<p>I went from a 51 Raw Score; 9 Essay (550)... to a 67 Raw Score; 11 Essay. (700)</p>
<p>Writing seems to pester a lot of people here. I never really considered myself to be 'weak' at writing. But I wasn't used to 'identifying errors' to say the least.</p>
<p>I must credit my improvement to Kaplan. I practiced for about a week (an hour a day) and I seriously felt as if I was ready to attack the test.</p>
<p>I know this isn't particularly an exceptional score on when compared to the scores of most on this board, but I do know that there are people who struggle with the writing section..</p>
<p>If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.</p>
<p>What in your essay do you think you did to improve it?</p>
<p>The first time I took the test was in March. In that essay, I think I rambled a lot.</p>
<p>For this essay, I was concise. I chose two very good points for my essay and offered support. </p>
<p>Perhaps I just improved as a writer since March. I didn't really do any preparation for the essay. I always felt as if I could write a 10-12 essay. </p>
<p>When my essay goes online, I will type of the 9 and the 11 and send them to you.</p>
<p>congratulations!
the complete opposite happened to me.
i never scored below 700 on my practice tests (i took tons of them), and guess what, i got a 600 on my real one :)
the collegeboard must have made a huge mistake, right?</p>
<p>That sucks. Sorry to hear that. :(</p>