<p>No, some of the schools that list writing on collegeboard say on their website they don't count the writing....</p>
<p>example?.. </p>
<p>every college I've searched on collegeboard that lists a writing score range also says this .. </p>
<p>SAT or ACT writing component will be used as follows:</p>
<pre><code>* For Admission
* For Advising
</code></pre>
<p>unless this information provided by the college is outdated</p>
<p>^^^yes, I think part of the problem is that College Board may have outdated data. That was helpful, I didn't see the notes underneath about the writing score before. I'd like to know what schools primarily look at the SAT score as a 2400 scale and not a 1600 scale.</p>
<p>My example would be UConn; college board gives a writing score, underneath they say no policy on writing, but the UConn website says only math and verbal are considered and when I asked the admissions officer said they consider writing if its good. But I have no idea what kind of weight it has.</p>
<p>yeah UConn is a good example. I guess collegeboard is only a fast tool to see if a college accepts the writing section as part of admission. the most reliable way to find out a college's writing section policy is to ask an admissions officer.</p>
<p>My sense was that colleges asked for the writing section. Why on earth would they not use it??? Of course it counts. I would expect that even schools who say they don't count it at least "see" it and that a high score will help in admission. I think the writing section is a very good addition to the SAT, especially the essay.</p>
<p>mammall- The UC schools didn't like the old SAT because there was no writing section. A lot of Ivies now may use a 2400 scale. My daughter is interested in SUNYs and nearby state schools and most of them say on the website they only use math and critical reading. As far as I know (this is from websites not speaking to admissions offices), Delaware uses the writing score, Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire, URI, Penn State, UMass don't; UConn does "if it's good" per admissions officer. SUNY Stony Brook seems to use it, the other SUNYs don't.</p>
<p>Some colleges that require the writing section will tell you directly that at this point, they're not using it for admissions purposes. Northwestern is one selective school in that camp (at least it was this year). The best way to find out if a particular school "counts" the writing score in making admissions decsions is to ask.</p>
<p>I just noticed on the CB site that NYU wants the writing score, but doesn't count the essay component. I wasn't aware that the CB reported the essay seperately when submitting scores to colleges.</p>
<p>it seems like many college look at writing... especially the colleges that are universities and harder to get into.</p>
<p>Wash. U, Penn, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown all look at the writing. According to one of the admissions officers, a recent study found that high writing scores on the SAT correlated to a higher GPA for English classes in college.</p>