Jan SAT essay

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<p>So whats up, What did everyone do for this essay( the new ideas are better than using someone elses idea's one). For it, against it, or both.</p>

<p>I went against it(usning ideas and enhancing is better) .</p>

<p>Used an example of Russians making a sattelite and U.S building on that IDEA and making a better space program.</p>

<p>I used a good personal example in AP enlish about buidlding on a classmates ideas.</p>

<p>Conclusion: generic, last 2 sentences were pretty insightful</p>

<p>How bout everyone else what did you guys do??</p>

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<p>There were a few different essay topics, so you're going to have to clarify a bit.</p>

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<p>oh really lol</p>

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<p>I talked about FDR's New Deal, Lord of the Flies and how being followers result in tragic events ergo uniqueness and originality is more beneficial and The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (we just finished this book in Comm Arts)
2 literature and 1 history, woohoo</p>

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<p>how many paragraphs did you guys write?</p>

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<p>5 paragraphs</p>

<p>how long were your essays?</p>

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<p>1.5 pages, four paragraphs
i ran out of time</p>

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<p>My essay prompt was about originality/uniqueness/creativity vs. mimicking others and blah blah blah. I had a really hard time thinking of something and by the time I had thought of something suitable, I ran out of time.</p>

<p>I started out by making up an example of a person I knew (BS) who lead a fulfilling and happy life because she was full of original ideas that made her successful and caused everyone to be attracted to her. It was stupid and not very detailed or clear. THEN, when I had like 3 min. left, I thought of Leonardo Da Vinci as an successful artist who was full of original ideas--such as studying anatomy to improve his depictions/sculptures-- that lead to his great successes. Unfortunately, I didn't think of him until it was too late and the time was up before I was able to develope the example. I will probably get a 6. <em>Cries</em></p>

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<p>do you think my essay against originality and with 2 examples would cut a 9 or higher</p>

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<p>it all depends on how you wrote it... i had 3 or 4 good examples and wrote a little above average and got a 9. Remember to get a 9 or above ATLEAST one of the people have to give you a 5/6</p>

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<p>do u guys know that collegeboard used the exact same essay topic that was in the Barron's 2400 book? if someone had read that they would have already knonwn what to write.</p>

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<p>yeah the topics are always about the same</p>

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<p>my essay topic was about how important it is trying to achieve a goal than actually achieving it. (it was something like that)</p>

<p>i wrote the worst possible conclusion and a terrible thesis. hopefully i won't get lower than a 7</p>

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<p>Mine was about imitating other ideas or something</p>

<p>I mentioned communism is that a good example?</p>

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<p>Mine was about imitating vs. originality. I said you needed some of both and used the Founding fathers taking ideas from James Locke and the Constitution of the Iroqois Nations, Richard Wright in Black Boy drawing inspiration from Communism, and a personal example about being a writer that related back to John Steinbeck using stories from the Bible to create East of Eden.</p>

<p>It was written well (as in everything was fine grammar and organization-wise) but my vocab was pretty limited. What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>Mine was something about people associating themselves with smaller groups rather than humanity as a whole or something. I wrote 1.75 pages</p>