<p>On the essay on the SATs, I've heard that writing about personal experiences is better because it is different from everyone else's essays...but I've also heard that refering to books is best. </p>
<p>So is it better to write about personal experiences or refer to literature, or does it not really matter?</p>
<p>Both...something I did not this time around.</p>
<p>i wrote about Ned Kelly, the Civil and Revolutionary wars, and mentioned apartheid. I don't think anyone else will have written a similar one to mine.</p>
<p>BTW how much did you guys write. I only got to 1page and 1/4..i honestly didn't have enough time.</p>
<p>Me neither, Atomic Bomb. I must have spent a good 10 mins. trying to think of examples!</p>
<p>It' be better to utilize examples from all realms of knowledge.</p>
<p>I used literature, history, and personal example.</p>
<p>Filled up the 2 pages.</p>
<p>i use one general - i put down social concern of pollution</p>
<p>and another detailed political events..</p>
<p>i used such format all the time and always get 10 or 11. lol</p>
<p>ok so I started off with a quote from a poem & only had 2 examples (hist: student protest against vietnam draft & lit based on current-ish events: The Laramie Project)... I'm a decent writer but I feel like I didn't link my examples enough to the Q (I still did, to some degree, but I'm feeling like this wasn't my best best.) What can I hope for?</p>
<p>I've seen one example essays getting 12s and 3 example essays getting 8s. It's about how you analyse the example to support your point, and how indepth you go. A long description of a historical event is little use unless you keep going back and relating it to the question.</p>
<p>At first i thought personal examples were a bit week, but i've seen essays given 12s that just use personal examples, but they are well analysed and also seem appropriate and believable (i have also seen so dodgy personal examples that seem like they have come out of James Bond.)</p>
<p>Can I get an honest opinion of how this would be from 1-5 (5 being best)? Obviously you can't ready my essay so grading it would be out of the question, but my examples were:</p>
<ul>
<li>"Name of man" who founded a certain business that allowed for affordable healthcare for his community and eventually the entire US</li>
<li>Bono from U2 and his efforts for AIDs and world hunger</li>
<li>(weakest one) - example of a scrap metal company from my city that recycles old wire and scrap metal; pollution, profit, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>I explained how each example took responsibility as an individual and solved problems in their society. I didn't mention govt. much....is that bad?</p>
<p>Mix personal experience, history, and literature as best as you can. However, if you can't come up with solid examples, don't use them just to fit in the three catagories. If you don't have a good personal example, don't shove a bad one in.</p>