They don’t consider it because the grading for the essay portions of the SAT and [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1846576-act-writing-scorers-are-making-major-errors-p1.html%5DACT%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1846576-act-writing-scorers-are-making-major-errors-p1.html]ACT[/url] are extremely flawed (graders work in bad environments, have low wages, and are inexperienced, among other things). The essay scores play literally no part in a college application. If you want to take the essay you can, but it really doesn’t do you good or anything. From my viewpoint, you’ll only get more stress and tire quicker if you take it.