<p>I just got my April SAT scores.</p>
<p>I did very very well on the Math and verbal sections, but I did not do as well as I expected on the writing section, which is usually my best.</p>
<p>I have heard from some people that colleges are still looking at the writing section as an SAT 2. Is this true? If I'm happy with my other scores do I need to go through the pain and agony of taking the SATs again?</p>
<p>Writing is considered but not as heavily as the CR/Math since it's fairly new.</p>
<p>I was touring with my junior and this question came up during an information session. The speaker commented that it helps them compare the style with the essays on the application to get a sense of whether the student actually wrote those essays (realizing that the SAT essay is under timed conditions)</p>
<p>We asked the Deans of Admission from Princeton, Vanderbilt, Lehigh, and Rhodes when they came to our campus. Their general consensus was that they hardly even care about it since they don't yet have data on how the writing score is correlated to college success. They still think in terms of 1600.</p>
<p>alright thanks guys. now i can chillax. woohoo</p>
<p>Dang....that's bad news for me... I got an 800 in the writing, but much lower in the math and reading (680 and 690 respectively)... I'm a junior though... Maybe in a year, they will look at it a bit more closely...</p>
<p>Arti - this would be for the class of 2007 right? And how sure are you of this? (This would be great news for me as I did bad on the writing).</p>
<p>Um thats not fair about the college essay thing.. i use formulas to write essays on CB but not on college essays.</p>
<p>Great link from with one voice! Thanks for posting it!</p>
<p>they don't use your essay score to check whether you wrote it because they know that some people get nervous during the SAT...</p>