When will colleges make decisions on new ACT section retests?

[Mwfan1921]

@DBB6599

My son(Junior) took the ACT without writing and is happy with his composite score. He just learned that one of his top choice schools wants the ACT with writing; does he need to take an entire ACT to get the writing done or will that be one of the sections which someone may take individually come September? He is worried that after so much time , the other subscores could suffer and he will be forced to send those scores in totality due to the need for the writing…

I would reach out directly to ACT to ask this question. Note that by the next application cycle, the school that currently requires the essay could also change that policy. Good luck.