<p>I was on the college board website and read this:</p>
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15 percent of essays were written in cursive, while the other 85 percent were printed. Essays written in cursive received a slightly higher score (7.2 for cursive, compared to 7.0 for those printed).
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<p>I'm sort of confused. Did the essays written in cursive recieve higher scores because they were written in cursive or was it just a coincidence.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it was just coincidence</p>
<p>Stupid people tend to prefer writing in printed.</p>
<p>I also think it was a coincidence, it just sounded wierd. I would write in cursive but my handwritting looks better when I print..so I was just wondering if I wrote in cursive it would raise my score lol. guess not...</p>
<p>I think theyre just trying to highlight trend</p>
<p>Ex: Asians tend to do better on the math section</p>
<p>It might have something to do with the fact that people tend to write a little bit faster in cursive, so maybe the cursive essays were a wee bit longer on average.</p>
<p>Good point.</p>
<p>It does sound logical but will the few extra minutes make that big a difference.</p>
<p>It depends on how fast you write in each. If you're pretty fast in print, but still a little faster in cursive, probably not. Just so long as you can write more than a page in the time.</p>
<p>These were the stats given out together with the report of falling SAT (avg) scores: no inference can be drawn out of these</p>
<p>There definitely are reasons why writing in cursive scores higher than writing in printed. Because millions of tests have been scored, it can not be a coincidence. The higher score from cursive is not a result from one factor, but a combination of many. Here are some of them:</p>
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<li>Writing in cursive is faster for most people</li>
<li>Generally, smarter people prefer to write in cursive</li>
<li>Cursive writing gives a better impression on the reader</li>
<li>Any more?</li>
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<p>So writing in cursive will probably not increase your score, but your chances are higher. Go with what you are most comfortable with.</p>
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Generally, smarter people prefer to write in cursive
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<p>I know alot of idiots who write in cursive. lol</p>
<p>Um...I feel better printing, but I might try to write in cursive next time and see what happens. But I doubt that it'll raise my score unless I come up with better stuff to write.</p>