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Writing Scores and Multiple Test Scores

Have you ever wondered if colleges really use your SAT writing scores for admission? Or which scores the admissions board will use if you take the test multiple times? If you ask your high school guidance counselors or college representatives, you're likely to get many different answers. That's because there ARE many different answers. Each college has its own policies for evaluating the writing scores and multiple test scores. The PowerScore SAT Team contacted the admissions offices of over 170 colleges and universities to find out how individual colleges are evaluating the SAT for the freshman class of 2008. The answers from the representatives are below.

Key:
1 = Combines the highest individual math, reading, and writing from multiple tests
2 = Takes the highest single test administration
3 = Takes the score from the most recent test adminstration
4 = Averages all of the test administrations
5 = Other

Writing?

SAT
Method?

Amherst College

Yes*

1

*Writing score is being used similar to an SATII.

Arizona State University

No

5*

*Standardized tests are not required for admission to the university, but may be required by some specific programs for admission to their school.

Auburn University

No

2

Baylor University

Yes

1

Boston College

Yes

1

Boston University

Yes

1

Brandeis University

Yes

1

Brown University

Yes

1

Bryn Mawr College

No

1

Bucknell University

Yes

1

California Institute of Technology

No*

1**

*Writing score will be examined, however, i
**Unless there is a major discrepency between test scores.

Carnegie Mellon University

Yes

1

Case Western Reserve University

No*

1

*Writing score will be examined, however, if it is unusually low.

Clemson University

No

1

Colgate University

No

1

College of Charleston

No

1

College of William and Mary

Yes

1*

*College notes if student takes the test "many times."

Colorado State University

No

1

Columbia University

Yes

1

Cornell University

Yes

1

Creighton University

No

1

CUNY - Brooklyn College

Yes

1

CUNY - Hunter College

No

1

CUNY - Queens College

No

1

Dartmouth College

Yes

1

Davidson College

Yes

1

DePaul University

No

2

DePauw University

No*

1

*The writing score may be used in the future when the university correlates scores with academic success.

Drexel University

No

1

Duke University

Yes

1

Duquesne University

No

1

Elon University

Yes

1

Emory University

No

1

Florida State University

No*

1

*Writing scores collected but not considered for admission.

Fordham University

Yes*

1

*Writing is required, but is used more as a supplement. Not as important as the other scores.

Furman University

No

1

George Mason University

No

1

Georgetown University

No

1

Georgia Institute of Technology

Yes

1

Gonzaga University

No

1

Harvard College

Yes

1

Hofstra University

No

2

Howard University

No

1

Indiana University

No*

1

*Writing score is used for credits.

Iowa State University

No

2

Ithaca College

Yes

1

James Madison University

No

1

Johns Hopkins University

Yes

1

Kansas State University

No

2

Lehigh University

No*

1

*Writing scores collected but not considered for admission.

Louisiana State University

No*

2

*Writing scores required but not considered for admission.

Loyola Marymount University

No

1

Loyola University New Orleans

Yes

1

Loyola University of Chicago

No

2

Marist College

Yes

1

Marquette University

No*

2

*Not required, but recommended.

Massachusetts Institute of Technol

No

1

Mercer University

No

1

Miami University

No*

1

*Writing scores collected but not considered for admission.

Michigan State University

Yes

2

Monmouth University

Yes

1

New York University

Yes*

1

*Writing is required, but is used more as a supplement. Not as important as the other scores.

North Carolina State University

No*

1

*Writing scores collected but not considered for admission.

Northeastern University

No

1

Northwestern University

Yes*

1

*Writing is required, but is used more as a supplement. Not as important as the other scores.

Oberlin College

Yes

1

Ohio State University

No

1

Ohio University

No

1

Penn State University

No

2

Pepperdine University

Yes

1

Princeton University

Yes

1

Purdue University

No

1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

No

1

Rhodes College

No

1

Rice University

Yes

1

Rutgers University

No

5*

*All scores are considered and evaluated with student's other admission information.

Saint Louis University

No

2

Saint Mary's College of California

No

1

Santa Clara University

No

1

Scripps College

No

1

Seattle University

No

1

Seton Hall University

Yes

1

Smith College

Yes

1

Southern Methodist University

No

1

Spelman College

Yes

2

St. John's University

Undecided

1

Stanford University

Yes

1

Syracuse University

Yes

2

Temple University

No

1

Texas A&M University

No

2

The George Washington University

Yes

1

The University of Alabama

No

2

The University of South Dakota

No

2

The University of Texas at Austin

No*

2

*Will begin using writing in the next year or two.

Tufts University

Yes

1

Tulane University

Yes

1

United States Air Force Academy

No*

2

*Not required, but recommended.

United States Military Academy

Yes

1

United States Naval Academy

No*

1

*The US Naval Academy plans to use the writing test "soon."

University of Alabama

No

2

University of Arizona

No

2

University of Arkansas

No

2

University of California-Berkeley

Yes

2

University of California-Davis

Yes

2

University of California-Los Angeles

Yes

2

University of California-Riverside

Yes

2

University of California-San Diego

Yes

2

University of California-Santa Barba

Yes

2

University of California-Santa Cruz

Yes

2

University of Central Florida

Yes

1

University of Chicago

No

1

University of Colorado

No

1

University of Connecticut

No

1

University of Dallas

Sometimes

1

University of Dayton

No

1

University of Delaware

Yes

1

University of Denver

Sometimes

2

University of Florida

No

1

University of Georgia

Yes

1

University of Hawaii

Yes

1

University of Idaho

No

2

University of Illinois

No

3

University of Iowa

No

1

University of Kansas

No

2

University of Kentucky

No

1

University of Louisiana

No

1

University of Maine

No

1

University of Maryland

No*

2

*Writing scores collected but not considered for admission.

University of Massachusetts

No

1

University of Miami

No

2

University of Michigan

Yes

2

University of Minnesota

Yes

2

University of Mississippi

No

1

University of Missouri

No

1

University of Montana

Yes

2

University of Nebraska

No

1

University of New Hampshire

No*

2

*The writing score will be used in the future when the university correlates scores with academic success during the freshman year.

University of New Mexico

No

1

University of New Orleans

No

1

University of North Carolina

Yes

1

University of North Dakota

No

2

University of Notre Dame

No

1

University of Oklahoma

No

1

University of Oregon

Yes

2*

*Standardized test scores used only if the GPA is below 3.0.

University of Pennsylvania

Yes

1

University of Pittsburgh

Yes

1

University of Rhode Island

No

4

University of Rochester

No

2

*Writing scores collected but will not be considered for admission until 2009.

University of San Diego

Yes

4

University of San Francisco

No

2

University of South Carolina

No

2

University of South Florida

Yes

2

University of Southern California

Yes

2

University of Tennessee

No

1

University of Utah

No

2

University of Vermont

No

1

University of Virginia

Yes

1

University of Washington

No

2

University of Wisconsin

Yes

2

University of Wyoming

No

2

Valparaiso University

Yes

2

Vanderbilt University

No

1

Vassar College

No

1

Villanova University

No

1

Virginia Tech

No

1

Wake Forest University

Yes

1

Washington State University

No

1

Wesleyan University

Yes

2

West Virginia University

Yes

2

Willamette University

No

1

Williams College

No

1

Xavier University

No

1

Yale University

Yes

1

Total schools using writing:

68

Total schools not using writing:

102

Total schools using method 1:

115

Total schools using method 2:

51

Total schools using method 3:

1

Total schools using method 4:

2

Total schools using other method:

2

PowerScore collected this information in order to present a general picture of the admissions process. To verify that a specific college's policies have not been altered since our survey, we recommend that you contact the admissions office.

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