SAT with or without the essay?

[snowbeltmom]

Now that the SAT gives students the option of not taking the essay, how many of you have kids that are skipping or have skipped it?  

 

 

 

 

[RootAnn]

Dd#1 is skipping it. She is not a strong writer and has no drive to prep for this type of essay. She won't be applying to the type of colleges that require it.

 

I'm not sure which others of mine will take the SAT, so it'll be a kid-by-kid decision.

[Lilaclady]

Mine took it with the essay. It was a baseline SAT and she is likely to apply to some schools that will require it.

[Erica in OR]

My oldest just took it at the June SAT date. The main school she's interested in doesn't require it (although it does require it if you take the ACT, for some reason), but I figured better to have it than to have to retest later if she had a school that wanted it. She was wrapping up a dual enrollment writing course that was heavily rhetoric-based at the same time, so she was ready for the current SAT essay style.

 

Erica in OR

[lewelma]

DS took it. He had never written an essay under time pressure and had never done that kind of analysis. He prepped by reading one of the short prep books and then writing 13 practise essays that we analysed together, looking for ways to improve and increase speed. So about one hour a day for a month.

 

Ruth in NZ

Edited June 20, 2017 by lewelma