How to write a good Sat essay?

gery_sun
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:28:10 +0000

:) It depends…

I wrote an essay - about 350 words long (it must have been long enough for at least 5), but I got a four.

This means that not only the quantity but the quality also matters. If you have spelling and grammar mistakes no matter how long the essay is you will never get a 6.

On the other hand you can always fool a computer. Whether you will check your work beforehand with a program such as Word, or you will copy 10 times one and the same paragraph it doesn’t matter. If you want desparately to get a 6 you can even type one of the sample essays. It depends very much on your purpose.

What I value in the course is that it provides an estimate of what you give it to check. If you really want to get some helpful practice, just write the essay in conditions close to these on the test and then type it just as you have written it. The grade will most probably be close to what you will get on a real test. And though the computer cannot determine whether your examples are relevant to the topic or you have written an essay on a completely different one, you will know that for sure.

I do not want to advertise the course - I would rather say that it is good for you only if you need additional practice (the lessons are the same as these in the official guide so you get no extra strategies). And naturally it is always better to get some essays scored by a teacher. But otherwise the service is good and at a reasonable price.