<p>^I’ll post my December essay when I get it back online.</p>
<p>However, I did make up a personal anecdote for the AP French essay. The question was, “blah blah blah Should people follow all rules at all times?” My anecdote went something like this:</p>
<p>I was in the New Orleans airport when I was 8 years old. My parents and I were getting ready to fly back to CA when I heard a gunshot in the airport. A man with a revolver had shot a woman, who was lying facedown on the ground. The police tackled and cuffed the man, but they soon found a giant shotgun in the woman’s coat and she was about to shoot lots of people. Because of this, I learned that it’s OK to break rules when you know you’re doing the right thing.</p>
<p>I got a 5 on the AP exam. Sure, I don’t know how many points I got for the essay (and it isn’t scored the same way as the SAT essay), but the story was entirely fabricated (and probably unrealistic, too). Still, I think it shows how imaginative you can be with these essays, especially with “anecdotes.”</p>