<p>How much is the graded paper worth? I seem to have lost my only copy of my first choice and I'm going to have to turn in an essay(or story) that I think is much worse. Help?</p>
<p>If you have a poor graded paper but wonderful essays it raises a red flag as to whether the essays are really the applicant’s work. Look carefully for the good paper if you can-- of course, if your recs are great and you have good verbal SSATs and grades, the essay won’t matter very much.</p>
<p>Do you have the original file saved on your computer?</p>
<p>Maybe, if you cant find it, you can take a new copy to your teacher and very nicely ask if they can record the grade you received on it.</p>
<p>There was only that copy… That’s it. 
My new graded paper isn’t that much worse but I’d still like for it to be the old one. And as for the red flags, I’d say that the Recs are OK and My verbal and reading ssats were very good. I have an 87 in English.</p>
<p>Then don’t sweat it…your admission decision one way or the other will not hinge upon which graded essay you send…</p>
<p>Meh. Alright. Thanks for the assurance!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t sweat which graded paper. I doubt the schools are going to grade the paper again. </p>
<p>My guess is that they are probably checking that the level of sophistication of your school work is consistent with the level of sophistication of your application essay. If the writing level of your graded school essay is lame, but your application essay is Nobel Prize winning quality, then the Admissions people can tell you didn’t write it…</p>
<p>Is an A a good enough grade for a History essay? My teacher is not very inclined towards me, and I’m worrying that in a “GLADCHEMMS, need FA, over represented” pool, the A could hurt my chances…<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>The comments, rather than the grade itself, matter more, I would think. And I would guess that the AO will probably read at least the intro and conclusions if not the paper itself and make up his or her own mind.</p>
<p>Thanks, etondad! My teacher’s comments were more geared towards the grammar aspect, but said that the content was stellar…I hope that’s okay!</p>
<p>I’m confused… Is there a grade higher than an “A”?</p>
<p>^ Our school’s grade system: F, D, C, C+, B, B+, A, A+ So, as you see, I had a somewhat “second class” score. What was more infuriating was that the A was thisclose to being an A+ !</p>
<p>I am just guessing, as is everyone else, but I think the schools also use the essay as a gauge of how your teacher (and school) grades. You know, as an example of what constitutes an A at your school.</p>
<p>And really GoldenRatio, are you honestly concerned about a grade of A???</p>
<p>“Is an A good enough?” (Total CC Question 
)
Yes. Definitely. Yep.</p>
<p>…I know, it’s quite laughable, no? 
I’m a stereotypical <em>gasp</em> CC-er…right now, that is!</p>
<p>Deadlines have just passed; but I’m still bouncing on my feet, waiting for another enemy. I’m like a solider who has just taken leave, and doesn’t know what to do. Her home is foreign to her; everyone seems so docile. There is no action, no job that fits as well as the sword that rests by her hip does. Your guard is up, your gaze darts sporadically-a creature in the eye of a storm, about to erupt into action. There’s a restless itching, and you just cannot-cannot keep still. You have to fret over everything, have your hands, mind move as frantically as they did before. And if that means picking apart the minuscule idiosyncrasies of your file, you will do it!</p>
<p>Oh, ok. Then I’d say that an A is definitely high enough!</p>