<p>You know, I thought my 12 on my essay was somewhat a stroke of luck, but if what you wrote can get an 11, then I'm pretty sure I can get consistent 12s...</p>
<p>I hope I got a 12 because I am in AP American Literature and have great writing abilities. I also have great vovabulary. I use words like ascendancy, mitigate, innocuous, prodigal, deride, rancor, listlessness, harbinger, capricious, and incongruous.</p>
<p>^^^ You might end up getting less than a 12 or 11 padding the essay with ALL those words.</p>
<p>Don't let them fool you.
SAT scorers are not really impress by how great your vocab is.</p>
<p>lol IF it's padding. I can think of ways of putting in awesome vocab without padding. That's because the right word just mysteriously poofs into my head! :D</p>
<p>obviously it is better than an 8 if he/she got an 11</p>
<p>^ graders are not "different"..</p>
<p>one gave a 5, one gave a 6... not very different to me :)</p>
<p>Wow - this really blows me away. Exposes the readers as frauds. Thanks for the post!</p>
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I hope I got a 12 because I am in AP American Literature and have great writing abilities. I also have great vovabulary. I use words like ascendancy, mitigate, innocuous, prodigal, deride, rancor, listlessness, harbinger, capricious, and incongruous.
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<p>I lol'd....</p>
<p>Hey, I lol'd when I wrote it.</p>
<p>I did not use all of those words in one essay.</p>
<p>^ Lies. Now you're just trying to cover up your Freudian Slip.</p>
<p>Plus, for an AP Lit kid, it's a pity you can't even spell vocabulary. <em>nods head horizontally</em>.</p>
<p>I do use those words, but not in one essay. Not enough time to figure out where to put all of them.</p>
<p>Did you take AP Lang too?
Just wondering.</p>
<p>If yes, how'd you do?</p>
<p>I am truly amazed that one reader gave your essay a 6. You proved your point.</p>
<p>I just called up a thread entitled "Sample SAT 12 Essays" Check out the essay I wrote for the March 07 SAT. It on post 49. I received an 11. Now compare it with the essay in this thread!!!</p>
<p>^ I say bribes...
Or 30 secs in MS PAINT.</p>
<p>Yea.</p>
<p>Unlike most of you, I totally believe he got an 11. I've taken it three times and got 12's all three times. Here is the formula:</p>
<ol>
<li>Put most of your effort into the intro</li>
<li>Use EVERY LAST INCH of the space provided</li>
<li>Use 8-10 "Hot SAT Vocab Words" (e.g. egregious, verbose, quizzical)</li>
<li>Use 1 personal anecdote (LIE at EVERY opportunity)</li>
<li>Quote a literary work or cite a historical event at least once</li>
</ol>
<p>Honestly, if you manage to do those 5 things you are pretty much guaranteed at least a 10, but prob an 11 or 12. No joke.</p>
<p>This is from the online course, real readers did not score it.</p>
<p>This is the exact essay prompt I got....last may</p>
<p>Tyler, what are you talking about? Look at the screenshots.</p>
<p>bms, just follow #4 ^^</p>
<p>I stand corrected, though its odd to have posted it so long after the test.</p>