SAT Essay

          Any and everybody who is thinking about going to college should take the SAT first. Colleges look at these scores and see if the student is worthy of attending their school. The colleges may look at these scores, but are the scores correct?

         "This essay, which was added to the SAT in 2005, counts for approximately 30 percent of a 

test-taker’s score on the writing section." A computer grade this portion, so the company that makes the test hires people to grade the essay. The essay graders get bonuses if they can grade about thirty essays in an hour. That only gives two minutes to grade each essay. Reading, analyzing, and rating an essay has to take more than two minutes. If this is the time frame for one student's essay, than this two minutes can mean the world to the student. Looking over or misreading one part of the essay can be the difference between getting into a dream college or getting into a "plan B" college. For these people to grade an entire essay in two minutes is outrageous, so the student must use the time only on writing the essay an not trying to recall events for the essay.

             The student only gets a certain amount of time for the essay. Many students waste time trying to recall events for the topic of the essay. The best way to go with the topic is to make things up. It takes more time to recall an entire event then it takes to make one up. Since time is crucial, it is best to make things up. Talk about a trip you never took or a thing you never bought. It's not lying. It's creative writing.