October 2011 SAT Writing

<p>Was the writing section that involved correcting an essay about life on other planets experimental??</p>

<p>^ Yes Mine was on the olympics and skateboarding and i had 1 writing</p>

<p>@herozero1234</p>

<p>I used the same historical example as well :stuck_out_tongue: Then I used a personal example about my marching band. But I didn’t have time to write a conclusion :frowning: I’m expecting a 2/12 for my essay.</p>

<p>What did you guys put for the transition between paragraph one and two? (inserted before line 6)</p>

<p>Okay, so for the essay what I did was create a thesis, and say that “People need discipline to achieve freedom because it makes one aware of his or her position in the world and because it strenghtens core values.” I didn’t really tailor my 2 body paragraphs to be completely about specific events. Is this bad? I used a lot of advanced words like monastic, etc. What should I expect to get on the essay? I was hoping for an 11/12. Also for the writing questions, I’m pretty sure I got 1-2 wrong, but I’ll say worst case scenario 3-4. So what should I expect for my writing score? It was my first time taking it.</p>

<p>@Samonuh i hope we both get at least an 8></p>

<p>Can anyone remember exactly what the transition question asked? Or any of the other answer choices?</p>

<p>I don’t recall doing that question at all…and now I’m a bit scared that I skipped it…and probably misbubbled too :/</p>

<p>What do you think two wrong and a 10 essay will be? 11 essay?</p>

<p>@never ^</p>

<p>I think perhaps a 760 - 750</p>

<p>thats it?? ahhh</p>

<p>Did anyone else get 4 c’s in a row for the first 11 questions on the writing section?</p>

<p>^Sorry…I don’t recall getting that many C’s in a row :/</p>

<p>But can we confirm which questions were the No Error’s in the 25-minute section?</p>

<ol>
<li>Honey</li>
<li>Air conditioning (covering with plants)</li>
<li>??</li>
<li>??</li>
</ol>

<p>@herozero1234</p>

<p>I doubt that I got an 8. I felt like the essay I wrote was very weak compared to all of my other essays I’ve written on a test (I’ve gotten a 5 on AP Eng. Comp., perfect on state’s writing test, and a 7 on the SAT essay in 7th grade). I didn’t even get to finish it. It ends so abruptly. My problem is that I need more than 25 minutes to write a thoughtful and persuasive essay. I’ve been told that I am a very talented writer. It’s ******** that CollegeBoard judges my writing skills off of a near-impossible time frame.</p>

<p>@Samo</p>

<p>I completely agree with you. I feel like my essay will surely bring my writing score down… ==/</p>

<p>hey section 10: was it “to be altered” or “be changed”?</p>

<p>Hey guys… I was also stumped on the New Zealand one, but changed my answer at the last second…</p>

<p>I too thought it had something to do with the “had been.” Then, I thought it was something to do with the “to reach” part.</p>

<p>But then, an epiphany occurred. The “had been/to reach” are red herrings. “When” should be “did,” so I selected did.</p>

<p>I refuse to quote the exact question.</p>

<p>@lovernerds its to be altered, that’s what I put, anyone agree?</p>

<p>^ agree to be altered or whatever one had simply “altered” and not “alterend and changed”</p>

<p>ok cool that’s what i thought. simply be changed would cause two verbs in one sentence. the infinitive to be altered is better=D</p>

<p>yeah altered alone, didnt need the change part, aka redundancy!</p>