UVa appears to be among the first of the highly-selective colleges to reconsider standardized test policies for the class of 2017–there will be no “writing” requirement for the new SAT or the ACT:
http://www.examiner.com/article/uva-drops-writing-from-sat-for-class-of-2017
“This Is How the New SAT Will Test Vocabulary” by Katy Steinmetz
A redesigned SAT due out in the spring of 2016 will no longer reward students for the rote memorization of semi-obscure word definitions, but instead emphasize “high utility” words