Debaters who had a great time with the essay!!!

Test Preparation
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<p>Majority is a poor guide for ruling.</p>

<p>Wow, there have been so many LD topics on that that I probably could have written more if I had more space on the paper. Normally in 3 minutes I would have to come up with a speech refuting that or supporting it. in 25 min I can do both and have time left over. </p>

<p>I covered hitler, the crusades, commusim and the us government in 2 pgs. It was great!!!</p>

<p>Debate rocks, it prepares you for SAT essays. People join debate and get high scores on the essay section on the SAT:)</p>

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<p>You might have done well on the essay but you screwed yourself over by not finishing the sentimental dad section. That was not an experimental section big guy. Everyone had it</p>

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<p>I didn't like the creativity essay very much...</p>

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<p>noooooooooooo!!! O'well, I was going to take the test again anyways. Life moves on.</p>

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<p>does know have much the essay is worth to the writing section? half? 1/4?</p>

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<p>From what the Princeton Review has said in the past (and you can take it with a grain of salt), the essay accounts for about 1/3 of the Writing section.</p>

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<p>^^ Yeah, Kaplan said 1/3.</p>

<p>The Official College Board SAT Study Guide, however, says that it is "around 30%" (which I guess could be 1/3).</p>

<p>Sentimental dad section? I can't remember exactly which one that was -- could you remind me a little more? That could have something to do with the fact that I've been up since 6am and had to go to Six Flags a few hours after my SAT finished. If it's not experimental then I obviously had it, and the only section that I had trouble finishing was the one that I know for fact was experimental (on my test, at least).</p>

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<p>What, praytell, do you know was experimental?</p>

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<p>Dad with good listening skills---it was writing, paragraph improvement, I believe.</p>

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<p>I finished the sentimenal dad one AND the essay.
After double checking, too.
For both.</p>

<p>HAHA. YOU LOSE.</p>

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<p>No! Sentimental Dad was not experimental</p>

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<p>The essay accounts for 24/73 of the writing score, or 32.88%, slightly less than 1/3.</p>

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<p>locke913 - I agree, debate is probably the most expansive of extracurriculars in terms of improving skills. My abilities in writing, research, speaking, decisionmaking.. have all improved tremendously. Not to mention, I'm not the shy, meek little girl I used to be. </p>

<p>It's good you enjoyed the essay, I'm sure you did well.</p>

<p>I'm slightly confused about this "sentimental dad" section. Was it a passage on the test? (I didn't take it yesterday - I didn't register for march, but they also canceled them for our area, what with the nor'easter and all)</p>

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<p>i didn't take the march SAT, but that essay topic DEFINITELY sounds like a blast for debaters ;) woooo!</p>

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<p>your soo Lucky you got the majority rule one...God I wish I had gotten that one...I HATE that stupid creativity one....bummer
Sounds like you guys did a great job on your essays!</p>

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<p>i'm not even in debate and i found the essay to be not so tough</p>

<p>i used all books</p>

<p>Brave New World, 1984 and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</p>