<p>Is it true that most colleges only look at your Critical Reading and Math sections? For example, I know that the Ivy League calculates the Academic Index based on CR+M, omitting the Writing section.</p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>Yes, that is widely true. It stinks for me!</p>
<p>If you wonder about specific colleges you haven't seen discussed here, a quick call can clear up how they calculate the score.</p>
<p>Well that sucks. The Writing is my strongest section :/</p>
<p>is it true that most schools look at the writing section as kind of an SATII? i know that there used to be a writing SATII....</p>
<p>Most colleges, including the vast majority of public universities, are currently not using the writing section at all for admission. That may change as time progresses since many chose not to do so until they could first see some years of experience with the section.</p>
<p>Others (including many high ranks) are viewing it similar to an SATII</p>
<p>Woohoo! Writing's my weakest subject!</p>
<p>yeah most schools don't seriously consider it. of course, that doesn't mean that if you do badly on writing, the colleges will just overlook that...</p>
<p>dangit! writing is by far my best section!</p>
<p>I think it depends on the college. Some colleges specifically say that they don't accept the writing section. Others don't say anything, and I think it's impossible to really know what those colleges think of it.</p>
<p>It can't hurt to have a good score, though.</p>
<p>CB, my personal experience has been that saying nothing means they don't take it. The one college I know of that takes it specifically mentions it on its website. I think that has been others' experience as well. If a school doesn't take it, the admissions committee will very likely not even see the writing score.</p>
<p>Something I found interesting was that when I was reviewing the automatic SAT score scholarships at one school I was visiting, they listed the scores out of 2400 and 1600, but they do not consider the writing. I think the scholarship went to whichever one worked best for you. In my case, that is a big help- I got an 800 in writing, so my 2400 is proportionally quite a bit higher than my 1600.</p>
<p>i hate writing with a passion... now i got to finish my english essay for school :</p>
<p>dont think this is the case. About Academic Index, remember that most books that refer to it, such as A is for Admission were written prior to the new tests. I am pretty sure that the new tests have been taken into account by Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>Are you serious? How do you know?</p>
<p>Well, if you think about it, its Harvard...a temple of education. Would Harvard disregard the writing section? And it would be wrong to say that as long as you excel at CR and Math, it does not matter what your score on writing is. Let alone the fact that it raises your cumulative score. </p>
<p>I just asked my counselor (she's amazing) and she said she is pretty sure that Ivies have adapted their AI. And if one Ivy has, then all have because they have an agreement and AI is used in the same way by all of them.</p>
<p>You have a point there...</p>
<p>I'm actually going to an info session with admissions officers from Harvard, Stanford, Duke, and UPenn this month so I may have to ask them this question at that meeting. I'll let you know what they say.</p>
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<p>But if a college doesn't count writing, it doesn't, because the cumulative score for a college not counting writing is out of 1600. That's the point.</p>
<p>Writing was my highest score.</p>
<p>join the club</p>
<p>Yeah, i saw your post at this other thread...too bad i am in Greece :(:(
(damn my cultural identity)</p>
<p>I think that colleges are going to start relying on the writing part of the SAT more, as time goes by. They certainly weren't prepared to accept it in its first year of existence, but it is more likely now that colleges will be using it. </p>
<p>Last year, a paper wrote this: "Many of the college representatives at the fair were advising 2007 and 2008 high school graduates that their schools probably will be looking at the writing portion by they time those students graduate from high school." </p>
<p>Also, I read another article (I can't find it now, though) that said colleges were placing more emphasis on this part of the SAT, because it's a good indicator of how students will perform in college.</p>