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<p>There are other ways to catch grammar mistakes, though. NO one should rely on their word processing program - if you have notoriously bad grammar, you can visit your university’s writing center for proofreading help. Honestly, although I took the SAT before the writing section came on board I used to teach it for Kaplan, and the grammar skills are pre-high school level stuff. They are things you should’ve learned in 8th grade, maybe 9th. Even if you score well on it, that’s no indication to me of whether you can write on a college level (and this is evidenced when I grade undergraduate papers at my Ivy League grad school - students who by definition probably scored at least a 650 on the writing exam).</p>
<p>Professors rarely give in-class essays. They may ask you to provide a short answer or paragraph explaining something, but it’s not going to be to evaluate you on your writing, it’s going to be to measure your understanding of something. In those cases, grammar is less important (although we need to be able to understand you when we grade the exam). Any papers of any substantial length you will likely get a few weeks to write, so that means you have time to proofread and get some friends or the writing center to help you.</p>