<p>I know college admissions officers have access to your actual SAT essay, but do they look at your writing multiple choice score when making admissions decisions, or do they only see your overall score?</p>
<p>I'm asking because I did TERRIBLY on the writing multiple choice relative to other sections. I'm planning to retake it because all of the geometry freaked me out on the math section, but in the event that my writing score doesn't improve, what will the person reading my file see? Would a perfect critical reading score but a 66 writing MC raise any flags?</p>
<p>My writing score was a 730 with a 66 MC and 11 essay.</p>
<p>I believe they will only see your overall writing score, which is 730 W and 11 Essay.</p>
<p>Violinkid, great essay score. Is the essay score superscored?</p>
<p>…no. Stop worrying, *** is wrong with you. A 730 is excellent.</p>
<p>I’ve wondered that too - my daughter got a 560 Writing with an 11 essay! She is not great at multiple choice of any kind.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they don’t consider your MC score. And I’m really not sure how important the essay score is, either. The overall score is the only thing they really look at, I think. (And even then, don’t stress out too much about it, please.)</p>
<p>Yes. The score report that the CB sends to colleges are more detailed than you think. My English teacher was an admissions officer at U Michigan (and some other college idk the name of) and he said they actually look at your SAT essays more in depth than your actual college essay. You get an unlimited amount of time and resources for your college essay and the SAT essays show more of your writing style. This, however, is for English majors.</p>