<p>Someone told me that you could get a 2 on the essay portion and still get above a 2300? What percent of the writing score is the essay? </p>
<p>PLEASE RESPOND!! I'm doing pretty well in Critical Reading (750-780), Math (710-750), and Writing (680-730), but the highest score I've gotten on the essay is an 8.....</p>
<p>For now, I'll hold onto this tiny ray of hope :)</p>
<p>I can tell you (not to brag, but to inform) that on the Writing section of the June SAT, I got 1 wrong on the multiple choice but still got an 80, and then a 10 on the essay and these still combined for an 800. It seems like the essay doesn’t weigh extremely heavily, but enough to matter. My first time, I got a 72 MC which would have translated to a 720 but a 9 essay brought it down to a 700.</p>
<p>It seems that an essay score of 10+ will positively influence your Writing score while a 9 or less may hurt. But I could be wrong–purely speculation.</p>
<p>I agree with NewDivide. A year ago I got -1 for a 79 MC + 10 Essay which came to a 790. On this last exam I got -1 for an 80 MC + 10 Essay which came to an 800. And I have a friend who got a 73 MC + 11 Essay which came to a 780. A 10+ essay definitely has a noticeably positive effect on your writing score.</p>
<p>Google “sat raw score conversion”, click on the third item, and go to the page numbered “76”. That gives you the score for different combinations of essay and multiple choice on a recent exam.</p>
<p>The SAT essay can usually swing your score about 180 points on the writing section, making it worth about 30% of the grade. At the upper and lower ends of the grade section, the essay isn’t worth quite as much (120 points) probably to create more of a bell curve. An MC score of 80 and a 2 essay makes a scaled score of a little over 700, making a 2300+ composite score possible.</p>
<p>Thanks everybody. I suppose I should aim to bring my score up to at least a 10. </p>
<p>In a lot of example 12 essays that I’ve read, books, historical events, and significant people are used extensively as examples. I, on the other hand, can only use vague, made up examples. Is there anyway to broaden my knowledge quickly?</p>
<p>Me again, the phrase “broadening knowledge quickly” is kind of paradoxical. Background knowledge is acquired over a long period of time usually through schoolwork, and not something you can memorize from a study guide. Knowing cold a couple general quotes may come in handy, but other than that its pretty out of hand.</p>
<p>What I can tell you is that, if you feel the need to make a reference in your essay to a book or famous person but can’t think of one, make it up. The essay readers will absolutely not check you up on it, they are glancing through them and analyzing your ability to string together ideas. If you want to include a made up fact or quote or novel in your string, go for it.</p>