<p>I’m going to begin prepping for the SAT essay today. A few questions:</p>
<p>How much weight does the essay hold in your overall score?</p>
<p>Should I use Barron’s or BB to help me prep?</p>
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<li><p>30%</p></li>
<li><p>Use prompts from wherever. Just practice writing clear, coherent arguments.</p></li>
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<p>Just a quick question I want to ask for certainty: Is it ok to use a famous athlete in your essay? By using them in your essay, I mean can you talk about their recent accomplishments etc.</p>
<p>You sure can. You can also make up people. They’re grading you on how well you present the argument – the facts aren’t that important.</p>
<p>Of course… what you use isn’t important - how you use it is.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks! Despite being able to make up certain things for your essay, I doubt it’d be a good thing to make up a piece of history… correct?</p>
<p>Btw, who should I get to grade my essay besides just a friend? I don’t really have any relatives who are very good with writing, grammer, etc. Would it be smart to post the essay here?</p>
<p>You can post it here if you like; as far as making up history on the essay… the graders aren’t suppose to grade based on what kind of examples you use, but don’t do something stupid (like talk about how the United States fought England in WW II), but you could certainly make up a story as long as it doesn’t contradiction widely known facts…</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>You should search for Academic Hacker’s thread on the essay. It’s pretty helpful.</p>