Question about the SAT Essay?

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<p>Yesterday, I took the SAT. While I doubt I got a 2400, I'm almost positive I received above a 2100. However, upon finishing my essay, I realized... I didn't have any examples.</p>

<p>Before I continue, I should elaborate. Let's say the essay was on (since I can't tell you the real essay basis) if humor equates to good relationships. I didn't give any examples of people who are humorous and why they have/don't have good relationships. However, I DID give REASONS why a person who is humorous would have good relationships. For example, I would've said something like (these may not be as good as the actual reasons), "A humorous person is not just funny; he or she is able to light up the day of someone who may not be feeling well or someone with a recently lowered confidence." Pardon me for the poorly written fake excerpt, but I think you get the point. I wrote about what a funny person would be LIKE and why that HELPS him or her, rather than just saying, "this person is funny and he has good relationships," and "this other person is also funny and she has great relationships".</p>

<p>So, is this going to hurt my score? The Writing Section is always my best section, and if my essay is not a 12 (which it always is), then that could be deleterious to my score.</p>

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<p>Bump’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’</p>

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<p>well it might get you a good score, but i doubt you can get away with a 12. but do remember that a 10+ on your essay and a full score on the writing questions can still get you 800</p>

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<p>I think that on the essay, using real life, (or fake life) examples is very useful, but as long as your essay is very persuasive, and you connect what you did write to your thesis, you don’t necessarily need examples.
I think that you could get an 8 or a 10, but I doubt you will get a 12 without using real good examples.
For the future, if you are going to take the SAT again, it is useful to be prepared for the essay, and to think of a couple of really good examples that could be molded to any topic you get. One way you could do this is thinking of real examples (books, history, etc. ). Another way, the way that I used to get a 12, was to use fake examples. I took a real life event, like a war, or the Great Depression, and learned the details of when they occurred, and the main people involved, and then I focused in on a certain person (like a war general, or a stock broker- they do not have to be real people) and molded them to my essay topic, in a way that was very persuasive. In my essay, I used two of these “fake” examples, and one literature example.
To get a high score on the essay, you also need a very strong thesis, and you need to write a lot. Studies have shown that the more you write, the better your score will most likely be (I wrote to the last line). The conclusion, also, only needs to be a sentence or two, just to sum things up. And also, within the essay, use some good words, but not too many, or you will come off as sounding pretentious.
Here’s the website that I based my essay off, but I took out the part that used my opinion, and “I believe”. On the SAT essay, using an opinion may take away from the persuasiveness of the essay.
[[GUARANTEED</a> 12] How to write a 12 essay with Fake Examples [GUARANTEED 12]](<a href=“http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic68493.html][GUARANTEED”>http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic68493.html)</p>

<p>And here’s my 12 essay: As you can see (if it works for you), the essay is not perfect, but my thesis is good, I used some good words, and I connected each example to my thesis to show that my thesis is true, which is all you really need to do. </p>

<p>first page:
<a href=“My SAT Home Page”>My SAT Home Page;

<p>second page:
<a href=“My SAT Home Page”>My SAT Home Page;

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<p>sorry, I don’t think the link I gave you works, but if you want to see my essay, go to the 10th page in this forum:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/409070-sample-sat-12-essays.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/409070-sample-sat-12-essays.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>vumpppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>Using the official SAT Essay Scoring rubric from the College Board ([SAT</a> Essay Scoring - How SAT Essays Are Scored](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>Understanding SAT Scores – SAT Suite | College Board)), you will find that a score of 6 must be written “using clearly appropriate examples, reasons and other evidence to support its position.” You stated that you provided reasons but not examples. I would say that your grade might not necessarily be a 12 but if you wrote it good enough, then it will most likely be very close to it.</p>

<p>In any case the test is over, so there is no use in worrying about this now. Just wait until your scores come out.</p>