<p>I thought my essay was really good. My examples were terrible(!). However, I found a way to incorporate them and relate them to the prompt. It took only a minute to prepare my examples and I wrote to the end. The last line I split in two and wrote extremely small to fit it all in!</p>
<p>In addition to what I think is a 10+ essay, writing section was easy. I did run out of time on the last section though and omitted some. </p>
<p>Math… Meh
Reading… Meh (as long as I get in 500’s [below CC standard] I am happy)</p>
<p>Silly proctor called time 30 seconds before I thought he was going to, and I was in the middle of a word in my last sentence…will that really hurt me? [I know I could have finished it then, or gone back to it later, but I didn’t]</p>
<p>I was in the middle of writing my final sentence when the lady called time, so I crossed it out rather than leaving half a thought that made no sense</p>
<p>I have four math sections so one of them must be an exp section. On the essay my examples were Scarlett Letter and The Great Gatsby. I think Micheal Philps was a good example…should have thought about that lol</p>
<p>I wrote about Pareto Optimality (lol, economic concept), the Northwest-Delta airline merger (lol again with all the economics) and A View From The Bridge.</p>
<p>Essay was the easiest part. I followed a book I read and used 5 minutes to make a plan, and I wrote for the other 20 minutes. I also read that you should at least have 400 words if you want a really good score, so I’m happy I hit that mark. I wrote about taking the difficult route and staying in IB and how it paid off. Then, I used MLK as an example. Grr. I needed 30 seconds to just end with my Obama quote to tie it in with MLK, BUT I had a good ending w/o it.</p>
<p>How did everyone else feel about the essay?</p>
<p>I’m thinking of so many good examples I could have used in my essay instead of using Frodo, it’s ridiculous</p>
<p>Did anybody get vocab words they couldn’t pronounce? I was trying to ask my brother what infinitesimal and convivially (I think?) meant but he couldn’t understand what I was trying to say. I looked em up an I did get em right though. I swear the vocabs so easy on there if you look at the sparknotes test prep.</p>
<p>How much does it matter if your examples aren’t, well, high-brow intellectual, literary examples? My essay was very well written but my examples were… Hermione Granger, Barack Obama, and the make-believe personal experience of my friend “Mia.” I’m a little worried because on my last essay I used literary examples from rather obscure, nerdy books (for 2 of them)… not as “typical” as the topics I used for the June SAT. Will this count against me (I got a 10 last time and am hoping for a 10 this time too)? Thanks.</p>
<p>As long as you wrote about them well enough you should be alright. If you sound like you’re just writing things down because they can almost relate than no.</p>