<p>So I got a 2170 on the May SAT (790m, 690r, and a whopping 690w), and I am very upset with my writing score as I am known as a "Grammar Nazi" and I am usually one to get close 800 writing on all of my practice SATs. However, I am planning to ED to Cornell in the fall, which I have heard does not look at the writing section at all. 790m and 690r are as good as I'll ever do on those sections, but maybe I could pull up my reading a few points, but I am pretty sure a 1480 is good enough for Cornell. So, what do you think? Should I retake the SAT in September to try to ameliorate my writing section, or would it be pointless since Cornell does not look at it?</p>
<p>And I already got a 33 on the ACT</p>
<p>BUMP. Some advice will be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I think you should take your scores and run. (Don’t retake)</p>
<p>Don’t retake it. Just submit your ACT score, provided you took it with writing. Cornell wants either SAT or ACT. If you didn’t then I would suggest retaking to bring up the writing. Considering that Cornell only accepts ACT scores with the writing portion, I highly doubt that they don’t look at that section of the SAT during admissions.</p>
<p>I did take it with writing, but isn’t a 33 ACT treated about the same as a 1480 SAT? And Cornell does not have any statistics about the Writing SAT scores of their acceptees, and every online source says that Cornell does not look at Writing or use it to determine admissions</p>
<p>I got the ACT with writing straight off the Cornell website. A 33 on the ACT is considered about a 2190 on the SAT. Even if Cornell doesn’t consider writing, your ACT score is considered within the upper-tier of Cornell admissions while your SAT is toward the top, but as much as your ACT.</p>
<p>*your SAT is toward the top, but not as much as your ACT</p>
<p>I wouldn’t retake it again.</p>
<p>Don’t retake it. My son and I went to a college fair at his HS last Fall and most of the admissions reps attending told us they don’t look at the score on the writing section because it is “problematic and inconsistent”.</p>