<p>The first time I took the SAT I didn't prepare as thoroughly as I would have liked to and I ended up getting a six on the essay and I need to know how can I bring my score as close to twelve as possible. Also I have heard that the more you write the better your score will be I was wondering if this true.</p>
<p>Yes, length is essential.</p>
<p>Here are some suggestions my kid recently got:</p>
<p>Pick a non-controversial famous person and learn all you can about him/her.
Find a piece of good, recognizable literature that you can love and read it more than once.<br>
Learn all you can about an historical event or culture.</p>
<p>Once you know these things well enough, you will be prepared to apply that knowledge to almost any essay prompt. This is far better than using examples from a first person, teenage perspective. </p>
<p>Son also learned the “length lesson” the hard way.</p>
<p>People normally don’t realize this, but there is actually a “formula” of sorts that you can use to get atleast a 10 every time.</p>
<p>I learned this from Testmasters (the best SAT prep out there!):</p>
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<li>Fill both sides of the essay page all the way to the bottom</li>
<li>Indent well</li>
<li>Well, there is a whole set up method in which you just have to plug in your examples.</li>
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<p>Testmasters taught me this…</p>