<p>Ok, I want to go straight to a horse's mouth :) My S has taken the ACT twice, first time got a comp 30, high math 30 and science 31, decent eng 29 and reading 28, but freaked during the essay and did horribly 7 out of 12, 33%. Then took ACT again, scored comp 29, math up to 32, science 30, reading same, but eng down to 26, BUT scored a 10 on the essay 96%, bringing the comp eng up. I've gotten some advice to send both scores because the 30 is decent, the 29 is fine, but the increase in writing scores is significant. What do you think? Any advice would be appreciated. As to the rest of his app, he is a valedictorian (out of 489) from a competitive pub hs, he has good ec's and leadership, 3 year vars football/lacrosse, captain, student council, exec. board, volunteerism, etc. So his overall app is strong, it is just the ACT that we have questions about. Thanks!</p>