SAT ethics

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<p>Many of you have probably heard about or read the New York Times article about the New SAT writing section. In it, there is a section mentioning that essay readers do not fact check. It cites an example of a kid who wrote that the Civil War began in 1912....and he got a 12. The collegeboard says that they look at content rather than facts.</p>

<p>So my friend and I were talking about the SAT the other day, and the essay came up. Since they don't fact-check, we wondered, would it be ethical to make up facts, figures, and statistics? What about making up personal experiences? (ie, "I remember this one time I learned a lot from my friend Bob, who taught me the value of....")</p>

<p>What do you guys think? The collegeboard does say it looks for content rather than factual accuracy, and it's not like it's a research paper. On the other hand, making up facts is never really looked at as a good thing.</p>

<p>(I've already taken the SAT w/ out doing any of this. So be4 people start attacking my morals, remember that this is purely a philosophical exercise for me. :) )</p>

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<p>Absolutely you can make up personal experiences. Who cares? As long as you write well, you could say that you went to the moon.</p>

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<p>while technically you should be able to do this, i wouldn't expect the graders to give you a full score if your story was ridiculously exaggerated. But yes, you can make up whatever you want</p>

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<p>Ya...make it seem reasonable; don't make up stuff to make it up. Write well, it's key.</p>

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<p>If you can make up a story or retell a story that didnt happen to you and in the act you greatly benefit your arguement or support statement - sure, why not? I would just try to make it belivable. If i was the reader last thing i would want to read would be how a 17 year old kid saved five infants out of a burning building - demonstrating heroism.</p>

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<p>bad idea. . . </p>

<p>Most college admission officers will carefulyl evaluate your SAT ESSAY.
So yeah, hurt those cheaters in the long run.</p>

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<p>Make up facts, but don't over do it. Like say Germany won World War 2 and Jews got served...etc.</p>

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<p>Do whatever you can, if you can write it well enough to score a 12, though, chances are you didn't need the fake example to begin with.</p>

<p>However if you're gonna fake crap don't overdo it, like other posters have said.</p>

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<p>first of all, colleges do NOT get to see your actual SAT essay. they can see the score, but not the actual essay.
second, saying germany won and the jews got served would not come off as making up facts, it would come off as being a racist ("the jews got served" is an opinion)
third, don't make up a burning building story. but if you don't konw the exact year that somethinghappened in history, or you don't know the exact percent of americans that support something, u can always make something up like "3/4 of americans support such a measure" or something like that</p>

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<p>You Could Write Your Opinion, Yes You Can. Jewserved. HECK, YOU COULD BE RACIST IN YOUR PAPER, DO WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE, IF IT'LL GET YOU A 12.</p>

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<p>Hm, I wonder... if you wrote an excellent, perfect essay, but it was very offensive and inappropriate, would it receive a 12?</p>

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<p>a perfect and excellent essay would probably not be inappropriate. I doubt they would penalize you for offensive stuff as long as you weren't using foul language. you could probably get away with using some eugenics and racist ideology to justify your argument. there is a lot of fact in that stuff even though people do not like to hear it.</p>

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first of all, colleges do NOT get to see your actual SAT essay.

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<p>In fact, colleges CAN see your actual essay on line, once you send them your scores. Several admissions officers have said that they will review some essays if something seems out of whack with scores v. grades, etc.</p>