The third BIGGEST mistake students make on the SAT Essay

The third BIGGEST mistake students make on the SAT Essay


I once had an entire class of students write on the
WRONG topic for a practice SAT Essay. Wonder how it
happened?

They read the wrong part of the SAT Essay prompt first.

If you've already seen the SAT Essay prompts then you

know they start out with a quote like the following:

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to
the very best advice, and then going away and doing the
exact opposite."

--G. K. Chesterton

Then you get your topic question such as

"Assignment: Are people held back by their adherence

to the beliefs of the majority or doing things in the

conventional way? Plan and write an essay..."

Well, my students wrote about "success" instead of the

real topic which is "Are people held back by their

adherence to the beliefs of the majority."

It was only the first day of class, so it was easy to make

a mistake.

And believe it or not, this happens to many students

even those who've been in big name test prep

programs for months.