<p>Has anyone used this? Whenever I submit my essay, I always get a 5. Do you guys think that getting a 6 on the real thing is as tough as getting one on the online course (I hope not). </p>
<p>And just for reference, I’ve found two ways to make my score a 6. First of all, I posted my essay twice (actually 1 time and then half of it) and got a six.</p>
<p>Also, this is HILARIOUS. I added some stuff at the end.</p>
<p>Firstly, I added, “Most importantly, life is but a great journey into the celestial beyond.” but I still got a five so I added this great sentence- “If only the perception of time could be altered in order to help construct a frame of reference that coincided with the aberrant deviant and abetted the data, then one would not only find peace, but one would also find oneself.” And I got A SIX!!!</p>
<p>Then I took away the “life is but a great journey” sentence, got a 5, and wondered if it was all about length. So I added the phrase “Bob went to the store” and got a 6. Wow…</p>
<p>So I kept going and tried “Steve is fat” with no sucess. Then “Steve is very fat” and then “Steve is so fat, that he was unable to go to the store with Bob.” Still a 5… Apparently “Bob goes to the store” is much more convincing. (Just a note, Bob and Steve related in absolutley no way to my essay)</p>
<p>i think it’s because you put the word “fat” in lol</p>
<p>probably too slang</p>
<p>New Update-College board, you are so stupid!!! </p>
<p>I took the essay that they suggested was a 6 (I’m not so sure, it really wasn’t that good) and entered it into the online grading and it got a 5! Genius, you think that they would check…</p>
<p>Also, they give 2 examples for 5 and one of them got a 6!! They also give two examples for 4 and one got a 5!</p>
<p>Their 3 got a 4, their 2 got a 3, and their 1 got a 2.</p>
<p>Lastly, on 4 sample essays for different prompts, I have yet to find an essay that they say is 6 that yeilds a score of 6 from the online grading thing. So I guess the online grading thing is innaccurate. I’m happier now…</p>
<p>An automated program is used to score your essays online. It should be of no surprise to find that a computer has less of a capacity to grade an essay accurately than does a human grader. I fail to understand your triumph.</p>
<p>I realize that it has less capacity, but I didn’t (couldn’t) know whether or not it graded leniently or strictly. I wanted to get a better idea of whether or not my current essays could get me a 6 (it appears now that they can).</p>
<p>It’s easier to get a 6 on the online course because your essay doesn’t have to be very insightful.</p>
<p>But apparently it has to be long and even college board’s examples of 6s (that were insightful) only got 5s when I put them into the online grading thing.</p>