Here are three aspects that distinguish the SAT essay and ACT writing section. The essay portion of the SAT and ACT is technically optional, but that doesn't mean you should write it off.

While ACT decided to provide students with an option to forgo the essay -- because many colleges already require a writing sample with their application -- the SAT essay will be mandatory.

Princeton and Stanford universities on Thursday became the latest prominent schools to stop requiring aspiring students to submit an essay score from the ACT or SAT. Stanford’s dean of ...

Two additional universities are also considering dropping their SAT and ACT essay requirements. “The short sample essays test-takers generate as part of the ACT or SAT have never been of much ...

Although it also removed its ACT/SAT essay requirement, Princeton will now require all applicants to submit a graded writing sample from high school. Other high-ranking universities gave up the ...

On July 5, the University dropped the need for applicants to submit an essay score from the SAT or ACT. Beginning this 2018-2019 application season, applicants will, instead, have to submit a graded ...

The format calls for students to read a given ... That’s one reason Duke also is one of the few to require an SAT or ACT essay score. Last week, however, Guttentag said Duke’s policy is ...

But many writing experts were highly critical of the format, noting among other things that ... Princeton Review said Harvard's decision was a sign that the essays should be eliminated from the SAT ...