A few days ago
kimcpm

sat question?

i heard some colleges only look at the math and reading portion of the sat still, is that true? do most colleges ignore the writing portion?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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It depends where you’re applying to school – Ivies, etc. then yes it matters. Less selective schools? Then not so much.
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A few days ago
T-22<>
Yes, most colleges ignore the writing portion because it’s subjective. The writing is graded by a person’s opinion. Their is no set grading scale so one person could write something very good, but the judge doesn’t like it and gives it terrible scores. It’s not fair to the person so SOME colleges just ignore that section. That doesn’t mean you can skip over it though.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
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A few days ago
Tracey O
actually, writing isn’t ignored because it was subjective.. it was always available and accepted as a subject test.

however, because it was a brand new section – it was kind of unfair to students to be judged on a section that colleges werent familiar with themselves. everyone needs to get used to the test before it is a determining factor of whether or not you’re going to college.

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A few days ago
Benson B
yes most colleges do
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