<p>I took the SAT in October and got a 2200. It was my first time and my math and cr will improve but I got 700 CR, 730 M, 770 W. I've been hearing that colleges overlook the writing section and mostly consider math and cr. If that is the case, 1430 is weak where i would like to apply. Is this the true? The Writing section is still part of the test. Any insight regarding Brown, Stanford, Cornell, U Penn, and Northwestern will be appreciated.</p>
<p>Yeah they do. Which is dumb because most majors and careers involve more reading and writing than math.</p>
<p>When my son applied to colleges in 2003, several schools he applied to required the SAT II in writing (this was before writing became part of the SAT I), so I think many schools do regard it as important.</p>
<p>Differing perspectives…anyone else?</p>
<p>Someone asked this Q at a Bowdoin session and the admissions rep looked shocked and said they absolutely consider it equally with CR and Math. However, I believe UChicago doesn’t even consider it at all… I guess it really just depends on the school.</p>
<p>The schools you list do give consideration to the writing section; how much consideration they do not specifically say. There are many that give no or minimal consideration to the writing section. Two major schools that state they give no consideration are UChicago and Georgetown. Many public universities also ignore it.</p>
<p>There’s a big difference between “giving consideration” to the writing score and “giving equal consideration”. I believe that the majority of schools do NOT give the writing score equal consideration.</p>
<p>And when you look at merit awards on many schools webpages, they often only look at M+CR…so that’s quite telling as well.</p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t even report the Writing to Collegeboard.</p>
<p>Test Scores - Middle 50% of Students - Percent Who Submitted Scores
SAT Critical Reading: 630 - 730 94%
SAT Math: 660 - 770 94%
SAT Writing: - -
ACT Composite: 29 - 33 34%</p>
<p>Are you a junior or senior?</p>
<p>The MIT college rep. stated that they give the Writing score similar weight to the SatIIs.</p>
<p>So we can conclude that writing is considered for the most part, just not equally. I’m at a loss for why this is the case. I’m a senior and have been taking the ACT, on which there are separate English (essentially writing) and reading sections that are given equal weight but I haven’t performed as well. I am confident in my chances to improve on the November SAT, but if I don’t, is my 1430 M+CR, 2200 composite in line to be competitive at the schools where i want to apply considering that I am ranked top 1% at a competitive private school, I have good ecs including scientific research, and my recommendations and essays are unique and well written?</p>
<p>That is odd that Cornell does not report the writing…all of the other Ivies do.</p>
<p>By giving each section equal weight, it minimizes math and they don’t want to do that.</p>