SAT Writing

[mathmom]

<p>My son has great critical reasoning and math scores with a significantly lower writing score. (All due to that pesky essay.) I’m having a hard time figuring out to what extent colleges are looking at the writing score, and if they are, what would be a good enough score. Any thoughts?</p>

[mootmom]

<p>According to Matt McGann, MIT Admissions “did not consider” the SAT I Writing in last year’s admissions cycle. No statement yet on whether they will be doing so for this year’s cycle.</p>

<p>Additionally, according to Ben Jones, also of MIT Admissions,

Regarding the Writing test itself - MIT is all about data, and there is simply not enough data yet to determine how the test will correlate with future success at MIT (unlike CR and Math). Preliminary data suggests that the test still has some serious flaws. Until we are confident in the test’s ability to evaluate one’s potential/ability/etc., we won’t be using it in our evaluation of applicants.

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[tellallyourfriends]

<p>Thank God .</p>

[Ivy_07]

<p>yes, thank God! I did the worst on the writing too! :)</p>

[mathmom]

<p>I know they didn’t consider it last year, but I believe they were considering considering it this year. (How’s that for writing? )</p>

[Kamikazewave]

<p>haha…I retook the sat after 10th grade just because of my writing score…it was a 640…haha…</p>

[benjones]

<p>We now require the writing test because we need to begin assembling real data with which to make informed decisions in the future, but the test certainly won’t make or break any applications this year.</p>