<p>Unfortunately, doing well on the SAT writing portions won’t do much good for you. The only time it would really make a considerable difference would be if someone applying with great scores in reading and math did terrible on the writing section and got a very low essay score. This would not be considered “officially” by the colleges, per-se, because the majority of colleges just look at the combined Math+Reading. It would however, likely raise some eyebrows and could bar you from getting into some highly competitive schools.</p>
<p>That being said, I’m kind of the same as you with test taking. After taking the SAT and having my writing section be my highest score, I realized that it was unfair to not have my knack for writing factored into what colleges will be seeing on my standardized test, so I switched to the ACT. The ACT has four sections (english, math, reading, and science, and an optional essay) whose individual scores are added together and divided by four to get an overall composite score. Lucky for people like us, if you choose the ACT as the test you send into colleges, they consider your composite score above everything else. They will probably be looking at each section separately but, unlike the SAT, the ACT’s overall score is the big number that colleges see. So, instead of having your good writing scores neglected, they are factored into the overall equation and make you look even better!</p>
<p>So my advice: take the ACT!! The writing section is even easier, in my opinion, than the SAT…and colleges actually consider it.</p>