<p>Well, this is my first SAT essay, so please BE FRANK and give it to me straight.</p>
<p>I love and accept all criticism.
(If you can also include a predicted score, that would be AWESOME)</p>
<p>All words are in their original spelling/grammer.</p>
<p>Prompt: When some people win, must others lose, or are there situations in which everyone wins? </p>
<p>In 2007, the United states was hit with the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression. Through this catostrophic economic downturn, millions lost their life savings and more, yet some millions profited off the losses of others. The fact of life is, in order for some to win, others must lose. We can observe this clearly in the lives of Henry Paulson Jr. and Steve Jobs.</p>
<p>Henry Paulson Jr., the former Secretary of the Treasury and the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, exemplifies the rule, “for some to profit, others must lose.” Mr. Paulson was selected to become the Secretary of the Treasury in 2006 and sold all of his Goldman Sachs stocks, receiving a nice profit. Then, with the implementation of dangerous rules and regulations, Mr. Paulson eased the world into a global recession, spelling the evictions of millions of families and spiking unemployment to above 10%. Yet through all this, Henry Paulson Jr. survived with his fortune largely intact, and was actually profiting because the recession had driven the prices of stocks and other securities so low. He, and many others, did not lose any money in the financial collapse, but instead profited on the misfortune of millions of Americans. </p>
<p>Similarly, Steve Jobs, revered to be the world’s greatest inovator, reveals through his life the overarching motif, “if there are winners, there must be losers.” Mr. Jobs created a plethora of ingenious products as well as millions of jobs around the world, (no pun intended). However, on his path to greatness, he left a pregnant woman to raise his baby alone and cut off many friends from the Apple company. It is controversial whether, in the scheme of things, these actions were justified, but it is inarguable that for Jobs to succeed as much as he did, others needed to fail. </p>
<p>The lives of Henry Paulson Jr. and Steve Jobs serve as stark reminders that there must be losers for winners to exist. Just as Henry Paulson Jr. proliferated off the pain and suffering of millions of Americans and Steve Jobs hurt and abandoned his daughter and friends, people in our society today cannot reach the top without stepping on others.</p>
<p>Edit: I now realize that my essay may seem a little political or biased. I did not have any intention of offending anyone and sincerely apologize if I did. Please don’t come after me (NSA).</p>