URGENTLY need advice regarding SAT Essay!

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<p>Hello people,</p>

<p>I am writing the SAT coming Saturday. I have finished prepping for everything, but the Essay section is stressing me out a lot! My main problem is that I am unable to come up with good examples on the spur of the moment, coz my knowledge of world history/politics is limited. I am writing practice essays, but I don't know if they're good or not. Can someone help me out a bit? I want to know if
a) One vs. Two vs. Three examples. Which is the best bet?
b)Is one literary plus one personal all right?
d) Is fabricating examples really acceptable?</p>

<p>I am an international and nobody in my school really knows abt the SAT. So I will be VERY, VERY grateful if someone could help me out!! </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>It doesn’t really matter what you use as your examples.</p>

<p>I recommend using two-three examples. Personally, I’d go with three because you don’t have to go in depth as much on each of the examples.</p>

<p>Fabricated examples are neither supported nor penalized. As long as you don’t mention something as absurd as an ipod in the 18th century or that Hitlet was Russian, you can pretty much get away with anything logical.</p>

<p>SAT essays are for evaluating your general writing and thought organizing skills. You won’t be counted down for factual inaccuracies.</p>

<p>And if you’re aiming to get high essay scores, I suggest you try your best to fill up every line given on the 2 pages you have to write your essay on.</p>

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<p>this is my method for the SAT essay:</p>

<p>look at the prompt, get kind of an idea of what I’m going to write, and then dig in. I pretty much make up and think as I’m writing so it’s always kind of evolving. I don’t stick to any sort of rigid 5 paragraph, x many examples, and what not. that’s too boring. I’ll just let the pencil flow. When I get to an example, I’ll pour out as much as I know about it, how it relates to the topic, and keep going. If I get to three examples-cool, if not- Oh well.</p>

<p>I usually have two solid (large) examples, and a couple smaller ones. I make new paragraphs where they seems to fit naturally, and I just write, thinking as I go along. When I get to the last few lines, I write a decent conclusion, and try to tie everything back together nicely. Finish with a bang right? Hell yeah.</p>

<p>That’s pretty much what I do. It might not work for everyone. If you’re a decent writer, don’t sweat it, just let you’re natural writing talent take over. Leave the heavy thinking for the math and grammar stuff. Just write.</p>

<p>Take this for what it’s worth, my method doesn’t work for everyone. And anyway, I write really fast, so I don’t know how many people can fit in what I write in the same amount of time (last SAT I had filled up the entire two pages with over 5 minutes left, and I write really small.)</p>

<p>Whatever, I got two 12s with my method. If you take anything from this, it’s dont stress yourself out looking for examples. They don’t have to be vivid, or correct even, or real, they just have to relate, and you just have to tie them in. That’s all. There’s nothing to it, really, it’s just writing, after all.</p>

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<p>If you can’t come up with example at the moment, try coming up with example now. Read the newspaper, magazines, to give you ideas of what you could write about on Saturday.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much guys!
Assasin - Most people are of the opinion that non-formulaic writing is not rewarded on the SAT, and that was my main source of worry. I love writing, but i just can’t write according to a rigid formula. So thanks, your advice is very reassuring! But yeah, I’m a slow writer, so i’ll have to work on that. Also, if it is possible, can you post/PM me one of your essays so that i can compare it with mine and see what i’ve to work on?</p>

<p>And if anyone else has any tips, please do reply!!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’ll see what I can do. I must say, though, speed writing does end up lacking in legibility, so it will take some time to actually read what I wrote. I’ll try and type one of my 12s by tomorrow if I can and post it here.</p>

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<p>Assassin - Just two days left, so if you can post it by tommorrow, that’d be great!!</p>