<p>I took the SAT for the first time today (1/26/13) and the essay was about imitation and creativeness. I wrote my first body paragraph about Martin Luther King Jr and the March Over Washington and how he was inspired by other people from history. Overall, I'm pretty content with that paragraph.</p>
<p>However, the second was a complete train wreck. I don't know why, but I wrote about Lady Gaga copying Madonna. I'm so stupidddd and mad at myself.</p>
<p>How bad do you think this will affect my essay grade? On practice exams, I usually get between a 9 and 11.</p>
<p>why is it bad that you talked about lady gaga and madonna? That seems like a fine example to me. Do you remmeber what the exact question was? I talked about writing and imitating myclassamtes and a favorite author</p>
<p>oh it was was, is imitation necessary for originality and creativity? I said yes, because even the most gifted people in the world have deeloped the foundations for their skills through imitation. in the 1st paragraph i talked abotu how i learned to be a candid writer through imitating Amelia’s diary (a book i used to read) and a descriptive writer through imitating my friend from 5th grade</p>
<p>You should be fine. I’ve heard its grammitical quantity over style and substance, which makes sense since style and substance are too subjective to grade by the millions. Come to think of it, the grader just might appreciate something different like a Gaga essay. GL- Keep the faith.</p>
<p>I wrote about Yves Klein, a French artist who created a new shade of blue, and ABBA, who as everyone knows created new sounds of music… I had prepared for several topics before and originality vs. imitation was one of them. I was glad to see a familiar topic, but I ran out of time so I only wrote two of my three examples… The third one was supposed to be Copernicus and his heliocentric theory. Also my examples weren’t as specific as the example paragraphs that I had wrote while preparing, so I’m pretty nervous… :(</p>
<p>I wrote about a favorite composer of mine, Moneyball (more specifically Billy Beane), and Steve Jobs. Thought I did pretty well, but we’ll see! :)</p>
<p>I wrote about Ellison’s “Invisible Man”, Orwell’s “1984”, and the French Revolution. Pretty happy with my essay, and managed to fill up the entire 2 pages.</p>
<p>The subject of the examples you choose is far less important than what you say about it. Readers are looking for significant ideas explained clearly and as completely as is reasonable considering the limitations created by the SAT situation. Did what you said in your second paragraph ADD to the points you made in the first or simply repeat them?</p>
<p>I think the people reading the essays will probably be happy that your essay wasn’t like everybody else’s. Practically everybody uses Martin Luther King jr or gandhi for their essays so putting in lady gaga could be a good thing. Your topic doesn’t really matter, it just matters if you answered the question well and connected the topic to the question.</p>
<p>I wrote about how people don’t always need role models using Otto von Bismarck and Jeanette’s Walls’s “The Glass Castle”. Would those be strong examples?</p>
lol</p>
Also my examples weren’t as specific as the example paragraphs that I had wrote while preparing, so I’m pretty nervous… :(</p>