<p>yeh so usually i get like 10's or at worst 9's on the actual SAT essays as well as the practice (graded by the SAT Machine on the CB website). But i'm also taking the PR(Princeton Review Class) and on the last diagnostic practice SAT I was SHOCKED when i got a 7 on my essay. I couldn't believe it. I thought i wrote a good essay! Has this ever happened to anyone else?</p>
<p>ps. ill post my essay tommorow because im 2 tired right now :)</p>
<p>I took PR and scored an 8 on just about every diagnostic. However, I scored a 10 on the actual test in March. PR makes their tests more difficult so that their guarentee of 200 point increase is more likely. It is a business afterall.</p>
<p>yeah unlike the kaplan class which inflates grades and gives easier tests.</p>
<p>Wouldn't each (having easier or harder tests) be disadvantageous, just because it is unlike the actual test. Of course I would much rather prepare using more difficult tests than easier tests, but at the same time, aren't there misconceptions of issuing a more difficult test than necessary?</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>My friend (who get's A's in everything in LA - especialy essays) got a 7 in her PR course. I don't trust them. She got an 80 on the MC, but it brought her down to like a 700 or something.</p>
<p>Hey, at least it's better than getting a 7 on the real thing... :(</p>
<p>The grading on writing essays is horrible. The best thing you can do is to accept it and work around it. Back in the day, when Writing was a separate test, you could pull an 800 with an essay score of 10. I don't know if that's still the case.</p>
<p>A 20 minute essay is no time for creativity. You need to work out a mechanically correct, easy to grade, somewhat formulaic essay in the given time. It might help if you stick to bare bones type stuff- intro, supporting pararaphs, conclusion....and stick to the formula. There is a huge difference between great writing and successful SAT writing.</p>
<p>Yea, on the March SAT, you could get an 800W if you got a 10 on the essay and a grammer raw score of 49 (perfect). I personally got a 10 on the essay and a 47 raw score in grammar, giving me a 770.</p>
<p>I took a PR class and when they graded my essays, I would get scores like 7 or 8, but I got a 10 in March so I'm happy.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>I found the PR essay grading to be pretty accurate actually. I got an 8 on my first diagnostic test and it was a poorly written essay, and I got the same grade on the march test (same quality of essay). I practiced writing the essays and focused on it and wrote 5 more and had them graded, the lowest being a 9 and 3 of them were 12's. I then got a 10 on the actual test, but I felt it was a poorly written essay too. Sorry for the rambling, but I feel PR did a good job of essay grading.</p>
<p>lol im just mad cuz i got a 73 on grammer but a 7 on my essay dropped my score :(</p>
<p>my essay also brought down my score a ton...i received a 69 on the multiple choice part and a 7(!)</p>
<p>Wahh Wahh Wahh!</p>
<p>I got 80 on the MC and a 7. Beat that discrepancy. I dare you!</p>
<p>I took a PR class got a 8 on the first diag, 9 on the second, and 10 on the third. I have gotten 10 on both of my real sat's since then.</p>
<p>haha dang flipsta :( you win</p>
<p>By the way, since a couple people weren't sure up above, according to the blue book, if you get a perfect MC subscore and a 10 on the essay, you still get an 800.</p>