<p>On the NEW SAT (not sure about the ACT), you DO NOT have to have a complete conclusion. You will get 0 points marked off for it. All you need is 1 complete sentence. What I mean by this is if you just begin starting it and can't finish, but you get one full sentence down you're fine. If people looked closer at the SAT Writing Rubric they would realize this. A</p>
<p>our stupid princeton review teacher (i had no choice but to do this because my school put me in the princeton class) told us if you have 5 mintues left and are halfway through your essay, you MUST, and i mean MUST go straight to your conclusion. if you don't, you won't get as high of a score. in addition, she focused more time on math (our school is math-oriented)...her verbal techniques were horrible....but if what you're saying really is true, then i could know that for the next SAT...thanks!</p>
<p>I had a one sentence conclusion & an 11. Might've gotten a 12 if it was longer tho, but I'm happy w/ an 11.</p>
<p>My AP Coordinator told us this. She is really smart and we are a top 100 school district.... Also, I had a one and a half sentence conclusion (stop mid sentence) and I recieved a 12 so I believe her. I believe what your teacher meant is that you must have a conclusion. If you don't write a conclusion period, then yes, your score will drop down a lot.</p>
<p>There are a lot of myths going around about the New SAT. I suggest everyone goes to the collegeboard website to dispel myth from fact.</p>
<p>For this point, go to this website:</p>
<p>Point number 11 in the Scoring Criteria says:</p>
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<li> Remember that an unfinished (but developed) paper is not penalized for lacking a full conclusion.</li>
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<p>One sentence often suffices for a conclusion for a two page paper.</p>
<p>Jon</p>