Jan 30 2008
Why Your Son Or Daughter Must Do Well On The Sat Essay
According to a survey of college admissions officers at 374 schools conducted at Kaplan, as much as 58 percent of colleges will be checking the SAT essays of applicants for potential writing level discrepancies, while 15 percent will be evaluating the SAT essay of all applicants.
Timothy Brunold, dean of undergraduate admissions at USC said, “we will definitely take a look at the SAT essay if the student scored poorly on the writing section but wrote a brilliant personal essay.”
Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, says the essay test will give admissions officers a better feel for applicants’ writing and verbal skills and their ability to perform under “constraint.”