Is the SAT Writing Section Important?

Test Preparation
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<p>I've been looking through college websites and most of them say that they disregard the SAT writing section altogether. I took my first SAT a couple of months ago and I got an 800 in Math, 750 in CR, and 690 in Writing with a 9 on the essay. My question is: Is this score good enough to get into colleges like Duke, Penn, or even the Ivies? I saw that even Stanford didn't consider the writing section important.</p>

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<p>I hope they don’t. I got 800s for CR and M, but 710 for writing, with an essay score of 8 :frowning: . I have no idea how this happened. Maybe I didn’t follow some convention (it may mean something that I’m an international student from NZ, some kind of cultural difference going on???)</p>

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<p>The English grammar rules tested on the SAT are universal.</p>

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<p>Where did you see this?</p>

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<p>Where did you see this?</p>

<p>Stanford U 2009-10 Common Data Set,Q&A, C8.c</p>

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<p>^ I do not see this noted in Stanford’s Common Data Set: [Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2009-2010](<a href=“http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/]Stanford”>Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications).</p>

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<p>first of all: Penn IS among the Ivies. Secondly, it is true that some schools are concentrated more on CR and Math sections of the SAT. But most do consider all three of them, therefore it’s best to work hard and try your best in all three.</p>

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<p>Agreed. To some extent the writing is less important but it is still very important as a whole. As math said, try to do your best!</p>