<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>