<p>I often hear of students getting 800 on the writing section of the SAT, yet I rarely hear of 12's on the writing section of the ACT. Kids who score 34+ on the ACT always seem to have 8, 9, or 10 on the writing section. Even 11 seems really rare.</p>
<p>Just me with a bad sample or are they equally common? I haven't been able to find any published numbers on this, so if anyone has any, post the link. Percentiles, I can find, I'm looking for raw numbers.</p>
<p>The ACT equivalent of a SAT Writing 800 is a 36, not a 12 (which is just the essay score). Neither ACT, Inc., nor CollegeBoard provides percentiles more specific than “99” and “99+” and both an 800 and 36 obviously fall into that range. As for essay 12’s, people taking the SAT more often get 10’s and 11’s as well- 12’s are supposed to be tough to get and a 10 is good enough for an 800- but you need a 12 to get a Writing+Essay 36* on the ACT. I can’t see any reason why a 12 would be tougher on the ACT than in the SAT, though.</p>
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<li>The ACT gives you two Writing scores- one (sans essay) is actually factored into the composite. The other is with the essay weighed in.</li>
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<p>^ Note the original post date. 8 month old post</p>
<p>Post was so old I didn’t even realize I was the one who originally made it.</p>