<p>Here's how clueless I am - I don't understand the new SAT scores.</p>
<p>The old ones were just Critical Reading and Math, right? So are those still the ones that people quote on here? Where does the Writing score fit in? And what is the relationship of the Multiple Choice and Essay scores to that Writing score? </p>
<p>Meanwhile, which scores are the colleges looking at?!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Nobody knows for sure how the writing fits in. Many colleges say that they aren't really looking at the writing yet. I'm not sure if I believe them. Writing is scored on an 800. So a perfect score is now 2400 instead of 1600.</p>
<p>Weenie:</p>
<p>The new score is max of 2400, with each component counting for a maximum of 800. In the Writing score, there is a grammar section and an essay section (as in the old SATI-Writing). </p>
<p>At this point, each college has a different policy as to how much weight to give to the Writing score, and especially to the essay. Some are still disregarding it until more data are accumulated and both readers and test-takers are more familiar with the expectations and grading criteria. But others have already decided to take the Writing score into account. </p>
<p>Some people are still quoting the old SATs because that's what their kids took before March 2005, when the new SAT was introduced.</p>
<p>Has anyone seen a new College Board score distribution for the 2400 point SAT? The last one I saw was for 2004 on the 1600 scale.</p>
<p>All colleges we visited said they are only using CR & MAth and cited the avgs or range for those (out of 1600). Although they didn't say, I think they might look to see if the writing is in line with the CR and a red flag would go up if there's a big difference. I don't think that a high WR score would outweigh lower scores in the other sections.</p>
<p>Jerzgrlmom..... which schools did you visit that are only using CR and math...? Wondering because my s writing score was 150 pointes less than the other two.</p>
<p>For universities that previously required a writing score from the SATII, the SATI writing section replaces that requirement. So, yes, the writing section is important at several schools. Most, however, claim that they are not giving much merit to the writing score until the test has been better established over time.</p>
<p>rdad:</p>
<p>CB said that would scale the new SAT this Sept when they have a full year of data. But, of course, with a lot of colleges claiming scores went DOWN with the new SAT, CB maybe studing it a LOT longer. LOL</p>
<p>wondering mum,
We visited UNC, Duke, UVA, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, URochester and some others but I can't think of them now. Some schools said they weren't using WR at all (like UNC); others said they weren't using it but expected it to be in line with CR.</p>
<p>For the UCs, the new writing portion of the SAT replaces the old requirement for the SAT II writing so the UCs are paying attention to it (I don't know how much weight they give it).</p>
<p>UC dad:</p>
<p>they give it as much weight as every other test.</p>