<p>Okay. The essay wasn't bad. I started off really strong. I used the Great Depression as an example and then a book that I read a while ago.</p>
<p>However, I was only able to get 3/4ths of the paragraph about the book done. I did not finish my essay because I ran out of space! I tried cramming some small words in a desperate attempt to finish the 2nd body paragraph. </p>
<p>I did not have a conclusion. Rather, I had a three sentence intro, and a huge 1st body paragraph. The 2nd body paragraph was about half the 2nd page.</p>
<p>How will this affect me, considering that my writing abilities aren't too terrible.</p>
<p>---- Oh, and I am math retarded. I left about 10 blank. What is the highest that I can still get if I get left 10 blank?</p>
<p>Yeah i guess i'd like to know about my essay too
i had a solid intro with two weak, generic supporting paragraphs, no grammar/spelling errors, and no conclusion (ran out of time)
1.5 pages</p>
<p>I personally don't understand how you guys fill up those pages in 25 minutes lol. I was writing the whole time and only got 2 supporting paragraphs before 2 minute warning, and got to finish that up and squeeze in the thesis for a conclusion.</p>
<p>It takes a LOT of practice..
For example, in IB History, we have 40 minutes to write a 1000+ essay, round 1500 if we want it to be really good. Mine are usually about 1300. And they have to be cohesive and structured. That is how it works. When you do the harder ones, 25 minutes for a silly issue that is easy to manipulate seems ridiculous in terms of time. I'm not underestimating the SAT essay of course...</p>
<p>In AP US History we learn to write a lot in a short amount of time. We have 45 minutes to write an essay, and if you're good, you can write 7+ pages.</p>
<p>The SAT readers are not supposed to penalize you for not quite finishing the essay. That is, if you have solid evidence and body paragraphs, but you just did not have sufficient time to complete or even write the conclusion paragraph, that, in theory, should not affect your score. I myself had a one-sentence conclusion because I spent all of my time crafting the body paragraphs.</p>
<p>You really don't need more than a one sentence introduction and conclusion. Just state your thesis, and then dive right into your first body paragraph. You should use transitions between the body paragraphs. Then, finish off by restating your thesis.</p>
<p>i had the prompt about knowledge being or not being a burden, i used ken jennings and john carpenter in the same paragraph, then warren buffet and then ben franklin.</p>
<p>I would have had time to finish my essay, but there happened to be two clocks in my room, and no one realized that one of them was a minute different than the other one, which in turn was about twenty seconds different than the proctor's watch. And she never gave any sort of two minute warning or anything. I was just about to start my conclusion when she called time...it was annoying.</p>
<p>Ugh, I'm starting to think I did so poorly on this essay. I had the materialism one, and I used Henry David Thoreau and then a literature example. But my intro was huge! So I'm thinking that detracted from my body paragraphs, which probably didn't have as much support as they could have. And to make matters worse, I was cut off with a sentence and 1/2 left to write on my conclusion.</p>