USNWR rankings and SAT W

[Pennylane2011]

<p>As of now, I don't think USNWR considers the SAT Writing in college rankings. Does anyone know when, or if, it will consider this? Thanks.</p>

[Erin_s_Dad]

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Student selectivity (15 percent): A school’s academic atmosphere is determined in part by the abilities and ambitions of the student body. We factor in the admissions test scores for all enrollees who took the Critical Reading and Math portions of the SAT and the Composite ACT score (50 percent of the selectivity score); the proportion of enrolled freshmen at national universities and national liberal arts colleges who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes or in the top quarter at regional universities and regional colleges (40 percent); and the acceptance rate, or the ratio of students admitted to applicants (10 percent).

You are right. I have no idea when they might change it. It probably won’t have much affect on the rankings - 1/2 of the 15% selectivity weighting and there is usually some relationship between writing scores and (at least) CR.</p>

[drusba]

<p>They cannot use it because a large number of colleges, probably still the majority, ignore the writing section for purpose of admission. For rankings they have to compare the things that colleges as a group use for admission.</p>