How important is the Writing bit of the SAT I?

Applying to College
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<p>I recently got my first-time SAT I scores, and I'm pretty happy with them:</p>

<p>CR: 750
MAth: 770
W: 670</p>

<p>Total: 1520/2190</p>

<p>The only thing I'm not entirely pleased with is the writing part... but I've been told that a lot of colleges don't really care that much about that score. Is that true? I'm planning on going for Engineering schools (M.I.T included), do they care even less about the writing score?</p>

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<p>If there's another forum I should have posted this in, let me know... I seem to be making that mistake a lot. :&lt;/p>

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<p>they usually don't care unless ur writing is horrible (<500 for example). its just a reference.</p>

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<p>Thanks ownagerusms!</p>

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<p>but if writing is the reason for u getting a high score, that wouldn't necessarily be looked at as bad right? (like not doing well in M or CR)</p>