<p>I don’t know of any college that specifically addresses this issue, other than to say “We require the ACT with writing.” </p>
<p>The state of Illinois, which requires all students in public schools to take the ACT WITHOUT writing (because it costs too much to hire readers to correct the essay) says the test DOES NOT count for selective schools that require the test WITH writing: [ACT</a> Exam’s Writing Section Absent From Public School Testing This Spring, Prompting College Admission Changes](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>ACT Exam's Writing Section Absent From Public School Testing This Spring, Prompting College Admission Changes | HuffPost Chicago)</p>
<p>My best advice would be to CALL (not email) the Harvard Admissions Office (and all other Admissions Office’s at colleges you are interested in) to find out what they say about the issue, as I imagine the response might vary from college to college. </p>
<p>Unless Harvard’s Admissions Office says otherwise, your ACT without writing does not meet Harvard’s requirements (or the requirements of YPSM and the like), even though you took the writing section with the other test. </p>
<p>One issue would be if Harvard (or any college) super-scores the ACT. Most college’s that super-score the SAT, take the highest individual sections and put them all together creating a new higher-score, but they DO NOT do same thing for the ACT.</p>