<p>Have you guys ever read the sample 12 essay in the Real Sat 2 books or a princeton review book etc?? They’re very immature and not impressive at all. However, they support their theses with around one literature example and a history example, are basically coherent and fluent; that’s basically all the graders want. This isn’t an AP English essay. The people that grade essays on this board are very pretentious and cavil about the dumbest things. They think they’re so great and smart, but they don’t know what they’re talking about at all. If you can put 2-3 literature/history examples in your essay that make sense and your sentences flow nicely, you’ll get a 12. This essay is perfectly fine, a definite 12.</p>