<p>A way to assess this is to look at the admissions scattergrams at College Data. They compile and graph the average GPA and SAT for accepted and rejected students. If a section of the SAT is ignored, the spread between accepted and rejected will be small, as it will reflect only the correlation of that section with other measures. Alternatively, if an SAT section is considered by Admissions, it will have a direct effect, and you will see a larger spread between the accepteds and rejecteds. Take a look at the Northwestern scattergrams for various measures such as SAT 1600 and 2400, and tell us whether you think Northwestern is considering or ignoring SAT W.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?classYear=2012&schoolId=1803[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?classYear=2012&schoolId=1803</a></p>