<p>Damnit...I got a 10 on the essay.</p>
<p>I got a 11 last time...does this section even have any weight in college decisions?? It doesn't even affect the composite, does it?</p>
<p>I got a 12 on the SAT essay though...it was my only good score on that whole ****ing test...</p>
<p>what do you know, I got an 8 AGAIN!
haha I always get that...gaaaah so frustrating. I just can't write under the pressure with enough style. it brought my english section from a 35 to a 31 :(
so if I'm applying to Brown and submitting my composite 34 and no SAT (it's either ACT OR SAT1/SAT2's), will this horrible essay score hurt me a lot?</p>
<p>I got a 9, which from what people are writing, doesn't sound good. but my overall writing score is a 33? which I thought was good?</p>
<p>they finally put up my writing scores... i've only checked their website like 10 times/ day...haha</p>
<p>ended up getting a 10</p>
<p>12/12!!!!</p>
<p>It is possible - not really sure how, but this is 2 for 2 for me; I scored 12/12 on it last time, too :)</p>
<p>But a gross composite: 31. Everything's in the highish 30's except for science (grrrrr): 36 writing, 33 math, 32 reading, 24 science (why?), 36 e/w.
Will the 24 bring me down if everything else is sort of okay? If only the english/writing could count toward the composite!!</p>
<p>got a 11/12. i do think the length matters, as i wrote close to a full 3 pages</p>
<p>I got a 35 on the english score, a 10 on the essay, and a combined english/writing score of 33.</p>
<p>My essay was exactly 2 pages.</p>
<p>Cali, I think your 31 composite and 12 essay are very impressive. To me your lower science score looks like a fluke--maybe you got tired at the end of the test? Schools get to read your actual essay, too, and they know you wrote it by yourself, under pressure, which goes a long way.</p>
<p>Did you do better on science last time?</p>
<p>I got a 11/12. Do any of you guys know how, or even if, colleges use the ACT writing section? I mean, they tell us to take the test w/writing, but from what I've heard they don't really consider it.</p>
<p>Is there any way to know for sure what the breakdown of the score is? I got a 10, and I'm wondering whether it's two fives (which is more likely, of course) or four and six.</p>
<p>I think scores have to be only 1 point apart. If there is a 2 point difference in essay graders, i think the essay is graded by another person and the score is then chosen by that third person.</p>
<p>big surprise: 12...again. if only i could be better at math. DAMMITT!!!</p>
<p>I'm extremely disappointed in my writing performance. I only got a 8, but I feel like I write a dang good essay! What's worse, I came out of the test feeling great about the writing section. My comment from the graders was "my essay maintained focus on the prompt." Not to rant, but its just a little frustrating.</p>
<p>Getting a 7 on the essay is the reason I will be taking it again. Unfortunatey, I ran out of time and had to abruptly end my writing.</p>
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<p>Did you do better on science last time?
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<p>Thanks - I don't think I was really tired because I managed to pull off (what I thought was) a decent essay which came last, so I definitely had some energy left.. What I think happened was that I thought I was on a roll for the first three sections, realized that science could potentially mess everything up, and choked. I think maybe if I had more time or had prepped for the test at all or maybe worked on reading graphs faster I might have done better. Last time, I got a 30 composite, 26 science, and did the same thing. But then there's that whole question of if/what colleges superscore, in which case I'd have a 32 which maybe looks a bit better. </p>
<p>Thank you for the encouragement - I had no idea schools got to see the actual essays too.</p>
<p>i got a 12 in april.....8 in october lol</p>
<p>I should have known better than to pick the negative side on the PE requirement thing. Think about who reads our essays: teachers. Obviously they're going to think the opposite and if you don't do some serious substantiation, they're going to mark you down like crazy. Oh well.</p>
<p>I got a 10, not bad. I wish I could have gotten higher, but as it is I could have gotten a sympathetic scorer. I got a 9(/12) on the SAT writing, so I feel pretty good about it.</p>
<p>But writing is kind of subjective..in my comments it sounded like the graders liked my ideas...so it could just be the luck of the grader, another grader could have hated the side I chose and marked me down because to them, it didn't make sense.</p>
<p>Remember that we write essays to gain acceptance to college too, so if you feel like your writing score is too low, they get to see your writing in your admissions essays. They will judge your writing for themselves whether the ACT people gave you a 2 or a 12.</p>
<p>i love how writing scores are out and not MC scores for others :(</p>
<p>I picked a very odd standpoint, which I thought sounded quite disorganized once I read over it, but I got an 11 (to my shock of shocks). </p>
<p>I said that I didn't mind a PE requirement-health is important, and some kids don't have a safe opportunity for activity-but it shouldn't be hidden behind a facade of 'teamwork and sportsmanship skills-gaining." I flat-out contended that public schools get more funding from obesity-prevention legislative acts if they require PE, and that obesity isn't the only thing that needs to be prevented here.</p>