<p>I thought it was very easy. I had three great examples.
What did you think? Which examples did you use?</p>
<p>it seemed easy to me… i couldn’t think of anything outside of history so i used u.s. independence, abolitionist movement, and civil rights movement… and i finished in 12 minutes and had some big dude licking his lips and winking at me</p>
<p>Are there usually more than one prompts?</p>
<p>I had terrible examples. They really didn’t have ‘flaws’ but I picked out one thing and made it a flaw. I wrote the entire two pages, which included writing in the margins at the bottom. I think my conclusion and thesis were strong. </p>
<p>It was a decent topic, I would say. I only thought for a minute, and then I started writing.</p>
<p>I used Benedict Arnold, Wuthering Heights (Cathy betraying Heathcliff), and The Sun also Rises (Brett Betraying Jake).</p>
<p>Yeah there are definitely at least 2 different prompts. One is about flaws/heroes (don’t know exactly, didn’t have it) and the other was whether self-acceptance is a good quality or whether people should strive for self-improvement. I said too much self-acceptance is bad and used Barack Obama, Hermione Granger (my iffiest example haha) and a fake personal one regarding depression. Definitely not as good as my March SAT essay but still hoping for 10+.</p>
<p>Bernie Madoff, Martha Stewart and Macbeth.</p>
<p>I was definitely in the double digits. Essay lacked a conclusion, it was very solid, otherwise.</p>
<p>3 solid paragraphs.</p>
<p>I had the flaws and benefit from ppl you admire one.</p>
<p>I had THE perfect example :D</p>
<p>Billy Loman from Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman.</p>
<p>It was like the angels singing.</p>
<p>Ran out of room/pages so I had to erase my last two lines to fit my conclusion in… I squeezed like 7 words in like 2 inches, lol. And still finished with like 5 min…</p>
<p>If I don’t get a 12, I’ll be pretty mad >.></p>
<p>i had 3 points</p>
<p>i realized that doing tragic heroes would have been perfect, but oh well</p>
<p>I picked</p>
<p>Michael Jackson (Flaw = molestation thing)
Kobe Bryant (Flaw = rape)
Ray Lewis (Flaw = murder)</p>
<p>how did you guys read the essay question? like what was your reason for why people benefit from discovering others’ flaws?</p>
<p>I had an intro, 2 body paragraphs, and a conclusion</p>
<p>I used my IB experience vs. my friends’ (peers’) IB experience
Then, I used MLK and the Civil Rights Movement vs. hating white people</p>
<p>(self-acceptance prompt)</p>
<p>I had just enough time, but with 20 extra seconds, I could’ve ended w/ my Barack Obama quote BUT it was okay w/o it.</p>
<p>From all your posts, it seems like your prompts were completely different from mine. =S</p>
<p>I only had one, and that was something along the lines of how winning doesn’t necessarily mean that someone else must lose. </p>
<p>I’m so confused right now… help anyone?</p>
<p>Ugh, I don’t feel I was COMPLETELY on topic. 
That sucks…</p>
<p>Aeri,
The prompt about if it’s always that someone wins and another loses, was the prompt for the international SAT. I had that one. It’s different than the one from the states.</p>
<p>Yeah I had the winning and losing one. What did you guys write about? I had a couple examples pop into my head quite quickly, which isn’t common. I’ve never practiced writing before, so I quickly skimmed the strategies in the car on the way, and looked at a couple examples. I think that actually paid off a bit…</p>
<p>I think I would have needed an extra 10 seconds or so to finish it off. My structure was unusual. I had an intro, 3 body paragraphs and a fairly brief conclusion (about 4-5 lines because I was running out of time). Overall it covered a page an a half. Is that enough? Also, it seems that the convention is to have 2 body paragraphs rather than 3. I had a paragraph per example. Was that overdoing it, considering I only wrote a page and a half?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>OMG I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING!</p>
<p>Would the essay graders mark points off for this?</p>
<p>I got the names mixed up on my example! It’s actually “Biff” instead of “Billy”! </p>
<p>Crap… I hope I don’t get a strict grader who read the play…</p>
<p>my examples:</p>
<p>Ulysses Grant (great general, but a corrupt politician)
Odysseus (strong, honorable, etc., but arrogant)
Elliot Spitxer (usually a good governor til the prostitution thing)</p>
<p>Sci-Fry,
I talked about how someone’s success could benefit others, which would make everyone a winner. I did Winston’s rebellion in 1984 (if it had succeeded), technological advances + Bill Gates, and Larry Page’s success with Google and how other companies owe their success to him too.
Filled up all of the 2 pages.</p>
<p>i used Enron, the Old South, and Greek gods</p>
<p>i read people plural not singular in the prompt, whatever i hope i don’t get a 0 cuz it was kind of ambiguous.</p>