<p>Just got back from the SATs. On the essay, I completely ran out of time. I had just finished my second to last paragraph when they said the essay section was over, so will the person grading think I just didn't feel like writing a conclusion or that I didn't know I had to? They say that running out of time won't hurt you that much, but the grader probably won't know that I ran out of time.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I did really well on the writing multiple choice, so I think I can still be in the running for a score above 700, but when ask teachers for recommendations, their all gonna talk about what a great writer I am, and then on my score report thing the school will see my essay grade and things won't add up.</p>
<p>So, considering there's no conclusion but the rest of it was good, what could my essay score be?</p>
<p>I had no conclusion on my essay during the March test, ran out of time like you did, drew a large trailing line in midsentence, and scored a 12.</p>
<p>really? I probably had four lines left on the second page which I had reserved for my conclusion. I HATE the whole timed essay thing. I'm usually a good writer, but I'm too much of a perfectionist to take only 25 minutes on an essay, plus I was having trouble with that topic, but oh well, I'll just hope for the best, thanks</p>
<p>Just make a good first impression by having an interesting intro, and strong body paragraph. The conclusion is merely restating your thesis, so it doesn't matter as much.</p>
<p>i started my essay, everything was going well, i would've scored a five at least. however, the proctor didn't call the five minute mark, this screwed me over. i almost finished my fourth paragraph, but i had to stop in the middle of a sentence. my fourth paragraph was my third support for my thesis, NOT A CONCLUSION. no conclusion, i didn't have time. should i just cancel my scores because i'm planning to get a very good score, this essay just messed me up. i don't want anything less than a five on my essay. guys what do u think.</p>
<p>From my own experience (maybe I just got lucky), it seems that the essay is not graded purely on length. I wrote an intro paragraph, one example paragraph, and half of another example paragraph. So, I left off one and a half example paragraphs and a conclusion. It wasn't very long at all. I got a 12. It won't matter if you stopped in midsentence or drew a line. I really think that it is quality, not quantity, so don't worry and good luck!</p>
<p>Friedliver-I wouldn't cancel! I was in the same situation and almost canceled after the March administration. I ended up doing fine, so I would just wait to see what you got. Whether or not you have a conclusion is not going to make or break your essay. I'm sure about this. Even if you don't end up doing as well as you would have hoped you can see what you need to study for when you retake it and colleges will ignore your lower score and look at your high score.</p>
<p>I ran out of time as well, I only had 3 lines left for my conclusion, but i only got halfway through the first sentence on it. I think I should have just stopped and not even attempted a conclusion as I knew time was running out.</p>
<p>I think the study on length v. score was very dubious. First, he had a very small sample size. Second, he only looked at the ones college board released as examples of what essays are clearly what score. And if you wanted to demonstrate an essay that was clearly a 6/6, you'd probably pick a pretty long one. To demonstrate a clear 5, you probably wouldn't pick one as long as the 6 you picked. etc etc. There was no random selection in that study; I don't view it as valid.</p>
<p>ahh ..jaimie17 and sx91 -<em>-..you guys didn't finish and still got 12's...O</em>o.. i applaud you..
i finished..(5 paragraphs) and got 10 -_-...i liked the "majority rule" question given in march :)</p>
<p>If I were a reader, big words that appear to only be there for the sake of having a big word would detract from the essay as a whole. Imho, the key is to use advanced words that actually add something to the essay (for example, one of the words I used was credence) rather than words that are simply obscure. The problem with obscure words is that they're obscure to the reader too.</p>