<p>I read someplace (I think it was the Kaplan's website) that in a survey, Yale said they would not give any weight to the new writing section of the SAT. What if you got a 1500 M and V and an 800 Writing? Does that mean they won't care that you got an 800 at all, and just count you like you got a 1500?</p>
<p>The official party line at an info. session was essentially that they want the writing portion to be on par with their expectations for the other sections. For instance, a 570 on the writing with a combined 1500 on the other two sections would work against you. Colleges aren't quite sure what to make of the writing section yet, so while Yale'll probably notice the 800, the other sections are probably a little more important because colleges know better how those scores stack up against other students'. But the writing score might help you a bit.</p>
<p>senioritis explained it pretty well.</p>
<p>OK, thanks, guys. So, they'll at least ACKNOWLEDGE that I got an 800, and have writing skills - and my 33 ACT will also support that?</p>
<p>Although colleges don't "appear" or "publicly" announce their views on the new SAT, many admissions offices do take the Writing Section with considerate weight. Writing is perhaps something that is even more critical to one's future university studies than memorizing a thousand absurd words or scoring full mark on the SAT Critical Reading sections, since writing demonstrates the student's ability to write smoothly in STANDARD English language structures. Most univeristies and higher educational institutions feel very reluctant to accept applicants who do not even show the knowledge and understanding of basic grammar and sentence structures (which will be proved by the SAT Writing Sections), and university professors have also expressed concerns about the students' abilities to write lengthythesis/research papers in compliance with the correct English language structures. </p>
<p>Before the New SAT was administered in March 2005, many major colleges around the nation had still REQUIRED all applicants to complete the SAT Writing Subject Test (which is very similar to the current one assimulated into the new sat), just to demonstrate the importance of the SAT Writing Sections universities emphasize.</p>
<p>(which is very similar to the current one assimulated into the new sat),</p>
<p>No. If you read the official statement of CollegeBoard. scores from the old writing SAT 2 and new SAT writing are NOT comparable.. so it cant be called similar. Only after this years admissions they may look at it</p>
<p>At every info session we recently attended (for very selective colleges), only the math and CR SAT # were given. When asked about writing, every school said they see it but don't really use it because it's too new. A couple schools mentioned that it's usually in line with the CR score. So, I don't think it matters if it's somewhat lower or higher than CR. They might make note of a big difference though so that could help you (800 W).</p>
<p>No writing numbers would have been given because the first class to have writing scores are going in this fall.</p>
<p>And yeah, scores from the SAT II Writing and the SAT I Writing aren't comparable since they're scaled totally differently. The group of people who took the SAT II was, for the most part, self-selective, but the pool of students taking the SAT I is huge in comparison.</p>
<p>Actually the SATs cited were for this year's accepted students (in response to someone's question). The info session was full of HS juniors and someone asked about the process for next yr. In any case, I think schools see the writing score so if the writing is substantially higher than the cr, that COULD help in some cases, even if not acknowledged.</p>