For most colleges out there, the essay score is barely considered, if at all. For a few majors, they can glance over and see a terribly low essay score, but this is so outweighed by the other scores.
The bigger issue is, are you truly qualified for these colleges, you have the grades, whatever level of rigor and ECs they expect? You wrote a good app and supps?
So, the first question is what colleges- or what tier? And how qualified.