<p>I almost have perfect score in writing and that really helps my overall score so what schools don't take it into account.</p>
<p>im looking at gtown, brown, lots of LACs</p>
<p>Its usually taken into account by every top school… except for Gtown and 1 or 2 more. but the rest look at it equally.</p>
<p>why not gtown?!</p>
<p>i know that william and mary doesnt</p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t</p>
<p>pretty sure notre dame doesn’t</p>
<p>I have two kids in college and we visited probably 20 schools. ONLY one (UNC) said they used the writing score. They quoted only Math and CR scores when talking about averages. Like you, my DD was upset because Writing was her highest area. My son attends Brown and at the time, Brown said they didn’t use it (but took a look to see if it was in an average range). </p>
<p>So a really low score could possibly hurt and they may relook at the essay to make sure it was written by the student. But colleges stated the CR was more important. Seems colleges still are waiting to have more experience with the WR scores and how they reflect the student’s success at the college level. I imagine colleges are using the WR scores for tracking purposes but not admittance at this point.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that a number of schools are going to be looking at the writing portion starting this coming admissions cycle.</p>
<p>I stand by my argument.</p>
<p>NYU looks at the writing score - however they give CR+M much more weight</p>