700-800 scorers in the SAT WRITING SECTION

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<p>The people who say “I’m just naturally good at writing” don’t really help. Anyways thank you guys for all the great advice.</p>

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<p>I got an 800 on my last SAT writing, mostly because I spent the majority of my prep time studying for it. Writing was my weakest subject of the three, at least initially. I studied out of Kaplan’s with my cousin, a Harvard student, tutoring me. A lot of it is just focusing on rules that you wouldn’t normally think about while writing, like parallelism, pronoun agreement (always always consider what the pronoun’s antecedent is), and comparative adjectives (better for two things, best for more than two). Learning what to pick out and focus on was the biggest factor for me, and I think a good tutor can definitely help a lot in this regard, although you certainly don’t need one.</p>

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<p>Not really anymore. When I used it, tutors were free, and would just join your games at random all the time. The site has turned over towards pay in the last couple months.</p>

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<p>I got an 800 in writing on the March SAT–I just made sure I read every answer explanation on my practice tests, those really taught me a lot of grammar. I feel like colleges don’t really care too much about writing, am I wrong?</p>

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<p>^not sure, but W will boost my score up very high. That is why I am so focused on it.</p>

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<p>They still do that but rarely. I haven’t seen a tutor there except during daytime at USA. You only have to pay for 1:1 tutoring. By the way, I’d advise anyone to be careful with their questions/answers because I’ve often found their Math problem phrasings to be ambiguous and Writing answers inaccurate.</p>

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<p>I got a 760 the first time and I’ve only taken it once. I got an 11 on the essay even though I wrote it backwards lol. I write for my school newspaper so I didn’t feel like I needed much more practice</p>

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<p>750 w/8 essay</p>

<p>I’m working on a SAT-prep guide that will have more details, but in short I recommend focusing on the multiple choice. Getting examples ready for the essay and writing really quickly takes actual work, and you can get a high score with a poor essay.</p>

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<p>Hey u guys, what is the maximum number of errors we can make for the mcqs in the writing section to get at least a 700?</p>

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<p>Hey u guys, what is the maximum number of errors we can make in the mcqs to get at least a 700?</p>

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<p>I got an 800 in Writing without any prep, but grammar and writing have always been the thing I was best at (I got a 690 Math and 690 Critical Reading).</p>

<p>I do think, however, that Writing multiple choice isn’t hard to excel in with just a little practice. Study basic grammar rules, and buy a Barron’s book for it. As for the essay, if you want a 12 out of 12, you’ll need 400 words or more (90% of essays with 400 words or more get a perfect 12) and strong supporting examples with good vocabulary choice and correct grammar. After that, you’re all set!</p>

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<p>ViggyRam, it looks as though no one has answered your question about “happier than we” vs. “happier than us” in the sentence that continues with “that the presidential election is almost here.” “Happier than we” is correct. The reason: “Than” is often thought to be a preposition, which would take the objective case. But in fact it’s a subordinating conjunction. In the construction “happier than we,” there is an “are” that is left implicit after the “we.” So you can think of the sentence as being “No one is happier than we [are] that the presidential election is almost here.”</p>

<p>This is also connected to a diction issue, where the correct usage is “different from” and not the more colloquial “different than.” In this case, you do want a preposition, and “from” is a preposition–but again, “than” is not.</p>

<p>So you might say, “They are different from us; but no one is more fortunate than we.”</p>

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<p>so i have been having issues with the writing too… i score around 610-630 in blue book practice tests… but i need to improve that to 700ish… im missing the mid difficulty improving sentences… any ideas for how to help that?</p>

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<p>If you learn all the rules you’ll get a 600-650</p>

<p>If you practice them consistently till their implanted into your brain 800 is def possible.</p>

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<p>@decrescendo
“90% of essays with 400 words or more get a perfect 12”</p>

<p>Where did you hear this/come up with a figure like that? I just looked over mine from March and it has close to 500 words. I got a 9 with relatively solid examples and good vocabulary. I’m sure your piece of advice was a hyperbole, but I think it’s unrealistic to walk in expecting a 12 regardless of how solid you are in practice.</p>

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<p>I think the secret to scoring high on the essays is not length, but is making sure your examples support your thesis, taking lots of time to explain how the examples you use relate back to your position. Yes, the people that do this will have longer essays, but it’s not the length itself that gives the score.</p>

<p>I ran out of time on the March SAT and got an 11 (780 writing), with no conclusion. Actually, my essay ends with the word “and.” The prompt was, “Are people too willing to agree with people in charge?” Here’s one of my body paragraphs:</p>

<p>“In the early 20th century, President Taft set aside several oil reserves to be used only if the nation were in a war and the naval forces needed access to more fuel. In order to safeguard the reserve in Teapot Dome, Wyoming, President Hoover, who followed Taft, appointed Fall as Secretary of the Interior and Denbey as Naval Commander. However, Hoover failed to keep a close watch on Fall and as a consequence, the Teapot Dome oil reserve was subject to practices in which the venal Fall distributed a glut of oil-- and money-- among his corrupted friends. As this continued to happen, some began to question his actions. People had gut feelings that Fall was engaging in such an elaborate scheme, yet they failed to take any action for a while because they believed that a United States government official such as Fall couldn’t be corrupt. When one person decided to take a stand against authority and the public discovered the truth about what seemed like a chimerical scheme to them, the Teapot Dome Scandal unfurled. It took one person who stood up against someone in charge in order to expose one of the nation’s largest political scandals; the rest of the nation watched.”</p>

<p>This isn’t the best example. I don’t even think it’s completely factually correct. However, I demonstrate clear thinking and relate it to my thesis. The SAT readers aren’t looking for perfect, they’re just looking for those essays that go above the norm of just stating an example and not providing any analysis. Just my two cents.</p>

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<p>To nail the writing section, get Erica Meltzers book with the 8 practice test. If you work through that book, you will know what they are looking for and get 700+, regardless of essay score. Like everything on the SAT, it takes practices, but eventually you see what the test is looking for.</p>

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<p>yeah just use erica meltzers book</p>

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<p>800 on the January 2014 SAT (77 MC and 12 ESSAY woot, I got everything right and only omitted one)</p>

<p>where did you learn your grammar rules.

  • Sparknotes and a little book I got from my SAT tutoring place</p>

<p>what did you start with

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<p>How do you write good essays? Can anyone give me suggestions?</p>