<p>I'm just wondering..cuz i did...I also used Jay Gatz from the Great Gatbsy as an example of how being well-known does not always result in happiness</p>
<p>Not me. But then, I had a different prompt. lol</p>
<p>I used her, plus an uncle who was totally made up as a "personal" example. I started on a third example but ran out of time.</p>
<p>Gee, I felt sorry for myself that the first thing coming up to my mind was Spears. And to OP: Gatsby is a wonderful example. Couldn't think of that then.</p>
<p>PS: Not that I wrote about Spears...</p>
<p>I used Antony from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra :]</p>
<p>i used britney spears & gatsby too! so did the rest of the kids in my testing room..
the SAT graders are going to be so bored. ahaha, it'll be like the same essay over and over again.</p>
<p>i used britney spears and was going to use gatsby but couldnt remember well enough so decided on somehow stretching it to All the President's Men and watergate (don't ask how -_-)</p>
<p>jeez every one did brittney spears and i thought i was original :/</p>
<p>I used Gatsby too, lol. But I made up a quote from Shirley Temple and talked about general tabloids to resist using Britney. LOL, I just couldn't bear using her on an SAT essay.</p>
<p>It certainly occurred to me to do so. Then I became smart.</p>
<p>Does John Nash sound okay? You might be thinking about The Beautiful Mind, but his story shows you that desire for fame only puts pressure. I put Thoreau as another supporting evidence, in case Nash should sound contrived.</p>
<p>it was kinda hard for me too...i didn't realize how common it would be until the test was over and I asked a couple of people</p>
<p>Gatsby is def overused in SAT essays for the simple fact that it is probably the best book ever written...lol...Fitzgerald better get me a 12 =)</p>
<p>1984, TKAM, inventing the internet :)</p>
<p>I talked about Lindsay Lohan and I mentioned those celebrity-gossip shows. Managed to avoid mentioning Britney, though. :)</p>
<p>xobeckyco</p>
<p>What did you use since you're so smart... lol</p>
<p>I tied in the Valley of Rulers in Dante's Purgatio somehow. It made sense at the time. Then I tried to come up with celebrities who commited suicide, but I only thought of Marilyn Monroe, so I didn't get into specifics there.</p>
<p>I used a made up chaacter from a made up book.</p>
<p>Taz</p>
<p>Could you really not think of anything else, not even brit? Isn't it harder to make up a book and then make up a fictional character? unless of course, the character is based heavily on our good friend Britney Spears...I hope I never have to take the god-forsaken test again but if I do I'm gonna read all I can this summer so I can have examples for any essay I have to write.</p>
<p>Lol, I used jay gatz, jimi hendrix, and the temptations, haha</p>