<p>Do you colleges see what essay score you got on the SATs for the writing section?</p>
<p>Some do; some don’t. You can find out by browsing around the websites of colleges you’re interested in. Many colleges use the SAT essay score just as a check on your personal essay. If you got, say, a 2 out of 12 on the SAT essay but had a great personal essay, you might be suspected of cheating on the personal essay. Colleges know that you have limited time on the SAT essay, so it’s not going to be a very important factor.</p>