<p>i missed 18 and omitted 7 and got 490 with 9 on the essay>
any tips...grammar rules......same for Cr>>>></p>
<p>The blue book has all the grammar rules you need.</p>
<p>so badly* </p>
<p>med786</p>
<p>For improving the writing section i would suggest studying the Spark Notes Online SAT book. (IT ROCKS) and the Barron's SAT 2400 (if you can get it.)
(SN - <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/chapter5.rhtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/chapter5.rhtml</a>)</p>
<p>I improved from a 570 (8 essay) to a 720 (with a 10 essay)</p>
<p>(note :- i personally thought the blue book and most other books sucked for the writing section) (I studied the blue book and Kaplan the first time and Barron's SAT 2400 and Sparks Notes and took the blue book's practice tests the second time )</p>
<p>u did good on the essay at least. i missed 6 on the writing but got an 8 on the essay and that brought me down to 650.</p>
<p>to be completely honest, I thought I did worse on my essay than I did last time.
But after getting a 10 on the essay this time I'm absolutely sure that the essay matters much more on examples and length than writing standard and good vocab.</p>
<p>Last essay (8) -- 4 paragraphs /1 and a half pages(better ending and beginning, but I used 2 examples from the same book :( )
Current essay (10)-- 4 paragraphs/full two pages( good beginning, crap rushed ending, two examples from different sources (one literary and one personal) .....the personal examples , in my opinion, sucked, but I guess the fact that I gave two examples from different sources counted more)</p>
<p>Now I'm pretty much sure of how to get a 12 essay.</p>
<p>12 essay --</p>
<p>1- Full 2 pages filled, preferably shorthand.</p>
<p>2- Two examples( if possible three) (all from different sources and different categories )
(Two literary , or two historical examples are OUT!)</p>
<p>3- USE LINES LIKE "This argument can be exemplified with examples from history".....i believe they help a lot more than the content of the actual example.</p>
<p>btw would this be a 12 essay?</p>
<p>Q :Should we question the ideals and beliefs of people in positions of power? </p>
<p>In order to ensure that people in positions of power do not use power to their advantage, one must carefully scrutinize the ideals and beliefs of those in power. If people do not do so, those in power will succumb to greed and become dictators, and those not in power will end up as slaves. </p>
<p>This argument can be exemplified with examples from history,especially those of the great dictator, Hitler. After Hitler came to power, not only did he establish a totalitarian or fascist dictatorship but also exploited his power by abrogating all of Germany's peace treaties as well as proceeding to wage war on Germany's neighboring countries. Because no one could question him, he did as he pleased, without caring about the consequences of his actions on both his country and his people. He was a man who desired only more and more
power and his psychotic beliefs led to the genocide of eleven million people, including about six million Jews. If the German people had the courage to stand up and question his beliefs, mankind would have avoided one of its gravest mistakes, World War 2. </p>
<p>But should people question the beliefs of those in authority before carefully examining every detail involved? Definitely not. An incident in my school proves my point. My best friend had recently been chosen as the captain of my school's football team by our school's head coach. He was a hardworking, dedicated and ready to do his absolute best to help the team. In my opinion he was the ideal captain. But after our school lost its first practice match, all of the team members lost faith in him. No matter how hard he tried, he could not regain the trust of his teammates. This led to him finally resigning from the school team. In this type of situation, I firmly believe that if the team members had taken the time to collect and organize their thoughts and feelings and then carefully scrutinize their own mistakes, my friend would not have been treated as shabbily as he was and he would not have been forced into resigning from his position as team captain. </p>
<p>If people argue against the beliefs of those in power for pure personal gain, then they are no better than the dictators who have plagued humanity throughout history. Only those who have carefully scrutinized every detail of a particular situation are the ones who deserve to question those in power.</p>
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<p>That one has been done a thousand times. You have to stand out when writing an essay. When I used it I got a SIX!</p>
<p>Well obviously one shouldn't use it if the rest of the essay has incorrect/low-standard language (note -- i am in no way suggesting that your language/grammar is bad.)</p>
<p>btw how big was your essay?</p>
<p>it was like a page and a half.</p>
<p>would you mind posting your essay here?</p>
<p>I didn't mean that using that sentence would yeald a low score. I meat that it would be redundant for the guy who's going to read it.
I'm just saying that something a little more unique would be better.
P.S. I doubt that I got a six because I used that sentence; one of my examples sucked. (i.e. bad example + redundant phrases = 6 )</p>