I just took the ACT(with writing) for the first time and got a 34. I am planning on taking it again to see if I improve at all, but I am not sure if I should take the writing section again. I want to apply to mostly Big Ten schools, if that makes any difference.
Very few schools require the writing component anymore - the California is the biggest hold out, for now.
Unless there’s a school you are interested in that required it, and your score was very low, I don’t think it makes sense to take it again.
(Be sure to check a school’s web site. I checked one of the “what schools require…” sites and was surprised that it listed my D’s Big10 school as recommending it. It had to dig well past the “we don’t require writing/essay” to find it recommended for international students only’.