Ch 6: SAT Writing - The Essay Portion: Tutoring Solution
About This Chapter
How it works:
- Begin your assignment or other SAT Writing work.
- Identify the essay concepts that you're stuck on.
- Find fun videos on the topics you need to understand.
- Press play, watch and learn!
- Complete the quizzes to test your understanding.
- As needed, submit a question to one of our instructors for personalized support.
Who's it for?
This chapter of our SAT Writing Tutoring Solution will benefit any student who is trying to learn about the essay portion to be better prepared. This resource can help students including those who:
- Are unfamiliar with SAT essay strategies, scoring, timing, and other related topics
- Have limited time for studying
- Want a cost effective way to supplement their SAT studying
- Prefer learning visually
- Feel unprepared for the essay portion of their SAT's
- Cope with ADD or ADHD
- Want to get a head start on their SAT studies
- Don't have access to SAT prep resources in school
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- Learn at Your Pace: You can pause and rewatch lessons as often as you'd like, until you master the material.
Learning objectives
- Familiarize yourself with what the SAT essay will ask of you
- Review the time you'll have to write the essay and strategies you can employ
- Learn about the scoring scales of the SAT essay portion and how your score will be reported
- Measure the benefits and drawbacks of taking the SAT with the essay portion included

1. The SAT Essay: Description, Timing & Strategies
Just because the SAT Essay is now optional doesn't mean you shouldn't pay attention to it! In fact, it's all the more reason to make sure you do well and show colleges just how smart you are.

2. The SAT Essay: Scoring Scales & Reports
Take a look at SAT Essay scoring scales to find out what the people who score your exam will be looking for. You can also learn how to send score reports and discover resources to help you prepare for this portion of the SAT.

3. Deciding On Taking the SAT With Essay: Pros & Cons
The new SAT offers you the choice of taking the exam with or without the essay, but deciding which version of the test to complete can be a difficult decision. Read on to learn more about the pros and cons of completing the SAT essay and find out how your essay scores might affect your college career.
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the SAT Prep: Tutoring Solution course
- SAT - About the Test: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - About the Writing Section: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Word Choice & Expression: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Standard English Grammar: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Writing & Language Test Practice: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Planning and Writing Your Essay: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Parts of an Essay: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Sentence Clarity and Structure: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Essay Writing Skills: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Grammar and Usage: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Supporting Your Writing: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Writing - Revising Your Writing: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - About the Reading Section: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - Sentence Completions: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - Reading Passages: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - Understanding Reading Passages: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - Interpreting & Analyzing Text: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - Literary Terms: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Reading - US Documents & Speeches: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Vocabulary Practice
- SAT Math - About the Math Section: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Numbers and Operations: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Exponents: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Equations and Expressions: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Rational Equations and Expressions: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Inequalities: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Functions: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Quadratic Equations: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Ratios, Rates & Proportional Relationships: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Unit Rate & Measurement Conversions: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Geometry and Measurement: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Triangles & Trigonometric Rates: Tutoring Solution
- SAT Math - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability: Tutoring Solution