<p>I wrote a crap essay for my first test and got a 10 essay. I took it cold and wrote a 5 paragraph essay including a pretty bad “personal experience” paragraph.</p>
<p>For my second test, I wrote an artistic piece with 4 paragraphs. I expected a 12. I got an 8.</p>
<p>For the SAT essay, the rule is to be mechanical and obvious.</p>