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<p>A detailed analysis of June SAT for each SAT taker has been announced today by CB. I know that many fellow students still nurture doubts about the essay section, as can be seen from various how-to-improve-essay topics. There is this “12 essay in 10 days” topic which is rumored to be good (I haven’t read it), but I think nothing beats a real essay with insightful tips and analysis from its very author.</p>

<p>Therein lies the reason why I make this topic. If you have a 10+ essay in the June test, please share it here by either retyping or copying the link. You can optionally share your thoughts and tips about the essays, too. I am sure myriad people will be grateful to you, and therefore look forward to your cooperation.</p>

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<p>I’ll start with mine first. I got 11.</p>

<pre><code> Nowadays, with the easily accessible Internet and the ubiquity of online sources, some people claim that getting information has never been easier. It can be argued, however, that knowing the source of information is also vital, as it determines the authenticity of information. An overview on the following examples helps demonstrate this concept.

     There has been a recent initiatives of MIT and Stanford in the development of massive open online courses (MOOCs). An outstanding feature of a MOOC is the provision of free andopen online tutorship, which has high potential to reduce the cost of post-secondary education and to increase learning opportunities, especially in developing countries where there is a severe paucity of college and university education. What also distinguishes MOOCs from other online sources such as Apple's Itune University and the Khan Academy is their sources - the prestigious Stanford and MIT. MOOCs are, therefore, widely popular in a short time. For example, in Vietnam, though not yet officially recommended by the Ministry of Education, Stanford and MIT’s MOOCs have been available in several universities. A recent survey by Saigon Times reveals that 92% of the involved students have considerably ‘broadened their horizons’, and all of them would like to engage in further courses. Thus, this example conspicuously demonstrates how information from good sources can be widely trusted and used around the world.

   The same notion can also be found in the story of Wikileaks. WikiLeaks is an international non-profit organisation founded by Australian Internet activist Julian Assange, and is famous for publishing news leak. In July 2010, Wikileaks publicized a set of more than 70,000 documents about the Afghanistan-America War hitherto unavailable to the public. In October 2010, the group released a compilation of almost 400,000 documents called the "Iraq War Diary", which allowed the mapping of more than 100,000 deaths in assaults by Iraq insurgents, including about 15,000 that had not been previously published. Since Wikileaks' source is from the government themselves, it has elicited considerable indignance as well as advocacy in public. Several countries have demanded the arrest of Julian Assange; however, many people also support him. In November 2010, Friends of WikiLeaks , a social network, was initiated  to perform advocacy. Thus, it can be seen how information source is important to public belief.

In conclusion, through a thorough analysis of MOOCs and Wikileaks, one can see that the source of information is indeed essential. Many people can benefit from authentic information, while false information can be deleterious.

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<p>11 here too, but different prompt- Is it possible for a society to be fair to everyone?
[June</a> SAT essay (11)](<a href=“http://imgur.com/a/fscJk]June”>page 2 - Album on Imgur)</p>

<p>So here’s my reflection after this ‘oh so fun’ adventure:</p>

<p>I actually got a 5 the first time I took the SAT (yeah, 2 and 3), and the one tip that really helped me the most was something that I had always known, but never internalized. SAT graders are looking for a writer who is smart and insightful. That means you have to go into testing day with a solid template and interesting examples, and then breathe life into your essay with upper-level analysis and a smart voice. </p>

<p>What you have to remember is graders aren’t thinking about the words on the screen in front of them, they’re thinking about the writer who put those words down. That means two things. 1) Don’t sound stupid. Instead, sound like you just completely your dissertation on this topic. 2) Content itself is next to irrelevant. Read my essay: both examples are completely false. Tesla’s story is a massive exaggeration, and Milioti’s is a fabrication. But I write about them as if they are real.</p>

<p>So I challenge you to write with conviction, even if you don’t think you have it.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your essay, 2redpartyhats.
By the way, my essay prompt is “Should people check the source of information before using it?”
What I’d like to share is that you must prepare relevant examples. If your example is off-topic it’s over. And once you have good examples, you must show how relevant they are. In my essay, I rephrase my opinion twice, not just once, in each paragraph, so that the passage, as a whole, can be solid and coherent.</p>

<p>P1:

  • What also distinguishes MOOCs from other online sources such as Apple’s Itune University and the Khan Academy is their sources - the prestigious Stanford and MIT
  • Thus, this example conspicuously demonstrates how information from good sources can be widely trusted and used around the world</p>

<p>P2:

  • Since Wikileaks’ source is from the government themselves, it has elicited considerable indignance as well as advocacy in public
  • Thus, it can be seen how information source is important to public belief</p>

<p>My weakness, if anything, may be the introduction and conclusion, which are quite simple and straightforward (I did attempt to add a SAT word “deleterious” to the conclusion as a final embellishment…)</p>

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<p>From the March 2013 SAT. (I got an 800!) </p>

<p>This essay got me a 12 :)</p>

<p>“Is it a disadvantage to pay attention to details?”</p>

<p>Details are what make up life. Life is not just sixty or eighty years when one gets by only paying attention to the main idea of everything. If that were true, then every person in the world would be seen as just a person; the little details would not matter - the intelligence, the look, the hair color - all the details that make up who a person is. So, the question, “Is it a disadvantage to pay attention to details?” is fallacious. In other words, paying attention to details is an important part in life, whether making an easy decision, or the most trivial. The evidence supporting this fact through history and life is very pervasive.</p>

<p>The first case where paying attention to details proves to be an advantage is in the Chinese battle of Penghu, in the middle of the 19th century. At the time, the ruler of the Qing dynsasty was the omnipotent King, Kangxi. At the time, the King got into a horrible dispute with the leader of Taiwan, in which no discussion or treaty could solve. So, the King declared war, sending admiral Shi Lang with 100,000 men and 600 warships to attack Taiwan. AT first, the attack was deflected, so the admiral split up the trops. One of the generals of the split up troops, Jiang Tzu, played a large role in the decisive victory that later occurred, all by paying attention to details. As he was in Taiwan, he noticed weird occurrences - one man in his troops did not quite add up, and after looking at the details, he found him to be a traitor, and so, capture d him, found out where the enemy was, attacked, and won the battle of Penghu.</p>

<p>The next occurrence where details play a large role is in “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. In it, Jurghis, his wife, Ona, and her family travel from Lithuania to America to experience the American Dream, but because they did not pay attention to the details, they soon found out it was the “American Nightmare”. At the beginning, Jurghis, with the pittance of money he had left, buys a house with a mortgage of $12 a month. But because he did not pay attention to the little details in the deed, he soon found out he owed interest, insurance, and other cots, the money for which he did not have. The family was soon evicted, one family member left, Ona and her baby died, and the others dispersed throughout Chicago, leaving Jurghis to become a criminal. As can be seen, little details play large roles. </p>

<p>Finally, the little details played a large role in the life of Donald Cullen, a wealthy and munificent stock broker of the 1920s. His life was good - he made tons of money, and even gave a lot to charity - but then, as the '30s approached, he noticed the little details, like how many people were buying on a low margin and could easily become in debt, and also how Joe Kennedy ,one accused of insider trading, pulled his money. So when Black Tuesday came, Donald did not have money in the market. The little details helped him to keep his wealth.</p>

<p>To reiterate, little details do, much of the time, add up to huge things. If little details are seen, good decisions can be made, to do big things. But if they are missed, prodigious consequences can occur.</p>

<p>All you really need to get a 12 is 3 good examples that connect well to a really good thesis. A couple good vocab words. A long length. Well- written.
Also, your examples do not need to be true. My first and third examples are both fake, but just using a real thing as background.</p>

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<p>I consistently use the same two examples, but I get 10’s (on both official SATs) and the occasional 11 (on practice tests). People have been telling me to use two solid examples, but do you think writing three examples would be safer? How do you go about balancing ample support for three examples? </p>

<p>I’m hoping for a 11 on my last SAT in October.</p>

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<p>You certainly did well for 2 solid examples, Lforlawleit. The difference between a 5 and a 6 is just the mastery of language (varied sentence structure, high level vocab, …). If you can manage it in 25 minutes, that’s nice. But I’d recommend paying more attention to writing MC. A 10 essay can still bring about 800, if you get all writing MCs correct.</p>

<p>Anyone kind enought to share your glamorous essay to us fellow? ^^</p>

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<p>Allow me to bring this topic back to serve our May SAT taker fellows.</p>