<p>I have consistently tried to get my essaay score up… but I never can get anything that’s not a six. On the ACT, I have gotten R/E scores of 36/34 and 35/36. My other scores are in the thirties.</p>
<p>I want to go into political science, so I need to be able to write methinks… it’s not like I’m going into Engineering.</p>
<p>Will elite colleges judge this severely? Moderates? Gimme schools?</p>
<p>A low writing score would definitely be a negative for elite colleges, especially in a field such as polsci which requires some intensive writing. </p>
<p>You may want to consider Georgetown as they openly state that they don’t look at all at writing scores in both the SAT and ACT.</p>
<p>MIT doesn’t look at writing scores, if you’re interesting in applying there.</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Writing is a major part of college, and incompetent writers flunk out because they fail their papers. Still, one of my relatives made it through to law school without being able to write or spell almost anything, so I guess it’s possible.</p>
<p>For your sake, though, please brush up on your skills.</p>
<p>a lot of colleges dont even consider your writing score. Only the super selective ones place any weight on them</p>