US News ranking criteria and why colleges look at CR+M more than W?

<p>I don’t believe there are any schools in top 10 that don’t need writing. Some have SAT II as not required, some have ACT + writing replacing two SAT II requirements but none have only CR+M being considered.</p>

<p>In top 20, Notre Dame may be the only school not considering writing that I am aware of.</p>

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