<p>Hi everybody, I'm hoping that someone can answer my question. So, in February, I took the ACT and scored a 28 composite and a 9 on the writing. Later, in September, I took the test again but without writing. I scored a 32 composite. Will I have to send my February ACT Score only for the writing score or will putting it on the Common APP be good enough. I don't want to have to pay for two sets of ACT Score Reports for each school. I know I should've just taken it with writing but I was mainly focused on the composite score.</p>
<p>If college requires the writing section for an ACT, you will have to send the Feb test because your later one lacks the writing. If college does not require the writing, you can just send the later one.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. For schools that require writing, some would accept the writing score from a separated tests while other will only look at the writing and composite from the same sitting.</p>
<p>My only thinking though, is that if I had taken writing with the last test, but scored lower than the first test with the writing score (so like an 8), than the college wouldn’t receive the 10 anyway because I would only be sending the first one. Do they just want to see that see that we have taken the writing?</p>
<p>You need to distinguish between what a college requires to be submitted to even be considered for admission and what a college might do if you submit both official test scores. If the college requires an ACT with writing, that means you need to have the testing agency send an official test score for that test that has a writing score. If you simply write the scores for that test on your application and then have the testing agency send only the ACT score for the test without writing, what will occur is that your file will be designated as incomplete and you will be rejected simply because you failed to submit required materials. You can choose to have ACT.org send both test scores. Your file will then be complete because you submitted the one with writing and some colleges that require the writing will, in that situation, actually consider the scores in the one without writing.</p>