<p>Do they care if its first or third person?</p>
<p>Also do they care if you switch back and forth (like i use first person for personal example and 3rd for some historical example)</p>
<p>What do you guys generally write with on SAT essays?</p>
<p>bump 10char</p>
<p>i sometimes use both if i need a personal example. but u should stick to third person when u are not talking about yourself.</p>
<p>iono… the essays that score sixes in the BB are in first person</p>
<p>what is 10char?</p>
<p>^You are not allowed to reply if you don’t have enough characters(letters) in your message. So if someone writes something short like “bump”, 10char is added.</p>
<p>I was actually talking to my english teacher about this the other day. He says that you should use third person until you hit a personal example, which is when you should switch to first person. He said that this demonstrated mastery of the language or something to that effect. I don’t know if it’s exactly true, but it makes some sense.</p>
<p>3rd person is definitely preferable. </p>
<p>Honestly, you should avoid using personal examples (and thus first person) as much as possible. Examples from literature, history, art, philosophy are the best to use.</p>