<p>Well I had always taken the ACT w/o writing, and got to a 33 before realizing I may need it, so then I took the writing on my 4th time taking the test(I got an 8 btw) The only problem is that I got a 31 the time I took the writing(34,34,23,32 - I think bubbling error) so I'm curious if colleges will take my 8 essay and my one-sitting 33 composite. If not, I guess I shouldn't apply where writing is needed, because I'm not taking it again.</p>
<p>Wow, I was about to post a question almost identical to this. I scored a 34 on the March ACT without writing (I wasn’t given the option to take it with), but in April I scored a 31 with a 9 on the writing. I’m not exactly complaining about the 31, but I do feel cheated out of my 34.</p>
<p>From what I know, the policy varies from school to school. An extreme example would be Stanford. They will take your highest ACT Composite and combine it with your highest English/Writing combined score. I plan to contact the colleges I’m interested in and see what their policy is on this.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you. I don’t want to take it again, either, and honestly, I’m not sure that I’d have the opportunity to. I’m so busy during the fall that I’m not sure that I’d be able to find a free Saturday to take it again.</p>
<p>Just submit both scores.</p>
<p>Here’s an update: I called the office of admissions at Northwestern and it turns out they will take the highest composite score and look at the writing score separately. As long as I send both scores, I’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Like I said before, call the admissions offices of the colleges you’re interested in that require the writing test and ask how they handle this situation. There doesn’t seem to be a standard for this, so you should either provide us a list of colleges or ask those colleges yourself. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you, that was very helpful.</p>