Is my handwriting unreadable?

Test Preparation
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<p>Hello, </p>

<p>My parents have complained that my handwriting is difficult to read, which would certainly have a very negative impact on my essay grade (for the SAT). </p>

<p>Here's</a> a sample. Please disregard the actual content, which was totally random. What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>That’s totally fine, perfectly legible. If my handwriting, which looks like calligraphy mixed with hieroglyphics, is fine then I don’t think your handwriting will be a problem.</p>

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<p>Easy to read, not an issue at all.</p>

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<p>You’re writing’s beautiful :)</p>

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<p>Thank you!!! :D</p>

<p>I must say I’m curious as to what your handwriting looks like, Harrovian.</p>

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<p>Much neater than mine :smiley: Your print is especially nice. Maybe the problem is the curly-ness of cursive.</p>

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<p>@mapletree</p>

<p>My wonderful handwriting sample: <a href=“http://s3.postimg.org/8dr2239nn/handwriting_sample.jpg[/url]”>http://s3.postimg.org/8dr2239nn/handwriting_sample.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I believe for the essay on the SAT, it might be better to just focus on the content than the handwriting. I took the SAT and scored an 11 on the essay with the worst handwriting you’d ever see. I was extremely surprised when I saw my digital copy as I could barely read it haha
So no your handwriting will not effect your essay score. Focus on writing the essay with the time given as it will go by in a flash</p>

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<p>My god. Both of you have way better handwriting than me. I write like a six year old</p>

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<p>Your handwriting is fine</p>

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<p>Both of your’s are infinitely better than mine. I am going to feel bad for the ACT readers, and already feel bad for the AP readers, for having to read my chicken scratch. I was actually told by my AP Lang teacher that they may not grade mine, because of potential illegibility. Luckily, the ACT is only one essay, so I should be able to write semi-decently for one.</p>

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<p>Mapletree7: Your handwriting is beautiful. It’s legibility is so-so. No one can predict what the College Board will do, I suspect your written response might get bumped to a supervisor who will take the time to read/decipher if necessary. In rare instances the CB will outright give a 0 because they cannot read the student’s penmanship, which is why your parents are concerned about yours. I do not think yours qualifies as such - though, again, I cannot predict with certainty what they’ll do. If you want to be safe, try loosening up your hold on the pen and allow a little more space between the letters within each word. (It is lovely. …Did you attend Montessori early on?)</p>

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<p>Your handwriting is great! I don’t think it should be a problem at all.</p>

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<p>Thank you for all the compliments, everyone! I really appreciate it! :slight_smile: Nice, Harrovian, very interesting.</p>

<p>And Brielle11 and Debater1996, I’m sure you’re just being overly pessimistic with yourselves. </p>

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<p>You’re right, of course. But the graders typically spend ~2 minutes per essay, according to my prep books. If my handwriting is illegible, it’s possible that they’d give up trying to read it after a few minutes and give me a zero, or a one, or something similar. </p>

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<p>I’ll try that, thanks. The sample here was done in a bit of a hurry, so perhaps I can try that while writing slowly. </p>

<p>I don’t believe I’ve even heard of Montessori, let alone attending it. A Google search revealed that it’s both a school and a type of education. What are you referring to here? I’m curious.</p>

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<p>Yes - my feedback is based on SAT Reader policies and procedures. Legibility is somewhat questionable by their standards (not mine), they’d likely kick your response to a supervisor, I’d predict s/he would grade it. They would not likely deem your writing as illegible and give it a zero - I’ve seen what qualifies for that, and yours does not look it. My feedback is based on many years of exposure to their p&p. However! If you want full credit for your brilliance, make sure others can read it ;)</p>

<p>re. montessori - lol :slight_smile:
It’s a great school of thought and practice, designed by Maria Montessori, M.D. Kids that complete the AMI Montessori “experience” usually have beautiful loopty-loos, like yours. </p>

<p>Thanks for sharing your question. I hope this helps.</p>

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<p>This isn’t illegible by any means, it’ll be completely fine, don’t worry :).</p>