Was your writing scored justly?

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<p>I don't feel like my essay was scored fairly.</p>

<p>But I'll take my 9 considering how AWFUL it is.</p>

<p>I just reread it and literally blushed. It's just terrible! I had the memories prompt and I talk about Vietnam and the Oil Crisis... and in my thesis I talk about the European Union (which I changed my mind about when I got to the second topic)!!!!!!!!!!! And my conclusion makes absolutley no sense.</p>

<p>I am honestly, honestly surprised that I recieved a 9 for that. It's just terrible.</p>

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<p>I got an 8 for an essay that I didn't even finish 75% of. Haha. The funniest things happen.</p>

3

<p>I thought my 9 essay was really bad also. I was expecting an 8 or maybe lower, so I was really shocked one of the graders thought it was a 5 essay.</p>

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<p>I had come to terms with my 8 because it wasn't really a great essay, but after seeing how some of the people here managed to get 9's with unfinished essays that didn't seem to have anything that mine didn't, I don't understand my grade at all...</p>

5

<p>I think my 8 was completely justified....I was expecting it......</p>

6

<p>what was the topic this year?</p>

7

<p>this year is a litlle vague to say since there are three topics for each test date....mine(in june) was about mass-media..does it decide which information is important to the public?</p>

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<p>My essay for the March SATs was scored unjustly.. they gave me a seven and I reread it and still don't know why. This time I got a 9 and I didn't even finish. (I would have finished but the stupid proctor stopped it early)</p>

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<p>I'm the opposite. My 8 essay was one of the best essays I've ever written, and it was definitely better than the 11 I wrote in March.</p>

10

<p>i wrote 2 crappy essays that were really repetitive and drawn out and got 2 12's. im not complaining</p>

11

<p>i thought i wrote a crappy one page essay and was expecting an 8 or lower...but surprise..i got a 9!!!</p>

12

<p>i wrote a bad essay and got a 10 :)</p>

13

<p>can anyone post their essay that scored 11-12 please?
i want to see what they want in an essay</p>

14

<p>I wrote an essay in 4 paragraphs and got an 8. I was expecting something like that though...</p>

15

<p>Horrible essay and got a 12. I just used the NYT formula (write as much as possible...fill up the 2 pages).</p>

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<p>Cannednish - it would be very interesting to read your essay. Take a look at the Level 12 essays on the "Official Essay Tread." So far they have all been quite good. I imagine yours is too. The real problem seems to be with the Level 9 and 8 essays. The scoring here has been very inconsistent. Take a look.</p>

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<p>I thought I had a decent essay, but I ended up with a 7. This brought my perfect MC writing score down to a 740.
I am thinking of doing the Essay Score Investigation thing. Do you think it will be worth it to pay the 50 bucks?</p>

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<p>I received a 10 on my essay in March, but I felt that it was very incoherent and lacking in substance.</p>

<p>I was expecting a 6 maybe. The graders must be very weird.</p>