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<p>Ok, so a lot of people say that the writing section is the least important section in terms of college admissions but take a look at Stanford's freshman class profile: Undergraduate</a> Admission | Class Profile - Fall 2006</p>

<p>Those who scored an 800 on critical reading: 23% accepted
Those who scored an 800 on math: 16.7% accepted
Those who scored an 800 on writing: 26.1 % accepted. </p>

<p>So it seems that Stanford is more impressed by a perfect writing score than it is by a perfect score in the other two sections. Granted, this higher acceptance rate is probably due to the lower percentage of students submitting perfect writing scores (5.9 versus 9.2 and 15.2 in critical reading and math) but then again, that low percentage also means an 800 in writing stands out much more. </p>

<p>So, writing seems much more important than previously thought.</p>

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<p>But you don't know that it's the 800 that got them into Stanford. Maybe people who get 800 on the writing section tend to have a characteristic that the adcom looks for, whatever that may be. You can't rule out that it's a coincidence.</p>

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<p>Thank god.</p>

<p>and anyways, almost all of the prestigious schools give equal weight to the writing section, with a few exceptions like Yale.</p>

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<p>You also don't know if those who got the 800 in writing did not also get 800's in either or both of the other two sections.</p>

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<p>I agree with the other people. The reason WR is 800 is that its the easiest to improve, and say a person with 800 in WR but 600 in M and CR probably would get rejected.</p>

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<p>Like everyone has already said, these statistics don'r really show that writing is more important.</p>