<p>bump to helps lots o’ people!!!</p>
<p>This will sound harsh, and it’s intended for nobody in particular, but it’s meant to help…</p>
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<li> Most of you are in need of deprogramming. Bright, intuitive, educated people score well on the SAT essay. Education depends on years of observation and study. There’s also that little matter of insight. There are no simple, quick ways to master the nuances of writing. Just as there’s no fast way to become a chess champion, there’s no fast way to get from a seven to a twelve on the SAT essay. It sure as hell can’t happen in ten days (let alone two). If we’re talking about getting from an eight to a ten, that’s a different discussion.</li>
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<p>If I were wrong, then the average SAT verbal score would be a lot closer to 800 than 500 because people would have discovered the shortcut by now. However, the verbal scores (including those on the essay) just continue to fall.</p>
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<li> Almost nobody here needs an “SAT tutor.” Many people here do need writing teachers (and, to a lesser extent, math teachers).</li>
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<p>Let me leave you with this thought:</p>
<p>The subject of many books and infomercials is WEALTH and how to attain it. People fall for these schemes all the time. You wanna know how to get wealthy? Write a book or create an infomercial about wealth.</p>
<p>Otherwise, aside from winning the lottery, there’s no quick way to develop one’s own wealth.</p>
<p>i agree with jkjermey… no one likes to accept the notion that the SAT can’t be mastered. everyone repsonds by saying study study study. seriously… just think of it. the average 500 guy in CR can’t score a 700 in a matter of months unless he’s truly talented. keep it simple and accept the fact that you can’t ace an essay in 2 days. it takes tremendous amounts of time.</p>
<p>To Math Expert:</p>
<p>You were quite correct when you said this:</p>
<p>you can’t ace an essay in 2 days. it takes tremendous amounts of time</p>
<p>Part of the problem is that the kids on this site have probably gotten A’s in every English class they’ve ever taken. The awakening comes (or should come) when they discover that those grades are usually based on effort and little else.</p>
<p>I don’t know whether this is true of math classes. My recollection is that if I didn’t understand proofs, I wasn’t gonna be getting an “A” in geometry.</p>
<p>The memory of seventh-grade algebra will never leave me: I had a hell of a time with the distributive property. I went to the teacher almost every day for extra help, but my effort wasn’t reflected in my grade until my test scores increased.</p>
<p>that’s correct jkjermey. Even though your school studies, to you, may not correlate positively with your SAT CR or Math score, that shouldn’t mean that the SAT is a bad test. It’s usually out of effort and hard work that kids can get As in their school classes. the SAT was not made for something that could be studied for, and furthermore, if you do study for it, you should expect your scores to go up little, or none. If you do want to improve, which there is a way, you gotta have time. time time time. SAT scores will increase gradually, not just naturally, but due to your effort to study for it. If you don’t have time, it’s impossible to ace this test and get a 2100+, unless… of course, if you’re a true genius.</p>
<p>bumping for the upcoming SAT</p>
<p>Thank you !!!</p>
<p>SAT is 3 days away, bumpin’ to help y’all</p>
<p>Very niceee</p>
<p>Bumping to help people out.</p>
<p>Honestly though, you don’t really need to worry about the essay all that much. As long as you don’t miss any multiple choice questions you can still get an 800 ( even with a measly 9 in writing!). Trust me I would know.</p>
<p>that’s true, but colleges still see your essay score… I’m sure a 12 looks much better than a 9 to colleges. And also, some people just aren’t able to get every writing question, so their essay score could make or break that 800…</p>
<p>Jeremy and mathextra seem to share the common perception that the SAT is primarily a test of math knowledge, writing skills, etc. Others think it is just as much about knowing the test itself. To each his own . . .</p>
<p>Bump for November!!! Good luck!</p>
<p>To some extent it is. Co-relation coefficient are as high as .81</p>
<p>" If you don’t have time, it’s impossible to ace this test and get a 2100+, unless… of course, if you’re a true genius. "</p>
<p>lol what, that is complete bull. Plenty of people make above 2100 + without much preparation. </p>
<p>@satman your tips are pretty good. I actually tried implementing something similar during the October test but I’m really bad at making up stuff. Still ended up with a 10, though, so I’m happy.</p>
<p>I used this method for my november SAT’s, i’ll report what I get on the essay :D</p>
<p>Bump for December SAT</p>
<p>So, to clarify - we can totally make up examples for the essay? That would make things SO much easier!</p>
<p>I’ve been working on reading some proper literature (turns out there isn’t much I can draw from John Grisham’s works and such) but one thing I’m really confused about is about the pre-planning of examples.
How does that work?</p>
<p>Is it just reading about them and knowing about certain issues, or is there more to it than just doing some reading up?
For instance, you’ve got Steve Jobs. Everyone knows a little bit about him, but to use his life story as an example, should you make notes or… I’m so lost here. Anybody, any advice?</p>