<p>is it better to have 3 supporting paragraphs rather than 2?</p>
<p>better to develop your 2 I think. If you will have time, I would suggest 3, but only if they relate to different aspects of your thesis or provide a different insight.</p>
<p>ditto, lin</p>
<p>This is very cool:
It helps to see what the SAT scorers think is a terrible, okay and great essay. </p>
<p>To see a range of examples, all graded 1-6, see this collegeboard link. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the sample essays.</p>
<p>I can't write it out in a line, b/c this site somehow cuts it off, so i'll put it in a column, but you type it out as a line:</p>
<p>collegeboard.com/
student/
testing/
sat/
prep_one/
essay/
pracStart.html</p>