Colleges that ignore the writing section of the SAT

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<p>I've heard that a lot of colleges ignore the writing section and only take the CR and Math sections into consideration while evaluating an applicant? Which colleges ignore the writing section?</p>

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<p>Almost all colleges do except for the Ivys and the more selective schools like Stanford and ect…</p>

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<p>What makes you say that?</p>

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<p>The Univesities Of California look at the writing section just like the math and reading section. They won’t be bias at all.</p>

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<p>What about liberal arts colleges? I heard that Colgate completely ignores the writing section, and there must be lots of other colleges that ignore it too. But there are colleges that focus on the writing section too, right?</p>

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<p>The California State Universities CSUs do not use the writing score, just the total of the math and CR scores.</p>

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<p>I don’t think they ignore it, per se. But the writing section is relatively new, so colleges still aren’t sure how much credability it should be given.
Sucks for me. Writing was my only good score :(</p>

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<p>Off the top of my head, Georgetown and UChicago don’t consider the writing section. Good for me, because its my weakest score.</p>

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<p>if you arent satisfied with your writing score or dread a 200, by all means apply to a bad school :(</p>

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<p>There used to be a link regarding schools that ignore writing, but I have not seen one updated in three years. I will try to post it*. I know the CSU’s do not use writing in the collrgrboard’s “how do I stack up”, nor does Santa Clara, and Gonzaga. It is not “new” if you include it’s history as a subject test, nor irrelevant, if you consider how it might help predict college freshman success <a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-04-24-sat_N.htm[/url]”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-04-24-sat_N.htm&lt;/a&gt;
*Nope! Was an old kaplan link in 2006. Each school should say how they view it in their common data set.</p>

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<p>Mian, Cornell ignores it. ^_^</p>

<p>I know from research(And the fact that my cousin, who goes to Villanova, bombed the writing too), that a lot of the more business oriented schools don’t really look at it.</p>