<p>since the essay graders only spend a few minutes on each essay, do you think i could earn a 11+ for writing a page and a half essay?</p>
<p>with that length it is doubtful.</p>
<p>but depending on your organizational skills, it is entirely possible.</p>
<p>How about one that is 2-3 lines from the end, but I was in mid-sentence in my conclusion? I felt great about it until I was cut off in time :(</p>
<p>What if you wrote fairly small, but a lot. I wrote freaking small to save time on writing since smaller letters take less time to write…I wrote about 7/4 pages…</p>
<p>i also wrote a page and a half but shouldn’t the quality count rather than quantity?
like i could have written a crap essay with a ton of redundancy and circumlocution and whatnot and still have written a full 2 pages,
but im fully aware about the statistics research that correlates the longer the essay is, the better the grade.</p>
<p>I wrote a page and half last time -> 7.</p>
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<p>**On college board, An essay that recieved a 5: ** "Memories and past experiences serve as a rail, a guiding support, for people in an effort to succeed in the present. People not only learn from the past, but the very act of going through something provides experience for a person who is to “move up the ladder of success and achievement”.</p>
<p>Some view failed experiences as a hinderance to future success. This is very untrue because history has a tendency of repeating itself, and in recognizing past failures, one can learn how to successfully approach similar situations in the future. An example of this is looking back in history to WWI. Sedition acts at this time allowed for the imprisonment of anyone who voiced an opinion against the president, or against the war. America recognized this shady time in its past, and instead of covering it up in a movement towards a more democratic nation, these acts were published in textbooks and taught to students. Americans saw the poor judgement of this situation and later with the war in Iraq, approached “patriotism” differently. With this present war, those adverse to the war are able to voice their opinions without fear of imprisonment or death. In seeing the undemocratic ways of an earlier era, America was able to recognize the bad and try to reform it. If the Sedition Acts had been forgotten then what is to say that they wouldn’t come back? Remembering the failed times insures that improvement is possible.</p>
<p>In my personal experience, I have found that the very act of living through something not only matures me, but also provides skills and knowledge. In remembering past events, I am able to use them as reference, and sometimes assurance. A personal example, somewhat juvenile, but also effective, is when my first pet died. I was devastated and wanted to just clear my mind of the event, but I didn’t. After time, I recovered, but maintained the memory of this horrible tragedy. Later in life, another pet died. I looked back to that memory as a guide and learned from it that in time I would be fine and to just hang on. In this situation, a memory served as a reference and catalyzed in my personal growth and recovery.</p>
<p>Memories, good or bad, assist people in obtaining success. Whether used as reference for guidance, or lessons on what not to do, past experiences can only offer a gap between the steps on the ladder of success. Forgetting the past can and will only erase experience and knowledge from a person and in affect hinder one in seeking achievement. In looking at historical repeats and personal events, it is clear that old memories can only aid in success."</p>
<p>An essay that received a 6:" Without our past, our future would be a tortuous path leading to nowhere. In order to move up the ladder of success and achievement we must come to terms with our past and integrate it into our future. Even if in the past we made mistakes, this will only make wiser people out of us and guide us to where we are supposed to be.</p>
<p>This past year, I was auditioning for the fall play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” To my detriment I thought it would be a good idea to watch the movie in order to prepare. For two hours I studied Elizabeth Taylor’s mannerisms, attitude, and diction, hoping I could mimic her performance. I auditioned for the part of “Maggie” feeling perfectly confident in my portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor, however, I was unaware that my director saw exactly what I had been thinking. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the part, and my director told me that he needed to see “Maggie” from my perspective, not Elizabeth Taylor’s.</p>
<p>I learned from this experience, and promised myself I would not try to imitate another actress, in order to create my character. Perservering, I was anxious to audition for the winter play just two months later. The play was Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” and would get the opportunity to play “Chris,” a sarcastic yet witty role, which would be my final performance in high school. In order to develop my character, I planned out her life just as I thought it should be, gave her the voice I thought was right, and the rest of her character unfolded beautifully from there. My director told me after the first show that “Rumors” was the best work he’d ever seen from me, and that he was amazed at how I’d developed such a believable character. Thinking back to my first audition I was grateful for that chance I had to learn and to grow, because without that mistake I might have tried to base “Chris” off of someone I’d known or something I’d seen instead of becoming my own character. I utilized the memory of the Elizabeth Taylor debacle to improve my approach to acting and gave the best performance of my life so far."</p>
<p>As you see, although the 5 essay was much longer, the shorter essay got a 6.</p>
<p>Yes, but remember that the examples CB puts out will be carefully thought through.</p>
<p>Whereas your SAT essay will not. It will be graded in about 60 seconds. I’m betting they read your intro and conclusion, beginning/end of paragraphs, scan the rest, look at length and bam grade</p>
<p>gah, <em>bangs head against the wall</em>
hmmmmm…i guess crap is more appealling,
im probably gonna get a 6/12, no doubt</p>
<p>nah there is like a 90 percent correlation between length and score</p>
<p>of course there are exceptions but some guy from MIT did a reasearch on 70 essays that were abaliable, said that he predicted 90 percent of the socres of them without even reading them just based on length</p>
<p>also look in your blue book, longer esay got hgiher score</p>
<p>i know it sucks but my friend was a great essay writer but he couldnt think of a lot of examples and wrote only 1 page and like 5 lines…got a 7
(and he got 100 in AP lit and 5 on the test)</p>
<p>I wrote one page (with somewhat small handwriting) last year and got a 7…</p>
<p>And it was far from spectacular.</p>
<p>…So all of you who wrote 1.5 pages or more should be fine, assuming your essay was decently well written.</p>
<p>This year I had one more body paragraph than last year and I think I wrote it slightly better. I predict 8-9 on my essay.</p>
<p>i used up both pages, and even squeezed some in to the very bottom (but it was on that very bottom line so that still counts). hopefully they grade on length :)</p>
<p>haha me too reeya… with how bad my hand hurt after i wrote the 2 full pages of essay, i should get a 12 for effort.</p>
<p>They pretty much do grade on length.</p>
<p>Everytime I did a 4 paragraph essay (couldn’t think of examples), I got either an 8 or a 9, even though my two examples were solid. But my friend, who told me he completely BSed something just to get a 5 paragraph essay, got a 12. </p>
<p>You figure it out =)</p>
<p>It’s not the number of paragraphs though. </p>
<p>I only have 4, but they took nearly the 2 full pages. I’m pretty sure of 10+, (really hope so)</p>
<p>if mine isn’t 10+ i’m crackin skulllsz ya diiiiig</p>
<p>does that mean 2 pages will give you a better grade?</p>
<p>more likely.</p>
<p>I reached like 1 and 3/4 of the pages because I wrote much narrower since I was afraid of running out of space. But they evaluate word count right, not necessarily wide space writing?</p>
<p>oh snap.
i wrote 2 pages.
and my normal handwriting, which is kind of bubbly.
but i tried to write a lot smaller than i usually because i usually run out of space…</p>