ACT writing test need info.....,.?

The writing section of the ACT does not affect your composite (grand total) score at all. It is a completely optional essay, but I always highly recommend people to take it because many colleges and universities will not accept your ACT score unless you have taken the writing section with it.

So say you make a 36, a perfect score! You say: "Hmmm! Maybe I'll apply to Harvard now."

Nope! They won't count your score because you didn't take the writing portion. Try again!

Anyways, they don't count off for spelling or any slight grammar issues. Basically, all the prompts they give you, they ask for your opinion on something. They want you to take a side, stick with it, and give some solid examples why you are right and the other way is wrong. Remember that you only have 30 minutes to write it, so work fast and stick to an outline of what you will say in your introduction, body, and conclusion, because any high scoring essay will need those components.

But what outline am I talking about?

I always recommend Princeton Review's ACT prep book. I went through the whole book, cover to cover (it's actually not that bad of a read, surprisingly), and I got a 31 composite on the ACT. I really think the book helped (although the science section is a little iffy, but science is the hardest section on the ACT in my opinion anyways), and it's the only book I used to study.

Specifically for the essay, I made a 10 out of 12 on the essay. That means, that two graders probably both gave me a 5 of 6 on the essay when they graded it. The Princeton Review's ACT prep book gave me a clear cut outline to follow when I wrote my essay, and gave real examples from people who got 6's, 5's, 4's, etc, on their essays.

Literally, the outline was something like:

Intro: 3 intro sentences and 1 topic sentence

Body one: 3 positive examples, one sentence of elaboration for each example

Body two: 3 negative examples, one sentence of elaboration for each example

etc, etc

I followed their outline exactly and got a good score in my opinion.

Pick up their review book if you want to! You'll need a review book anyways. You may feel that this one is the only one you need to feel prepared for the ACT.

I hope this helps! Good luck!

My chum is going to UChicago in the autumn. :D this is an extremely prestigious college and intensely problematical to get into. She is chinese language, is rank 9 out of 568 human beings, 3.9 GPA, have been given a 2270 on SAT, and 33 on ACT. I only concept this is advisable to understand a number of her stats. I had a 31 on the ACT via identifying to purchase the Princeton evaluate e book for it, interpreting the full ingredient, and taking the two practice exams. i stumbled on that the maths section on the actual ACT nonetheless had some outlier questions that have been completely perplexing and in comparison to something I encountered in my prep for the try. yet i assume this is to be envisioned. The technology section is relatively the toughest section with the aid of fact there is only lots to study and solutions!! And all of this is extremely perplexing. :D only don't have a panic attack like I did the 2nd time I took it on the technology section :D!! and confirm you're taking the ACT with writing so for you to use your score at any college.

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