Choosing between scores

[Wowthisis]

Hi all, I'm in a bit of a panic after my analytic writing score came out today and would appreciate some advice.
My previous score was 160/156/5.5 and this time I got 162/159/4.0. 
5 up for overall score but 1.5 down for the writing....

I'm an international applicant applying for phd in political theory (philosophy) so I'm assuming the analytic scores will matter but I did get 5 more overall points in the second test.

I've noticed that some schools do look at the best of each sections but most schools seem like they only look at the whole set. 
So, which score would you guys choose to send?

 

[fuzzylogician]

In general, the AWA score is considered the least important of the GRE sections. Not that it guarantees anything, but it's useful to know. Also relevant: what is your TOEFL score and what do your essays look like? If you have a high writing score in the TOEFL and you have polished essays (SOP, writing sample), plus maybe you can get a LOR writer to talk about your English skills, then that would be massive evidence against this lower AWA score.