Great essay... BAD conclusion?

Virgie987
Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:05:38 +0000

Well, grading essays is very subjective. Maybe you’d get two readers/examiners who are lenient about conclusions. I don’t know. But, a “bad”/rushed conclusion usually indicates to them that it was not good time management and it’s the last impression that you give to them.

I think the most important things they look at is…

how well you use the English language- like no grammatical or spelling errors, effective use of the language to convey your answer to the prompt

how well the essay is developed, how the paragraphs transition or relate to each other

how well you organized your thoughts/logic in the essay and if they can follow your thought process easily (if you have complex ideas to convey, does the writing confuse the reader with run-on sentences or is the writing insightful and guides the reader through the essay?

That said… if the rest of the essay is solid, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be at least a total of 10 (5 from each reader).