<p>So, who's done it?
I refuse to believe that I'm the only one haha. I've made up friends and anecdotes for examples. Once, when I couldn't remember the details of whom Thomas Jefferson's embargo affected, I made them up.
I mean, the scorers don't fact check, so I figure as along as it's well written, everything's kosher ;)
Any other master fabricators out there?</p>
<p>my essay was full of lies (got a 10, international), but I gave “personal examples”, so no one can actually know if theyre true or not. Although I would be hesitant to BS when it comes to common historical facts.</p>
<p>ah but first you have to tell us what score you got so we can either laugh at you, or laugh with you.</p>
<p>^ definitely, should have said so myself.</p>
<p>Niece worked with an SAT tutor who helped her develop a one-size-fits-all essay with impressive vocal in the first and last paragraphs. She, English teacher dad and tutor all agreed it was gibberish. She got a 10, a huge increase over her previous non-tutor assisted score.</p>
<p>I think of myself as a good writer, and I worked pretty hard on mine, but I only got a 9/12. Any BS, if existent, was not intentional.</p>
<p>I BS’d statistics and quotes on the ACT essay and got a 9. Which isn’t too bead because the essay was honestly terrible compared to what I normally write. I didn’t have an opinion on the prompt and panicked, so I think those fake facts helped me:)</p>
<p>Hahahaha, I BS’d sooo much on my SAT essay. I said that I was horrible at chemistry and even made up the name of a tutor that had helped me, in order to show the benefit of a single action. I also made up the name of the first solver of a millennium math problem because I couldn’t remember it on test day. I think I even BS’d a couple of dates and scientific formulas. I just started to have a lot of fun. Only a 9/12 for me, giving me a 720 on writing, but whatever. It was a lot more fun that way. So no, you are definitely not the only one.</p>
<p>Oh, and on my ACT essay I made up a bunch of programs that I had participated in my school district and got a 10.</p>
<p>I have a theory that essay quality doesn’t affect Writing score, or at least only in that a score above a certain level qualifies as essentially perfect. I only got a 9/12 on my essay but a 780 on the section at large.</p>
<p>oh come on you guys. I don’t see any “master fabricators” here. </p>
<p>where’s the guy who gets a 12 with an example of a historical, fictitious civil rights leader?</p>
<p>I completely changed the plot of Beowulf to fit the prompt-got an 11 :D</p>
<p>I didn’t even finish my essay(SAT I, international student), I wrote it in 8 minutes. I panicked because I hadn’t practiced how to write an essay. Got a 10.</p>
<p>Made up facts about the 1929 depression. Couldn’t remember who the president was at time haha - the one who brought the US back to life. I was sure it was a Roosevelt but I couldn’t put a finger on it. I reasoned that because Teddy Roosevelt was the badass one who hunted, he had to have been from the 1800s. Franklin Delano it had to be.</p>
<p>I did not even check after the exam who it was.</p>
<p>^ Herbert Hoover. It was Herbert Hoover.</p>
<p>I’ll be taking the SAT for the first time a month from now and may completely BS a few quotes, depending on how desperate I get with the prompt.</p>
<p>What would you guys consider a good essay score? 10?</p>
<p>I BSed all of my examples for the December SAT this year. I got a 9. However, I genuinely think I could have gotten a 10 if my third example wasn’t so bad and I managed my time better. My handwriting also sucked toward the end.</p>
<p>Really want a 11+ this time around, though. .-. What’s the secret.</p>
<p>Lol my essay scores ranged from 9-12. Really hoping for a 12 the last time I take the SAT.
In my opinion, literary and historical examples are the best. Personal stories are fine too, but I feel that if you show some general knowledge of the world/literature/politics, it helps your score a bit 
The one where I fudged details was about barriers, and I used Jefferson’s embargo and North Korea as examples 
I didn’t totally fabricate the examples, because it’s history, and the scorer might have known it. But I kinda exaggerated on the effect that it had on the middle class :P</p>