Please grade my SAT essay

ThePinko
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:08:01 +0000

I don’t know that you’ll need a response, anymore, but I’m willing to share my opinion.
I thought your first paragraph was very strong and well-reasoned (though I have a distinct inclination toward the literary), but your second was a bit weak.
But in terms of grades? I would guess you’d receive an 11 or a 12. A 10 if you are (very) unlucky.
One personal criticism – and I sincerely doubt College Board will find this an issue – is that your use of ‘ameliorate’, which, while apt and technically acceptable, is strange and jarring considering your relatively colloquial use of language and vocabulary in the rest of the essay. I’m making, of course, a minor, insignificant complaint. Simply a small comment from one writer to another.
I hope this was helpful.

Note: I have no experience whatsoever in anything that could be even remotely referred to as the grading of tests.