Have you ever (gasp) LIED in your SAT essay?

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<p>MOAAarrrrrr</p>

<p>P.S. I also won't make a joke about how your 12 is three points too high.</p>

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<p>Its not lying, remember, its misinterpreting the truth.</p>

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<p>i wrote about my "dying grandmother's" dedication to documenting her life in a bunch of scrapbooks. And I said I liked to rockclimb and it had taught be perseverance. Both BS.</p>

<p>Iu got a 12, but I'm sure they knew I was lying!</p>

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<p>Lied this past saturday. Twice. Come to think of it, all of my supporting details were lies.</p>

<p>I'm am SO gonna go to he-double-hockey-sticks.</p>

25

<p>aren't we all?! ^_^</p>

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<p>I don't lie unless it appears absolutely necessary - never have on the SAT essay.
I was so proud - I actually used correct details on my essay on Saturday.</p>

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<p>Lied on both my examples. </p>

<p>Got a 12.</p>

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<p>i wrote that i was in 5 public speaking clubs.. score pending</p>

29

<p>...honestly? Collegeboard can't tell if you lie anyway. So yes, I do, I lie my butt off so I have a personal example that will apply to the prompt. If you can incorporate it well enough I doubt they'll smell anything fishy. hahah
Writing score: 11-12</p>

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<p>psh. i fabricated a whole freaking sibling. good times good times</p>

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<p>Who cares if you lie on personal examples? It doesn't matter as long as it's strong evidence for your thesis. Perhaps on historical examples you may want to be a bit more truthful, but no one will be able to tell if you make a story up.</p>

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<p>I made up random quotes for Ben Franklin-- got an 11</p>

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<p>my friend made up that his mom got cancer and died.</p>

<p>he got a 12.</p>

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<p>i wrote that i was having serious financial issues and desperately needed a job at CVS but that i ended up turning down the job and starring in my school's musical, pursuing a true passion of mine (musical theatre, apparently) instead of simply making the pragmatic/realistic choice. got a 12. LOVE collegeboard.</p>

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<p>I made up a story about John Locke, made up another story on Bill Gates, and made up a story about a random gangster.</p>

<p>I got 11, 12, 12, respectively.</p>

<p>They don't grade your essay on facts, just how strong your argument is.</p>

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<p>I forgot the protagonist's name of a book, so I made one up and I got a 12. : )</p>

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<p>I guess I twisted history in my favor. It was worth it.</p>