<p>Fendergirl, I don’t know if you are in the minority. A lot of us just don’t trust that the essays will be scored anything but randomly. As to having the SAT I essay sent to the college, no problem here.</p>
<p>In my required English Composition class in College One the chairman of the department decided that the best way to learn to write , was to write. Every MWF we wrote a timed essay on a topic unknown to us prior to class. I think we used 20 minutes of class time for the “theme”. It was lecture format the remainder of the time. </p>
<p>We had “death penalty” grading. Sentence fragment-F.( Like that sentence fragment, LOL.) Misspelled word-F. Comma splice-F. Dangling participle-F. Ending a sentence with a preposition-F. Drop-add day looked like a jail break. Fully half of the class had done the math on their first few essays and escaped. That class had certainly a way of keeping you focused.</p>