<p>I kind of wish colleges would look at writing, because I did well on mine, except the essay. :(</p>
<p>I think writing is worth considering, but the essay is stupid. As many people have already said, people who do well on the essay are people who know how the system works, instead of actually writing decently. All of my friends and I got 8’s on our essays, and our writing abilities are very varied, from awesome to decent (me) to pretty terrible. And we all got 8’s.</p>