<p>[SAT</a> Test: Teen Student Finds Longer SAT Essay Equals Better Score - ABC News](<a href=“Has Teen Unlocked the Secret to a Better SAT Score? - ABC News”>Has Teen Unlocked the Secret to a Better SAT Score? - ABC News)
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<p>^why would he publish something like this? What a ■■■■■■!!!</p>
<p>Now, CB will find out and it will change its entire method of scoring essayS!!! People don’t think through these days.</p>
<p>This “CC conventional wisdom” was not only based on the members experience, but also on the seminal work of Les Perelman of MIT, who studied the correlation between the length of the essay and the score.</p>
<p>^^ Why wouldn’t he? He already got his score.</p>
<p>CB’s response: [SAT</a> Scores: Statement from The College Board to ‘GMA’ - ABC News](<a href=“Statement from The College Board to 'GMA' - ABC News”>Statement from The College Board to 'GMA' - ABC News)</p>
<p>^ Yes, Perelman is quoted a number of times in this story. It’s old news, but I figured this deserved a mention given the turnover in CC membership.</p>
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If you were serious about that being a negative thing - well, that’s the point. As someone who loves to write shorter, more in-depth essays, this would prove an advantage to me. But I doubt CB will change the system, or at least do so immediately.</p>
<p>^How would it be a negative thing? </p>
<p>Is finding out the recipe for success a negative thing? Im saying it’s a negative thing for C</p>
<p>Well, last time I filled up 1 page and 3 lines, and got an 8. This test, I filled up everything completely… I even had to make the last line smaller to fit everything in (I really loved my essay prompt). And I had 5 minutes left to edit too.</p>
<p>*To clarify my statement: it may be a positive thing for those who discover the ‘trick’, but generally it’s unfair and says nothing about an essay’s quality.</p>
<p>(And Presidont - same situation here, I was scrambling to BS my paper until I filled up all the space. My handwriting was messier than usual and I kept repeating inane statements in different ways…but I’m curious to see what score I got.)</p>
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The idea is that the “recipe for success” should be writing an intelligent, eloquent, and supported essay, not simply a long essay.</p>
<p>i think maybe longer essays usually have more explanations or more examples. hence why longer essays correlate to a higher score.</p>
<p>Lol, I like how filling 2 pages is considered “long” for the SAT, but filling 3+ pages is almost always required to get a high Writing score on the ACT.</p>
<p>Haha the ACT essay is ridiculous. I have no idea how they score. I like the SAT scoring system better</p>
<p>Why do they only give two pages? To my surprise I finished my essay in 10 mins, then spent a few mins revising when I realized that I had used up all my space.</p>