<p>Hi,
I really want a clarification from a standpoint of an admission officer. There's this thing about the SAT writing being used to compare with the app essay. If app essay is too good given a particular SAT writing score, colleges will suspect applicants of cheating. Is this at all true? How is this logical? My SAT writing score is bad, but I have been spending months writing and perfecting many versions of my essay so, ofcourse, the essay is going to be a lot better compared to my SAT. Please comment...Thanks!
- Pat</p>
<p>I don't think MIT makes use of those voodoo weedout methods. :P</p>
<p>i hope not cuz it doesn't make sense... i just wanna make sure...</p>
<p>I doubt it! The SAT writing is timed--you have a little over half an hour to respond to the prompt after reading, comprehending, and contemplating it. I doubt they would compare a half an hour effort to one that may have taken months to refine. </p>
<p>How'd you get the impression they'd compare the writing score to the essay?</p>
<p>i saw it in many other forums, not in MIT's...oh, and also somewhere in sparknotes.</p>
<p>That would sortof be like saying "You got a 600 on the SAT math but an A+ in BC Calc? OMG, you must have cheated all the way through BC Calc!" :-)</p>
<p>The SAT Writing test evaluates your ability to write under extreme pressure - this, as you point out, is a whole different ballgame from the months you spend crafting your application essay.</p>
<p>when that actually happens, people often say "I'm a bad test-taker"...
anyways, thanks ben...</p>