ACT Essay - How do I get a good score?

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>I was wondering how to get a good ACT essay score. I took the ACT with writing in September, and I only got a 7 on the writing portion. The weird thing is I thought it was a pretty decent essay, and I’m one of the better writers in my class. I read “Cracking the ACT” from the Princeton review, and I followed the guidelines it gave. Is there something I’m missing here? If I’m not, how should I go about writing a good essay? If anyone has any tips, I would greatly appreciate them.</p>

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<p>See: [Quality</a> vs Quantity – How to Score Higher on the SAT Essay Component - YouTube](<a href=“Quality vs Quantity -- How to Score Higher on the SAT Essay Component - YouTube”>Quality vs Quantity -- How to Score Higher on the SAT Essay Component - YouTube)</p>

<p>Although the video, which was created by Milo Beckman (<a href=“Has Teen Unlocked the Secret to a Better SAT Score? - ABC News”>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ConsumerNews/teen-student-finds-longer-sat-essay-equals-score/story?id=12061494&page=1ork&lt;/a&gt;), is for the SAT essay, I imagine that it could also be applied to the ACT essay, as well.</p>

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<p>I would also consider posting this thread in the ACT forum for obvious reasons.</p>

<p>See here: [ACT</a> Preparation - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/]ACT”>ACT Preparation - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>I know I should have posted it somewhere else. I just wasn’t thinking about what forum I was in when I decided to post this, and I’m a hopeful Harvard applicant.</p>