How badly will collegeboard deduct points for SAT Essay

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<p>So everything made sense in my essay except I mentioned “civil rights movement in the 20th century” and I forgot and then started talking about the French Revolution… </p>

<p>And my conclusion was only a sentence long.</p>

<p>I’ve gotten two 9’s in the past and I thought I did better, but not sure about now. :(</p>

<p>Anybody want to estimate my score??</p>

<p>I just misstated an example and used another one, unless the reader believes the civil rights movement happened in the French Revolution LOL (plausible, since the people rebelled against the monarchy, which i stated)</p>

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<p>The Collegeboard doesn’t take into account factual errors, so I think you should be fine!</p>

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<p>Oh phew thats good!! LOL hopefully quantity looks good besides my one sentence conclusion… Thanks a lot! Anybody want to back up 26antara? or had a similar experience to what I did?</p>

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<p>I didn’t even write a conclusion. I really want to know CB’s stance on the conclusion! Is it important? Personally, I may be biased, but I think if you got your point across in the introduction and supported it with examples, there’s no need for a conclusion. Restating your main idea becomes redundant, since you already did it in the introduction. Does anyone know if CB essay readers automatically deduct points if there’s no conclusion?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Hmmph.</p>

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<p>I’ve never finished a conclusion, and I’ve gotten a 9 and a 10 in the past. I don’t think it’s based off of completion, but on content.</p>

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<p>i ran out of space to write the conclusion and just was about to squeeze the period in before time was up >.> (pretty sure the dang proctor gave me 20 mins)</p>

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<p>Haha, I thought the time was over after just five minutes :P</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s a relief to hear so.</p>

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<p>I took the SAT yesterday and got the prompt "Is too much info about public figures distracts us from main issues ??? </p>

<p>i wrote tht people ( in general ) must consider the public opinion and tht public opinion don’t distract us from choosing the write thing ??</p>

<p>and my examples were about tht neglecting peoples opinions usually led to disasters </p>

<p>is my writing relevant ?</p>

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<p>should work ^ it’s really easy to tweak things and get a 9</p>

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<p>Productrule, how much did you get in your sat?</p>

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<p>Previous one.</p>

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<p>Uh… 1840 @savvy123</p>

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<p>From what I’ve experienced with the SAT essay scoring, the graders don’t look for accuracy as much as they do quality and substance. If your argument is supported by relevant events/figures/ideas, you’ll get a good score.
I know someone who scored a 10 essay, but screwed up FDR’s years of presidency, but the way she described FDR’s Second Bill of Rights was what earned her that 10.</p>

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<p>iam not spamming but really i need a reply iam too anxious<br>
I took the SAT yesterday and got the prompt "Is too much info about public figures distracts us from main issues ??? </p>

<p>i wrote tht people ( in general ) must consider the public opinion and tht public opinion don’t distract us from choosing the write thing ??</p>

<p>and my examples were about tht neglecting peoples opinions usually led to disasters </p>

<p>is my writing relevant</p>

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<p>Its not clear what you are telling us the prompt was. </p>

<p>Was it something like- “Does too news coverage and information about a politician’s personal life distract the public from considering the policy impacts of proposed laws?”
Or a different question entirely. </p>

<p>How are people supposed to consider the public opinion? They are the public opinion.</p>

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<p>A lot of points maybe get a 7</p>

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<p>Anyone else have the prompt about being content leads to a lack of self-improvement in people? What did you guys write about?</p>

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<p>I had that prompt.</p>

<p>These are the examples some people used.
• 1984
• A Brave New World (hey I did!)
• Beowulf (I used that too!)
• Personal Experience (you’ll get a bad grade unless it’s ****ING GOOOD)
• Copernicus and his heliocentric theory (he was discontent about the geocentric model that was prevalent in his times, so he discovered the heliocentric model) (lol used this also)
• Fahrenheit 451 (I used this one!)
• The Odyssey
• cuckoo’s nest
• Thomas Edison and invention of light bulb (Stretched it to make it relevant lol)
• Albert Einstein and PHYSICS
• The Great Gatsby (bsed it) and French Revolution loool
• Crime and Punishment
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• Civil Rights Movement andthe Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Great Expectations
• made up example of general in Chinese Civil War</p>