<p>Many schools now take a look at the SAT essay. I received a confirmation that colleges get a copy of the essay in good quality (not the one posted on the internet) if they request it.</p>
<p>I've seen threads saying that people should bs the SAT essay to receive a high score. </p>
<p>However, unlike SAT essay readers, college admission essay readers will take a closer look at your essay (especially if they want to know how well you write and your college essay doesn't show much)</p>
<p>The rest is up to you. If your SAT essay does not match your college essay, there will be serious problems. If you made up fictional facts or characters (of books) I don't know what the admission people would think.</p>
<p>But just avoid making stuff up. It's never good in life anyways.</p>
<p>Lets use a gentler word, not BSing but, being creative. I don’t things the admissions people will look down upon you for doing it since you almost can’t avoid it, but they might just see it as how creative you could be in 25 minutes.</p>
<p>I really hope I dont have to BS. I have been wasting time reading weird lit to find material for my essays. It really feels like I am wasting time.</p>
<p>I agree…its being “creative”
BSing sounds to harsh T.T
I’m going to my MOMMY! <em>sob</em> <em>sob</em>
hahaha but thanks for the warning…
but…
i’m still gonna BS the essay :)</p>
<p>I think part of what is tested by the SAT essay is how well you can call in examples at a moment’s notice. By the time you write the SAT essay, you should, IMHO, be well-read enough that you can pull out literary/ historical examples if you need to do so. There are not going to be any prompts where several well-known books could not be easily referenced for support. Of course, you don’t even have to reference literature. But there should not be a prompt that you feel so needs to be backed up by literature that you make up a book but that you cannot think of a real book to support.</p>
<p>The SAT essay addresses pretty general catagories. They are general enough that I have known several people who have taken the SAT twice or three times and have used at least one same book in every essay. There are many more I have known who have written a dozen or so practice essays prepping for the test, and have used at least one- sometimes more- book in every single essay. </p>
<p>I know the point of the essay isn’t to determine how well-read one is, but that is one thing that happens to get pulled in, at least as I see it. It does test how well you can come up with examples on the spot, and that is where well-rounded general knowledge comes into play. Great thread- I had no idea that colleges could look at the essay, but it makes sense.</p>
<p>Wow, I’m kinda scared now. But it seems just awful to come up with literature/historical facts and examples -_-;; it’s not very fair for us asian kids living in asian countries.</p>
<p>cyborgxxi, I am also an Asian here. I think the key factor to get essays appeal to the college board is to write it with logics rather than just gives a bunch of example. As I said in another thread, most of classical approach to essays really hard to get you to good score, unless you perfectly follow and support your examples.</p>
<p>I took SAT October, I had 11 for my essay by only give 1 example, but use very different views to contrast and compare it. I think deductive method is much more sound and implausible than inductive approach.</p>
<p>yes.. thank you.. i dont see how u could possibly think of information like that in 2-3 mins time…</p>
<p>i like Princeton review’s Manual for SAT book.. some where in there.. it says.. A brainstorm and everyone is invited and it talks about different stuff that are good for SAT essay and bad..</p>
