<p>Does anyone know how important the Writing Section of the SAT I for those applying next year?
How does it compare to this years?</p>
<p>I hope it's important...it was my best section...lol.</p>
<p>It's gonna be important. This year, many colleges didn't look at writing, because they had nothing to compare it to. Next year, they'll compare applicant's writing scores with this year's. This way they'll have an idea of where they want their applicant's scores to be at.</p>
<p>yea... i think it's going to be important next year. I heard that Collegeboard is releasing percentiles in August 2006... The only reason colleges didn't use the writing section this year is because they had no percentiles. Because of that, I think colleges will most likely count the writing SAT scores.</p>
<p>Yeah! My 790 counts next year!</p>
<p>I think many colleges will still keep the (CR+M) mindset anyway (or if CR & W scores are similar for many colleges, I know that Princeton ED had an SAT average of 720 for CR & W this year)... but no matter what happens, colleges will look at Writing much more than they are this year.</p>
<p>I would have to disagree with most of the above posts. The writing may be weighed slightly more heavily next year, but colleges still will not know how it affects college success, so I think it will still not have a significant weight in admissions, not as much as the other scores.</p>
<p>According to the Deans of Admissions from Vanderbilt, Princeton, Lehigh, and Rhodes, writing will not matter.</p>
<p>I also believe that writing scores will not factor much into the admissions process. There's still not enough data available to make the scores valuable in determining whether a student will be a good fit at that school.</p>
<p>Besides, many universities are still upset that this huge change came about as a result of the UCs' whining. ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, well, collegeboard didn't want to lose all that business, did it? lol.</p>
<p>looks like Williams is treating the Writing like an SAT 2. (just like many schools used to treat the SAT 2 writing.) Here's an excerpt from a January school newspaper article on the early decision:</p>
<p>"The credentials of the early accepted class are impressive. The SAT I composite average was 1424, up from 1417 for the Class of 2009. The writing score of the new 2400-system is treated as one of the three required SAT IIs."</p>
<p>Note that Williams only requires 2 official SAT 2s now, after the writing went from SAT 2 to SAT 1 that is.</p>
<p>yup. pc is correct. Most highly selective schools required or recommended the formerly named SAT II-Writing; thus, they'll consider it as such. </p>
<p>It's the ESSAY that will be slow to gain use -- except by the UC's, of course. :)</p>