<p>I liked the prompt. I was easy to write about.</p>
<p>I had to side with it is not the best thing to do due to my examples I picked; however, I think in some situations it is okay and some not. I had to pick one side either way.</p>
<p>It was easy to go with, and altogether I think it was better than my last essay I wrote which got a 12 score.</p>
<p>^I had humor essay, by the way</p>
<p>i had humor essay, and used a scene from pursuit of happiness and derek from american history x.</p>
<p>I had the humor essay and I somehow used the failure of the league of nations as an example, don’t even ask me how I accomplished it.</p>
<p>I got the support system/family essay, and I TOTALLY BOMBED IT!!! I was doing good at first, but right when I got done with the intro paragraph, the proctor said that there was only 5 minutes left and I started freaking out. I slopped out the essay in five minutes and barely stayed on topic.</p>
<p>I really needed more time. Twenty-five minutes is not enough!!!</p>
<p>i didn’t support humor. i talked about shakespeare’s typical comical characters and jesters and how they couldn’t use humor to get a higher social status (i said Iago was the name of one particular jester, even though he’s actually a really smart villian in “Othello”, lol),</p>
<p>then i talked about how Jerry Seinfeld’s parents died wen he was 2 and humor couldn’t prop him up (I really felt bad writing this), </p>
<p>and how my granddad’s great sense of humor in his last days failed him (felt really bad having to write that bout my late, great granddad, cuz this wasn’t true at all). damn, the lengths i have to go thru to do a good job on this test…</p>
<p>I had family. I chose The Stranger by Albert Camus about how Mersault seemed separated from the world yet Marie and Raymond became a small network that shaped his development and his indifference towards life. I also put biological need for belonging/evolution/natural selection. Without a family no species would survive. Last one personal experience.</p>
<p>Probably get 8-10.</p>
<p>Frankenstein
Catcher in the Rye</p>
<p>Lord of the flies and some made up Chinese emperor ( real name, false kingdom and characteristics). Went for family</p>
<p>I talked about how as a family, the boys on the island were able to survive as a “family”, get meat, build fire, etc. Then split and chaos ensued. And Jack wassuperior in the end because he had a network of hunters and Ralph had no one</p>
<p>for Chinese emperor: terrible childhood led to distrust of everyone. Did everything himself especially battles. Constantly failed because he did not trust his network of followers-> destruction of empire</p>
<p>Humor: No</p>
<p>Civil Disobedience
<p>Hoping for at least a 10.</p>
<p>i got the one with do you need complete knowledge before taking action or something.
i talked about the sats (you should try to practice before and gain complete knowledge or else will lose easy points) and the other one was about friend relationships (how it may lead to fights if we dont know something abt each other fully). since these are both somewhat personal examples, do you think i will somewhat be downgraded? i wrote 1 1/2 pages by the way. hope i get a 10/12 this time</p>
<p>If you used no historical or literary examples and didn’t write a full two pages, there’s no chance you’re getting a 10. Well, there’s a chance, but I’d be highly surprised. I’d expect a 7, 8, or 9.</p>
<p>I had 3 examples in mind, but by the time I finished writing my 3rd paragraph, I only had room left for the conclusion. Will it hurt me if I have 2 well developed examples but not 3?</p>
<p>cadillac, as long as your examples support your thesis,then I think you’re golden. I remember reading sample essays from Blue Book 2 that recieved 12’s and they only had 2 examples. What the essay graders value is quality not quantity.</p>
<p>I got the one about “knowing everything about something before taking action”.</p>
<p>I said yes, it’s very important to know all the aspects of a situation before you decide to take action or make a decision. I used two examples: one from history (India’s partition into India and Pakistan in 1947 that led to one of the most violent communal riots in history-- result of a hasty decision to take action without considering the implications of the partition) and one from the business world (Xerox agreed to let Steve Jobs see their prototype of their personal computer model without knowing he planned to create his own line of PCs, which led to Apple capturing the market while Xerox didn’t even have a chance). Do you think the examples worked? I liked them, but I hope I didn’t ramble/sound repetitive. My conclusion sucked though.</p>
<p>I had the topic about whether you should have a lot of information before trying something.
It was my first SAT (I’m a junior) and it seemed pretty easy.</p>
<p>Can anyone give a better understanding of the humor prompt? I’m still not sure what was being asked of the writers.</p>
<p>Wow you guys are so good. I wish that I had used Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal!
For the humor prompt I used House (arguing that his sardonic sense of humor relaxes a tense environment and allows him to solve medical mysteries that would ordinarily frustrate a typical doctor) and then I used a personal example.</p>
<p>lol I had the humor prompt.
I was like o_o when I first got it, but then I used my own personal story of showing up almost late at the SAT testing site that day (yeah, how awesome am I) and threw in some metaphor about evolution, transport proteins, and a cell’s isotonic environment. Also cited aeronautic engineer’s infamous “Murphy’s Law”. I got a 12 last time - hopefully it’ll be the same this time. :/</p>
<p>I had the family/network prompt.</p>
<p>Used MLK and his supporters as an example
AND
Janie’s friend from Their Eyes Were Watching God</p>