<p>Ok, my advisor just told me that schools dont consider the writing part of admissions and only use it for placement. Ofcourse in the begining I was extremely happy cause writing was the lowest part of my Sat, but now I just got my SAT scores and I got 12 on the essay lol. I called Brown and they said writing is considered in admissions.
So, I'm kinda confused. Which is it?</p>
<p>Writing is considered in admissions at almost all schools</p>
<p>Actually, from what I've seen, it really depends on the college. For example Georgetown and MIT don't consider writing. Also, most state Us don't consider writing either. I think most do not care though.</p>
<p>That doesn't make any sense though...before it was the SAT Writing test, it was an SAT II that was required by most colleges...to not consider it now is ludicrous</p>
<p>Well, it's logical for the MIT not to consider the writing. I guess even at princeton, if you apply for an engineering major, your writing score doesn't have to be 800 (it should be 790 i guess :P). Perhaps the MIT folks will care about it only if it is 45o or sth like that.</p>
<p>Georgetown never wanted the SAT II Writing either.</p>
<p>I think a high writing score will only enhance your appeal. Congrats on the perfect score! That's terrific, and I am certain it will be noticed. </p>
<p>That being said, many schools are still unsure of the new writing section and choose not to emphasize it's importance. I take this to mean that a low to middling score here can't hurt too much, unless you are trying to major in Creative Writing.</p>
<p>Yeah I understand what most of you are saying, but its just I did pretty well on writing and I've never studied english at school before, so I'm kinda proud of it lol. Plus, i did bad on CR so I want the Writing portion to be considered more, cause really if you think about the writing is more imporant it shows you can actually write something properly in english, while the reading is mainly based on pure BS and memorization.</p>
<p>Ummm... I think the critical reading is a much better judge of english skills. The writing section is based on memorization for the multiple choice. Not to mention the main criteria for judging the essay is length. Content hardly matters in the writing section as long as your essay focuses on the topic. I also think the essay is pointless, since no one ever writes an important essay in twenty minutes, which makes it a poor judge of people's actual writing skills.</p>
<p>The reading on the other hand tests the single most important factor in studying, reading comprehension. You can't memorize how to understand what you read.</p>
<p>Imho, the writing section is much more BS then the reading section, especially the essay.</p>
<p>Reading Comprehension is pure bs? Understanding what you are reading is probably the most important skill for college success.</p>
<p>Someone posted a great link a few weeks ago that showed which colleges were considering the writing section, which were not, and which were undecided. The number considering SAT-writing was quite large given that no one has any hard data at all regarding whether or not the writing score gives any added predictive power.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember that thread, and if so, could you post the link?</p>
<p>Yeah. Anyone remember that link?I want to see too.</p>
<p>Well I do see your point of view, but come on a big portion of is purely based on memorization, I know ppl that dont have amazing English skills but just studied their ass off and memorized every single word in the Barron's and Princeton review book, They got an 800 or somewhere between 700-800 or CR, but still did bad on writing.</p>
<p>Yeah, juggieburger, I think you're right. I'm getting like a C+ in standard English (I am probably the most dreadful English student ever), but I got an 800 in critical reading lol... so the CR section is kinda stupid.. there are people in my school's AP English class (which is like a million times harder than standard english) who get A-'s and As but they didn't top 700 on the critical reading section. Also I think the grammar section is too random, so writing section isn't that great either. The best section is the math section :)</p>
<p>seriously lol, the math section is the best, most of the questions are based on math I took in Junior high, but still I cant get an 800... lol</p>