Writing section was ridiculous for October.

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<p>^^I wouldn’t use a personal example at all. In the hierarchy of SAT examples it goes Literary>Historical>Personal observation>Personal experience. </p>

<p>For time management, I usually allot. . . 3 minutes for thinking, 6 minutes for intro (most important paragraph), 12 minutes for 2-3 body paragraphs, and the rest for conclusion. I usually only have 2-3 lines left for my conclusion, but the conclusion barely matters at all.</p>

<p>For vocab, if you’ve studied a lot for CR you shouldn’t have to “force it.”</p>

<p>If you have RR do everything it says. Everything. Two 12s don’t lie.</p>

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<p>heres my breakdown
1st try (oct 05) 48mc + 6 essay = 460 [-20 on mc (none ommitted)]
2nd try (jun 08) 70mc + 8 essay = 680 [-3 on mc (none ommitted)]
3rd try (oct 08) 79 mc + 10 essay = 790 [-1 on mc, i think? (none ommitted)]</p>

<p>so essay doesnt count that much, around 30% according to collegeboard</p>

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<p>convert ur essay to 800 scale:
12 = 800
11 = 750
10 = 700
9= 650
8 = 600
7 = 550
6 = 500
5 = 450
4 = 400
3 = 350
2 = 300
1 = 250
0 = 200</p>

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<p>12 essay 80 MC</p>

<p>Where is my 830 lol?</p>

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<p>i thought the prompt was difficult. i did the standard 5 paragraph (intro,3 body, conclusio) and got an 11 the essay. 76 on MC. 780 total</p>

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<p>hahaha. my essay was so bs haha. i was concerned until i saw my 11 that i would get like a 4 for having written a really crappy essay haha. i didnt have any examples or anything. but i sure as heck filled it crazy vocab words and some analysis of whatever the question was.</p>

<p>now im just annoyed that i was so close to a 800 (i got 780 via a 76/11), but at least my sat experience was satisfactory.</p>

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<p>i thought it was hard as balls, but i ended up with a 780 (much to my surprise)</p>

<p>my breakdown was 11 essay 76 MC
which makes me mad because my readers disagreed, so i could’ve gotten a perfect score :/</p>

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<p>Hmm… is it possibe to get the same MC and Essay Score and get a different scaled-score?
I’m afraid that that has happened to me in a negative way upon looking at this thread :S</p>

<p>Should I complain? or can I even?</p>

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<p>Huh, according to all these formulas for SAT essay success, I would have received an 8. Actually I was expecting an 8, because I totally didn’t prep for the essay the second time around, and I basically wrote an AP English essay (applied prompt to a novel, used instances from said novel to support thesis. Basically really amounts to one example, though.). Managed to net a 10, thank god.</p>

<p>Edit: Oh and I only filled up 1.5 pages. And failed at including flashy vocab words. Besides the ones I usually use, which aren’t that flashy.</p>

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<p>80 MC E 10</p>

<p>= 800 for me.</p>

<p>And for my essay, I just BS’d through 3 personal experience examples, hardly used any luxurious vocabulary, but I filled up both pages. Easy 10. I know they might prefer examples from literature or history or whatever, but I have zero knowledge on that stuff, so I’ll take my 10.</p>

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<p>How did I get 68 MC it’s not on the list, lol. </p>

<p>But 68 MC and an 11 Essay was a 720. So I was happy the essay counted for at least that much. According to some of these other scores my extra essay point got me 10-20 points.</p>

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<p>I think a bad essay score can drag a good mc score down, but a good essay score only bring a bad mc score up a little. So mc q’s worth a lot more.</p>

<p>9 essay - 76 mc: 750</p>