<p>I thought my essay was absolutely perfect...one of my best pieces of writing. I got a 4/5 on it. I have always taken honors English courses and always gotten A's. I get the vibe that they don't look at anything but length and megatastic error through skimming. I can't honestly believe that a person can read 6000 essays and still care enough to actually read. Anyone else getting this vibe?</p>
<p>Wait, a 4/5??? I guess you mean a 9/12??</p>
<p>I don't know...I suppose it's possible, but unlikely. It seems my essay score was accurate (9/12). In the end, its not too important. The actual score (composite) is what matters.</p>
<p>I think you can ask for essay rescoring.</p>
<p>I have heard that such professionals skim through the essays...they only have about 1 min to "read" the essay in which they look for specific things. Also it's not only one person who reads the essay...usualy 2 people read one essay in which both scores are taken into account. If the two scores vary more than 2 points, the essay is given for a revision to a third person to sort the matter.
Hope that helped...</p>
<p>The essay grading is obviously flawed in some way.</p>
<p>I only got a 7, which is ridiculous since my essay was very good.</p>
<p>i don't like the act essay</p>
<p>I love the act essay. I find it easier to find examples, especially because i can always use at least one personal example. I always got 8/9s on my very good (i thought) sat essays, and for my act essay that i didn't do that well on, i got a 10. So i dont know why i do better on act, but i think being redundent is helpful, so you can make sure you get your examples/points across to a reader who is just scimming.</p>