Looks like the sat writing section will become more important. This is from the Stanford Daily
Studies eye SAT writing - The Stanford Daily Online
The College Board, which administers the standardized test that many students entering a four-year university are required to take, studied test scores from 150,000 freshmen entering 110 colleges in 2006 and then looked at their grade point averages (GPAs) at the end of their freshman year, according to Wayne Camara, vice president of research for the College Board.
“Our study suggests that the writing test is the best single predictor,” he said of freshman grades in a public statement. But he added that the study will not be finalized until the summer.
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