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I took a look at my D's essay online and could barely read a word of it! She got a 12 on the essay, 800 in writing. Her handwriting is just awful. No idea how the grader managed to read her essay.
Most colleges ignore the SAT writing score for two reasons: The SAT scoring methodology is arbitrary and the colleges have their own essay requirements and their own grading standards.
^ Not true. HYPS, among others, make it quite clear that they do indeed consider the writing section. This is really nothing new. Such schools have long required the SAT II writing subject test. The scoring for the section is most certainly not arbitrary. 80 percent of the score is mulitple choice grammar!
I'm not at all concerned that the kid's essay score changed from one test day to the next - 9 or 11, that isn't a big difference. Given the luck of the draw of the test question and his tendency to pick rather unusual supporting examples, I always feel like that can go either way. I am puzzled though that the multiple choice could change that much from one test to another.
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