New SAT Essay is Optional?

OrangeFusion
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 01:38:06 +0000

Currently I’m a sophomore in High School and I’m starting my deep research in the new SAT. I was on collegeboard.com, when I saw that the new SAT’s essay was optional. (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat) At first before I saw this I thought that there was no essay on the new SAT so this has been bothering me. My biggest weakness at the moment is English because of my writing skills. Will not taking the essay as it is optional hurt anything on my records? Will it even show up on my resume and look lazy or bad to colleges? Thanks