Importance of new writing section?

<p>I just got my scores back today, and I was pretty disappointed in the writing section, with 680, 70 mc, 8 essay, while I got 800 CR, and 780 M. I don't really feel like sitting through another 4 hours of torture just so I can get the writing up, so I was wondering how much emphasis colleges would put on the writing sections, since I've heard that some won't even be looking at it since there isn't much to compare it to.</p>

<p>Also, would it make much of a difference for scholarships?</p>

<p>Getting it up should be rather easy, but is it worth it?</p>

<p>The scholarships I've heard of (except National Merit, which uses writing scores) only do M+CR, and 1580 is incredible.</p>