About SAT Writing Score

Test Preparation
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<p>What is the highest SAT writing possible with an 8 point essay?</p>

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<p>btw, how do u prepare for the grammar questions (sentence revision and spotting error)? it’s kinda hard on me.</p>

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<p>I don’t know about your first question, so I’m going to skip right to the second. :x</p>

<p>The grammar questions aren’t as free-form as you’d think. Most if not all of the questions fall into a few discrete types of errors, which any good test prep book will cover. So if you’re having trouble, just learn how to recognize all the question types: it won’t get you a perfect score, but it should let you do decently.</p>

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<p>Highest possible is 800, but it’s usually lower.</p>

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<p>I actually got 800 with an 8 essay. But I think that was only because I missed nothing on MC–I was skating pretty close.</p>

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<p>Yes, most often, -0 with 8 essay does not yield 800.</p>

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<p>Wait, I’m sorry. I just checked and apparently I had a 9 on the essay. Apparently I don’t know my own scores…</p>

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<p>If it’s any help at all, I wrote an 8 point essay, and I made 2 mistakes in multiple choice, and I got a 720. </p>

<p>I didn’t realize that my essay was severely logically flawed until the 25 minutes was up. Oh well. :)</p>

<p>Good luck on the SATs!</p>

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<p>Personally, I think the concept that anyone can write anything worthwile in 25 minutes is flawed. The essay should be dropped from the SAT & ACT. There’s plenty of writing on most college apps themselves.</p>

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<p>While I agree that the essay evaluation process is flawed and that the conditions are not ideal, the SAT essay is the only piece of writing that admissions officers can, with certainty of authorship, attribute to the applicant.</p>

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<p>I got full marks in the MC section and an 8 in the essay and I got a 770 :)</p>

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<p>thanks, that helps.</p>

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<p>Silverturtle: True, but the time limit and random subject make them irrelevant to the college application process…at least in my humble personal opinion. The proctor at my son’s last SAT1 announced “times up!” when there was still 5 minutes left on the essay. After the minute or so it took to convince them otherwise, the kids had to get back on track and finish in the 3 and a half minutes they had left. My son did fine, by the way.
<strong>end rant</strong></p>

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<p>I got an 8 on my essay and a 790 in writing, but only because I got lucky and got all the MC questions right. To prepare, just look over the sample problems in a practice book and be sure you recognize the kind of grammar rules they like to test.</p>

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<p>D got all questions correct but omitted one and had a 9 essay. Her score was 750. Another kid got all correct and a 9 essay. His score was 800. Does this sound right?</p>

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<p>It’s definately possible given the College Board’s score ranges, but the spread is not usually this pronounced.</p>