I do realize it’s time to move on, but the truth is, I’m harboring a secret resentment about my December essay. I’ve said it before, but I’ve got to say it again: who arethese people grading the SAT essays? And I defy any one of them to write a better essay in less than 25 minutes under the pressure of testing conditions!
I got back my December essay yesterday, and read it with the College Board rubric at my side — and I’m sorry, but I think it deserves at least an 11 — maybe even a 12 (she says objectively).
And to add salt to the wound, I have read essays that scored 11’s and 12’s (and not those from the Blue Book), and I think mine is better!
(At least I haven’t lost my confidence. They can’t take that away from me. Hehe.)
Anyway, I’ll try to move on now…but Not Easy!
Below is the prompt and my essay:
And here’s the rubric, for those who are interested in the grading metrics.
Alright, letting it go now. Time to move onto my feelings about the math section.
I don’t know……I keep feeling like they must have mis-graded my math section; or I mis-bubbled….or something. It just makes no sense to me.
Oy…there should be post-SAT support groups to handle all these feelings….
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