Understanding my sat score

rspence
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:35:41 +0000

…just add your scores. 1510. 980 if you exclude writing.

Some schools don’t consider writing because either the writing section is still fairly new, or that the schools already have some idea about your writing ability through your essays and such. There could be other reasons too, but most schools now consider all three sections.