Repeat SAT Exam to Improve Essay Score?

aegis400
Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:07:22 +0000

hey, same thing happened to me this time on my May SAT!!

For the December SAT I took, I got a
Composite: 1420 (English: 640, Math: 780), Essay: 8-8-8 (24)

But for the May one, I got a
Composite: 1480 (English: 730, Math: 750), Essay: 6-5-6 (17)

I was extremely happy to have a 1510 as my superscore, but I soon thought that my low essay score might be a problem now.
However, after reaching out to some of my “bright” friends, I concluded that the Collegeboard has changed its essay grading system, or whatsoever, but the average essay score has dropped significantly on the May test. (One of my friends who got a 23 on the essay before scored a 15 this time around)

I would say don’t worry too much about the essay score, because it seems to me that the essay score doesn’t really mean that much (i mean just look at my change in essay scores! I am using statistics to appeal to logos… lol)

Congrats on job well done and don’t worry about your essay score!