<p>i know for a fact that the UC schools DEFINITELY look at the writing section, mainly because they're so sought after and need another stat to weigh in. im not personally familiar with the schools you have listed so i don't know how competitive they are. chances are, the more competitive, they'll weigh the writing score. look into their websites though to see if they specify if the writing is a major component because i know that a lot of schools have chose not to use the writing score. sorry i wasn't much help!</p>