Chance me! (Bad SAT Essay Score)

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1. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/20/harvard-drops-writing-scores/

Harvard College will no longer require applicants to submit scores from the optional writing portions of the ACT and SAT beginning with the Class of 2023, according to a Monday statement.

“Harvard will accept the ACT/SAT with or without writing, starting with the Class of 2023, entering in August 2019,”

That said, I haven’t heard about Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT et al following suit.

1. Given that Harvard rejects 95% of students who apply, everything matters. National awards, such as Intel or Google matter the most, followed by State awards. Local awards, such a winning the chemistry prize at your high school matter the least.