Hispanics in Harvard

luli64
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:11:59 +0000

Wondering how best to proceed. DD is a senior and got her ACT results this week and scored a 33–up from a 31 from the February Exam. She was very pleased with her results until she saw the writing score posted today and she only scored a 6! On the two previous exams she scored a 10 both times and writing is one of her strongest areas. She is currently taking AP English and Gov and scored 5s on both APs she took last year–AP US History and AP English Lang and Comp. I just looked on the ACT site and we can not just send the multiple choice scores–they will send all scores–writing including. So how will admissions staff look at that 6–will it be a black mark or will they overlook it given her 33 composite? Counselor is recommending that we send the 31 results with the 10 writing score in addition to the 33. Anybody else encounter this type of situation and how did you deal with it?