<p>Hey guys, took the SAT in March, and I'm not annoyed, since it was a good score, but I'm curious to see what I could have lost points for in my essay.</p>
<p>ESSAY PROMPT (Copied from another poster here)
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment:</p>
<p>"Organizations or groups that share a common goal often mention teamwork as their secret to success by insisting that people in the group work together for the good of the entire group. However, by requiring each individual to accept the decisions of the others in the group, organizations may discourage the expression of individual talent. Ultimately, a group is most successful when all of its members are encouraged to pursue their own goals and interests." </p>
<p>ASSIGNMENT:Are organizations or groups most successful when their members pursue individual wishes and goals? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. </p>
<p>NOTE: I DID NOT GET A BAD SCORE. I AM NOT WHINING, JUST CURIOUS. </p>
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<p>I'll reveal the score in a few posts, but what do you guys think, and what should this essay have deserved or lacked?</p>
<p>Oh man, that essay was so hard to read!</p>
<p>I still can't make out some of the words. The main things I didn't like were</p>
<ul>
<li>You mentioned 1984 in the intro, but not the Sri Lankan example. </li>
<li>You should have gone into more detail about how the 1984 system was more effective than individualism--in other words, support your thesis better.</li>
<li>What's with the JFK quote? That should have been taken out. I didn't get what the significance of that was.</li>
<li>Sri Lanka example was fine, but it was hard to read your essay, so I kind of assumed that you knew what you were talking about.</li>
</ul>
<p>Yeah, sorry for the handwriting issues. The scanning doesn't make any bother.</p>
<p>And I just realized I reversed the two. The second link is the start of the essay.</p>
<p>The JFK quote? The idea that a organization faces success when members only think of the success of the organization, and not their own (as what you can do for you country, not what your country can do for you) is extremely clear in the quote, which supports my side.</p>
<p>I'll mention my score a few posts later.</p>
<p>I'm not sure why, but this essay ended up getting an 11.</p>
<p>hm you say that your not whining but your getting all worked up over an 11. Pretty close to perfection isnt it? They probably didnt give you the 12 cuz of your handwriting.</p>
<p>hey question. howd u get your copy of your essay?</p>
<p>when he signed up for his SAT, he also signed up for a question and answer service which told him on which types of questions he messed up on and also provided him his essay. Or is it a her? lol</p>
<p>no, everyone gets it.</p>
<p>oh really? i wouldnt know. The only time i took the sat, i ordered the Q and A service and thought it was a part of that.</p>
<p>From what it looks like, I'd say handwriting probably caused you to lose points...it was pretty hard to read most of the essay, but from what I <em>could</em> read, it was written well.</p>
<p>I think it's more like those things I discussed in my post above that caused you to lose one point.</p>
