<p>So, in case you haven’t read the article by John Cloud, “How I Did on the SAT,” he mentions a guide written by the College Board that would serve as a model for 12 essays. According to Cloud, these essays are “unbearably mechanical and cliched” and he provides examples of quotes in the essay that are quite terrible. It is supposedly going to be a bit pricey, given that it only will provide 20 essays. So, what are your opinions of the book? Are you willing to buy such a book in order to get that 12, and are you willing to spend money on it (possibly up to $25)? If this does come out, it will force people to write more formulaic essays, and will ultimate undermind the purpose of an essay, to write your own opinions and thoughts in a creative and sound manner. This also serves as another way for the CB to get money from desperate students who want to get that perfect score on that essay, an essay that colleges and english teachers alike have ridiculed and criticized. When will the CB stop?</p>
<p>-edit- If this has been mentioned before in another thread, my apologies.</p>
<p>i’ve amassed a collection of 13-14 or so essays that all received 12s. These were amassed at my own personal expense by collecting the essays from this forum and also collegeboard’s own essays. these can be EASILY found, but it took some time for me. Because of copyright matters and didn’t ask those whether or not I could take their scored-12 essays, i’ll only give it out when i get pmed.</p>