<p>I have a question on the SAT Essay scoring system. During the May SAT my essay consisted of 2 crappy personal exampes that ultimately resulted in approximately 1.5 pages. Despite my poor examples, I felt I had good analysis. So, my question is, what is more important, good examples or good analysis? Is a 9 or 10 still possible with poor personal examples? Thanks</p>
<p>No, I believe you might get a 6 or 7. I did that last time with only 1 example cause I had a little trouble understanding the prompt on my November 09 test. I got around that so you shouldn’t expect a 9 or 10. A 10 is definately possible if two personal examples connect ideally with the prompt, which I’ve done many times after I got the 6 or 7.</p>
<p>thanks, yeah I am not expecting much and would be happy with a 7 or 8. Just to clarify, my examples were pertinent, but they were just very vague and not very powerful.</p>
<p>I got an 8 in January with very vague personal examples; I don’t think I had anything specific at all. My writing is good, but not excellent, so I’m sure it would be possible to score higher.</p>
<p>The people at college board CANNOT recognize good writing; by good writing I mean good grammar as well as the use of vocab with correct connotations.
The entire section is, in my opinion, based upon the content of your writing. Giving two examples, even if vaguely developed and lacking slight relation to the essay topic, is better than giving one decent to well developed example.
All in all, I think you’ll receive around a 8-10, probably.</p>