THE ESSAY ON BOTH SAT AND ACT ARE OPTIONAL!!! 

IF WRITE ESSAY:

IT WILL BE GRADED ON A SCALE FROM 2 TO 12 WITH TWO INDIVIDUAL GRADERS ASSIGNING A SCORE BETWEEN 1-6 AND THE SUM BEING THE OVERALL SCORE. IF THEY VARY BY 2 POINTS OR MORE, A THIRD GRADER WILL BE USED.

YOU WILL HAVE 40 MINS, A PROMPT YOU WON'T SEE UNTIL THE CLOCK STARTS, USE PENCIL AND PAPER, AND WILL BE WRITTEN AFTER YOU JUST TOOK AN ALMOST 3 HOUR 215 QUESTION TEST! IF YOU WRITE AND POST A BAD SCORE, YOU SHOULD REWRITE IN FUTURE TEST DATE AND POST BETTER SCORE. THE BEST CASE IS TO NEVER POST ANY SCORE AT ALL.  ALMOST ALL SCHOOLS SAY THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE ESSAY SCORE WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION WHY SHOULD WE WASTE THE TIME & MONEY TO WRITE & GRADE IT? WHEN PULLING INFORMATION FROM A GIANT DATABASE OF STUDENT SCORES WORLDWIDE, IT WOULD BE EASY TO CUT STUDENTS WITH LOW ESSAY SCORES AND THE STUDENT NEVER BE NOTIFIED!

IF DON'T WRITE THE ESSAY:

COLLEGES WILL WANT A "WRITING SAMPLE" TO BE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION. THIS ESSAY CAN BE TYPED, EDITED, PROOFREAD BY OTHERS AND NO TIME LIMIT! 

IT IS NOT A FAIR FIGHT. THE ONLY COLLEGES THAT CARE ABOUT THE ESSAY ARE CERTIAN ELITE SCHOOLS, SUCH AS IVY LEAGUE, THAT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO WRITE THE ESSAY THE SAME DAY OR THEY WON'T ACCEPT YOUR SCORE FROM THAT TEST DATE. 99% OF STUDENTS WILL NOT EVER NEED TO WRITE THE ESSAY! IT DOESN'T OPEN UP SCHOLARSHIPS OR BENEFIT THE STUDENT IN ANY WAY. 

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS ARE MAKING THE JUNIOR CLASS WRITE ESSAYS!

ACCORDING TO A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE OFFICE OF ASSEMENTS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, A 95-MEMEBER TASK FORCE DETERMINED THAT ALL JUNIORS SHOULD BE GIVEN EITHER THE SAT OR ACT INCLUDING THE OPTIONAL ESSAY.  THEY ARE VERY ADDIMENT ABOUT STATING THAT IN NO WAY IS THIS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE STUDENT.  tHERE IS NO BENIFIT TO THE STUDENT FOR WRITING THE ESSAY, BUT THE STATE WANTS THE DATA FOR THEIR ASSEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AT THE DISTRICT AND STATE LEVEL. AFTER ASKING THREE SEPERATE TIMES THE BENEFIT A STUDENT GETS FROM WRITING, EVEN THOUGH NO IN STATE SCHOOLS REQUIRE THE ESSAY PORTION IN ADMISSIONS, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE HAVING THE STUDENTS WRITE THE ESSAY FOR THE BENIFIT OF THE STUDENT!! sO THEY CAN ASSESS THEIR OWN ABILITY TO WRITE BEFORE THEY GET TO COLLEGE.  ONCE AGAIN TESTING THE JUNIOR CLASS, NOT THE SENIOR CLASS. TO EACH THEIR OWN WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING THE ESSAY.  I'VE ALWAYS RECOMMENDED STUDENTS TO NEVER WRITE THE ESSAY.  IT CAN ONLY BE USED AGAINST YOU.