SSAT essay vs app essays

Prep School Admissions
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<p>If your SSAT essay and your application essays are slightly different in quality (word choice, etc), do schools understand that you were probably nervous? My SSAT essay was worse than my application essays.
Plus, the proctor also messed up on the time...she told us we had 15 more minutes when in truth we only had 10. When there were 5 minutes remaining (we all thought we had 10 more minutes) the proctor corrected herself. I was pretty mad.</p>

<p>Either way, your application essays are bound to be better, because you probably spent more time on them, correct?</p>

<p>I'm a little worried the schools might suspect something.</p>

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<p>Schools will most likely understand that we had limited time to complete the SSAT essay. That being said, there shouldn’t be a HUGE difference between your writing style. They should be able to recognize that it’s your writing. Don’t sweat that piece too much though. They’ll judge your everyday writing from your graded writing sample.</p>

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<p>Do not waste time worrying about things you can no longer control.</p>