<p>Has anyone gone through with the whole “make up personal experienced and/or history” approach for the essay? I waste time trying to find appropriate <em>factual</em> examples, and therefore have to rush through the rest of the section.</p>
<p>So, has anyone gone balls out and used only made up examples … and do well? I’m fine with my Math and Critical Reading scores, it’s just Writing that’s bothering me (640, 43 + 7).</p>
<p>um i used ALL personal stories for my essay on the SAT, i made one up, and 2 were true…but quite honestly i couldve made all of them up and still wouldve got the same essay score that i got, which was a 10.</p>
<p>OK, I’m convinced.</p>
<p>meh i made up something totally gibberish and i still got what i probably wouldve got if i had used real examples (8) . also i know a guy who’s an advocate of making up stuff and he got a 12 more then once on the sat essay.</p>
<p>Fictitious examples are the best, and they can easily get you a 12. I just started serious (in the last 6 months) writing and made up a good mexico visit to save the poor and i received a 10.</p>
<p>but isn’t true that colleges read the SAT essays? so…why deceive?</p>
<p>Well I think it is a lot easier and quicker to write fictionally. Colleges generally don’t read them unless you request for your essay to be read, and what is so bad about a little deception?</p>
<p>um, Prep classes such as Kaplan tell u its OK to make up stories, u can probably write an essay saying how George Bush invented the light bulb and still get a good score as long as ur answering the question, and i guess thats whats MOST important.</p>