<p>It’s so flipping hard to write a good essay in twenty-five minutes. Mine was certainly not the 11 this time that I scored last time. =/</p>
<p>I had the compromise topic, and only had time to elaborate on Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It was an okay essay for being so short, but definitely not as well-written as it could have been.</p>
<p>how is their eyes were watching god a bad example? o_o
I thought it was really good.</p>
<p>anhtimmy, I believe nbafan meant to type, “except it’s Their Eyes Were Watching God” since you typed “Their Eyes Were Seeing God.”</p>
<p>I had the decisions essay prompt. At first, I wrote my introduction, but I was not satisfied so I erased it completely, which completely took away around 4 or 5 minutes. Thus, I had three lines left in my conclusion. Also, I could not think of any examples that would illuminate that decisions made quickly are as good as those made slowly and carefully. I just wrote about Beloved and the Underground Railroad. I would consider myself a good writer (got a 5 on AP English, won several writing competitions), but I seriously believe I got a 8-10, inclusive. </p>
<p>What worries me, however, is the legibility of my handwriting. I was racing against the clock, which affected the legibility of my penmanship. I strongly hope that my readers will be able to muddle through that mess. Do you automatically receive a 0 for illegible essays?</p>
<p>Mine was the quick decision versus slow decision: I used FDR first 100 days (even though I hate FDR in real life) and those peeps who took over the plane that crashed it into Pennsylvania on 9/11 (I was really desperate)</p>
<p>I’m not too happy about it. All my practice ones were much longer and I found them much easier but at least I pulled it off in the end.</p>
<p>I had the compromise prompt.</p>
<p>I used The Great Compromise and a personal example.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m so slow. ~.~
I think I said it right on the essay… -oh god!- lol</p>
<p>Oh, I’m so slow. ~.~
I think I said it right on the essay… -oh god!- lol</p>
<p>would it be bad to use only one example?</p>
<p>Yes - the general consensus is that you should one literary, one historical and one personal example. </p>
<p>Of course, each essay is different, and I do believe people can ‘get away’ with one example. It would have to be damn good though.</p>
<p>^^ I used one example in the essay on my first SAT and scored an 11.</p>
<p>My prompt was the decisions one and the quote that they used to preface it was a quote by Malcom Gladwell. So for my essay I just used two examples from gladwells book, Blink, and scored a 12</p>
<p>I got the compromise question. My essay wasn’t very good and/but I got a 10. I sort of qualified the argument, but more on the side that compromise is good. I used the American political system, where compromise is essential; Elizabeth I’s religious compromise in creating the Church of England, a mix of Protestantism and Catholicism which I think saved her country; and then I used a personal example of how I will not compromise with regards to my veganism, because it is something important to me.</p>
<p>Wow this topic is extremely sad. Anyone who needs to memorize a stock set of examples to be regurgitated into the SAT essay clearly does not understand how to write one. Certain examples fit well in some instances, but often they seem trite or ridiculous. The fact that people on this thread think that examples guarantee a great score is depressing. Its all about the logical strength and persuasion of your argument, not the amount of instances in which it has occurred. </p>
<p>If anyone wants to discuss their views on the topic with me or disagrees with me, they can pm me. I received a 12 on the essay and an 800 on the section without learning this ridiculous template.</p>