<p>The SAT essay is considered as somewhat dubious by quite a few schools. The problem is not just writing an essay in 30 minutes, but rather that the grading of the essay is deemed to be poor. Here is some data.
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/education/04education.html?pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/education/04education.html?pagewanted=all</a>
and here is something more recent:
[How</a> I Gamed the SAT – latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-sat3apr03,1,3742834.story]How”>How I Gamed the SAT)</p>