Studying For The SAT Essay

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The most important part of your college entrance package - when that time comes - will be your SAT score or your ACT score. Hopefully, you have been studying for the SAT if this is the test you plan to take, as studying will be essential in order for you to achieve success. But even if you have been studying, there is a chance you have neglected to spend any real amount of time looking at the things you need to know for the SAT essay. After all - you might be thinking - an essay is an essay, and if every prompt is different, what is the point in studying? But you will realize how important it is that you take the time to study for the SAT essay once you realze how the SAT essay works.

The people who grade the SAT essays are people who have been hired to grade SAT essays every day, all day long! Because there are so many endless stacks of essays, and because these people have been hired to make their way through these stacks, each grader must get through a certain number of essays each hour. Generally speaking, the SAT essay graders have about five minutes during which they can grade each essay, which means they have to look for certain things. And furthermore, if the scores awarded by different graders do not match up closely on an essay, that essay has to go to a master grader. It is not good for these regular graders if their essays have to go to the master grader, so they have to follow the same grading procedure as every other grader!

Because of this, it will be immensely helpful if you know what the procedure is for these SAT graders. If you know the certain items that are on their checklist, you will be able to make sure you fulfill these items. Once you know what the graders are looking for, you can write an essay that allows them to mark "excellent" for each area, as they will know the other graders are doing the same.

Make sure you spend a good deal of time hanging out in the essay section of your SAT study book; and if you have not been using an SAT study book, you need to make sure you pick one up!