Is Essay Score Important?

Test Preparation
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Hello all,
So I’m hoping to study engineering at an ivy or somewhere comparable (MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, etc.) I know that’s wicked annoying to see on here all the time. I took the October SATs and got a 2290 (790 reading, 710 math, 790 writing with an 11 essay), then I took the November test and got a 2310 (750 Reading, 800 Math, 760 writing with a 9 essay). This essay isn’t a big deal for schools that use score choice, because I’ll just send my first writing score, I was just wondering if the 9 on the essay would look really bad on my apps to schools that don’t participate in score choice, like UPenn, my number one school. Should I ask for a score verification? I don’t know how big of a deal this 9 is, and I don’t even really know why I got it, I didn’t think my essay was that bad, I even thought it was better than my first 11 one.

Any help is appreciated!
Thank you!

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Oops, didn’t mean to say I’d just send my first writing score, just that this is the only one the scores that superscore will look at!

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bump

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It is not important. You don’t even report it to most schools.

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Most schools place less emphasis on the writing portion of the SAT when compared to CR and M, yet alone the essay. As long as the essay is 8+, no damage is being done.