<p>I got a 2210 on the january SAT, but I only got a 1460 out of 1600.
I personally think it's pretty good, but I've been hearing that colleges only look at your 1600 score.<br>
Is that true? Should i retake to improve my 1600 score?</p>
<p>Some colleges do not consider the Writing section; others, however, do consider it.</p>
<p>Why are you mad that you got a 1460/1600 compared to 2210/2400? Assuming you scored an average of 730 on all sections, you’d get a 2190. Not that big of a difference.</p>
<p>The majority of colleges will NOT care about the writing section.</p>
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<p>The majority of top colleges do consider the Writing section.</p>
<p>Incorrect silverturtle. The majority of top colleges still see the writing section as unproven and untested. They still prefer their own essays to CollegeBoard’s unnecessary crap.</p>
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<p>Students’ scores on the Writing section are the most predictive of college success of any of the three sections.</p>
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<p>The following are top schools that do consider the Writing section:
[ul][<em>]Harvard
[</em>]Princeton
[<em>]Yale
[</em>]Brown
[<em>]Dartmouth
[</em>]Columbia
[<em>]UPenn
[</em>]Stanford
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<p>The following are top schools that do not consider the Writing section:
[ul][<em>]UChicago
[</em>]MIT
[li]Cornell[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Seven of the eight Ivy League colleges consider the Writing section of the SAT; that is certainly a majority.</p>
<p>GoldenDomer does not know what he is talking about.</p>
<p>Silverturtle, why do you say writing scores are most indicative of college success?</p>
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<p>From the College Board’s Website:</p>
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<p>I think GoldenDomer doesn’t have a great writing score and is trying to convince himself that all is well, even though it isn’t…</p>
<p>Silverturtle is correct.</p>
<p>You’re all wrong. Sorry. And you are using College Board as your source of information?? Of course you are under the assumption that colleges consider the writing section. </p>
<p>College Board produces and distributes the SATs. And also the “statistics” they put out regarding the validity of their product.</p>
<p>That children, is what we call “bias”.</p>
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<p>The cited study was conducted by the University of California. </p>
<p>GoldenDomer, what is your source of information? It is rather bold of you to claim without any specification of proof that colleges are lying when they say whether they consider the SAT Writing section.</p>
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<p>Please do not patronize.</p>
<p>GoldenDomer, please check pages 8 and 9, respectively, of <a href=“http://www.yale.edu/oir/cds.pdf[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/oir/cds.pdf</a> and <a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/common_cds2008.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/common_cds2008.pdf</a>. Apparently both Yale and Princeton consider the Writing score for admission, and Princeton uses it for some other things as well. I can’t be bothered to look up information for other top schools (or more evidence for these two), but I’m sure someone else can.</p>
<p>Now, is the SAT essay more important than the application essay? Of course not. But saying that they don’t care about the Writing section at all seems to be overly dismissive.</p>
<p>Woot woot! I got an 800 on the writing section XD</p>
<p>^ respectable</p>
<p>clearly this goldendreamer kid received a terrible writing score <trying to=“” make=“” himself=“” feel=“” better=“”></trying></p>
<p>I agree.</p>
<p>Is it true that colleges look at the essay itself in the writing section? I’m not sure myself and don’t want to jump to unnecessary conclusions.</p>
<p><strong><em>700th post</em></strong> wow I don’t post here much.</p>
<p>so do any of ya’ll know if duke considers the writing section or not?</p>