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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by google234123 on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:22PM (#27936795)
I dont think the essay can bring down the score that much.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by jbluepolarbear on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:42PM (#27936999)
It was a third of the score and was a minimum of 200 points. I got the minimum because I attempted. They changed the scoring at some point to make the written section not count as much.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by junar on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:10PM (#27937544)
Seconding this. The former Writing section was not just the essay: it also had multiple-choice questions. Effectively, the essay itself was worth between 100 and 200 points, and the multiple-choice made up the rest.

https://blog.prepscholar.com/sat-score-chart-raw-score-conve...

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by jbluepolarbear on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:42PM (#27937706)
That’s the second version of the writing section. I’m talking the one given in 2005 which was different.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by junar on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:45PM (#27937724)
The post I cited is from 2015, which still describes a 3-section SAT. As far as I know, the SAT format remained the same from 2005 until March 2016.
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