essay. </p>
<p>For example, with a composite of 30 you'd be a shoo in for admission, the essay score wouldn't even be looked at. The honors college wants a 30 composite and a 30 in English. You have a 30/31. But the honors college used to make you write an essay. Now they will look at your Essay score of 7. How will they weigh that? Don't know. I have only had one child apply with the new test/rule and she had a 35 composite (35 english) and an 8 essay and she got in the honors college (but didn't go). This same state school did not invite her to their main scholarship weekend because they only invite 33 comp and over, but with the new essay score, they ranked all the 33s and up by the essay score, so with an 8 she was too far down the list to make the cut.</p>
<p>That is just one school, but it should give you an idea of ways in which they can use the new score. If there are schools you're really interested in, then you might want to just ask them how they intend to use the score. Or you could take the test again and try to get the score up. My S just got his April scores back and he got his essay up from an 8 to an 11. He said it was an easier prompt and he wrote like crazy and filled up all the space provided. I think the more you write, the higher your score.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks mercy mom, by the way, you said alot about the colleges "in your state", which state do u live in?</p>
<p>I think that is true also that they more you write the higher the score. I know all those prep books says otherwise to an extent, but in essence you can get alot more said by using more words. I didnt think the essay had a big impact on the ACT and therefore I did not try my hardest. I figured that colleges just wanted you to take the ACT writing so it could be compared and an exclusive of taking the SAT Reasoning. Anyways Im takin the ACT again in June and defintey as much as I can next year</p>
<p>**FOR ACT, you can pick which set of scores u can send right? But you cannot mix and match from different tests to make a superscore? I'm applyin to Ivies, and Ivy-Comparables (GTown, GWU Honors, Michigan Ann Arbor, Stanford, UCSD and USC- accell. premed). </p>
<p>Only prob is right now im doing massive studyin for AP Chem this tuesday mixed with some studyin for the SAT to take it my third time (1st time- 2020 2nd time- 2030). I really need to step it up there, CR is killing me. </p>
<p>So i got the SAT in June 2, and then I got the ACT June 7. So eessentialy, I can only do fullfledged ACT studying for only a week before. But Ill get some Practices tests done before that. </p>
<p>Thanks and please respond to my questions above. To others, feel free to comment and give your opinions thanks.</p>