October SAT Writing Essay Thread

[otrebmu]

did you underline the title of the book and mention the author? that's supposed to help. i didn't last year as a junior and got an 8, but i remember really getting into it. i think it was roughly about cheating and i talked about athletic enhancement and mentioned names of professional athletes and stuff. i just remember feeling that it was good. i underlined angels and demons by dan brown, maybe that'll boost my score lol

edit- wow i just realized i spelled Angels "Angeles" /facepalm

[nanoscaled]

Intro: decent
1st paragraph: Am. Rev (well-developed)
2nd paragraph: Crime and Punishment (a bit rushed)
3rd paragraph: personal example (pretty well developed)
Conclusion: Solid conclusion: spent like 5 mins on it trying to use big words and ended with a punch.

What do you guys think? Btw, I used up all 2 pages, underlined titles, used a semicolon and a colon, and wrote neatly. I think I still got a 10... I always get 10s

[otrebmu]

if that's the case then 10 for sure and with a stroke of luck, 11, and 12 if you're really lucky.

[simpleperson]

i used Civil War/Atticus Finch

[Flare12345neo]

I think:
Intro: Brilliant. I incorporated Adam Smith into it.
First example: Pretty good I think. I'm a little worried that I might have been able to elaborate more. Plus I made up the book.
Second example: gas prices (gas companies and consumers) i'm worried that I may not have developed this enough and that it may go beyond the scope of the essay
Conclusion: Weakest part. Ran out of time but at least managed to get a basic conclusion in.
Used a few big words, but am afraid that I made one grammar error in the conclusion.
Overall, I'm praying for a 10 or higher.
Got a 9 last time.

[otrebmu]

definitly sounds like 10 quality

[anhtimmy]

Intro: very well developed
Example 1: Grapes of Wrath
Example 2: Civil War
Conclusion: very well

expected score: 11-12

[otrebmu]

solid. sfgsgsdfg

[JoshuaGuit]

intro: Well developed, few good vocab words
first paragraph: very good transition and form, cuban missile crisis (gave historical facts/how it related to the prompt/effects/how it would be today without topic of the prompt)
second paragraph: Not as well developed but certainly high quality, aid given to north Korea in exchange for the disassembly of their nuclear plant
conclusion: two or three sentences, was kind of rushed but I think it tied it all in nicely

I used 1.5 pages, I'm not quite sure of my grade now after reading some of the self-graded essays on this thread, at the time I thought it was a rather good essay for the 25 minute time restraint

[moonnite300]

wow i hope i get a 8 on my essay.. if i dont get over a 670 on writing i will be mad.. really mad..

[junshik]

You know what sucks? My proctor gave us only 20 minutes. And what else? I was the only one who spoke up and said we have 5 minutes left, and only like 2 other girls agreed quietly.

He yelled out 2 mins. left while I was in the start of my 3rd example/paragraph. So I panicked and erased my 3rd example from my essay and my intro. And went straight to conclusion. Its so retarded- we started at 8:44 and he wrote it on the board, but he yelled out TIME at 9:04. ??????

I wrote about the Constitution and Siddhartha.

[svcreddy91]

I wrote about Japanese Internment & Hester Prynne from "The Scarlet Letter."

[yreah1588]

i wrote about 1984 and invisible man..i only wrote like 1.5 pages tho.

[Naeem]

I wrote about Toni Morrison's Beloved (the main character rushed and killed her child) and about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (the creature rushes to get the blind cottager to like him.)

Expected: 10-12

[Bigb14]

1. 3/5 compromise, missouri compromise, compromise of 1850, and slavery
2. economic crisis

meh... idk if it was that good. hoping for a 10