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abdulbijur

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Analytical Writing Assessment
« on: April 02, 2007, 01:26:56 am »
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2007, 01:30:30 am »
I think its absolutely essential for you to understand how these essays are marked before actually preparing for them. There is a slight change than what is mentioned in the article.

There are two graders, one human and one machine. And if there is a difference of more than one point between the two gradings there would be a third human grader.

And the most important criteria on which the essays are rated is , believe it or not, the LENGTH of the essay. So write long and write organised and you will score a 6.
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2008, 08:29:03 am »
excellent feedback!!
thanks for the tips
regards
Nitya
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cypher

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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2008, 08:42:33 am »
Ok here goes - AWA tips from a 6 pointer (thank u, thank u !    :D )

Alrite to start off.. I wud stress on what Abdul has already written - LENGTH. write as much as u can ..if u have stuff to write - DO NOT HOLD URSELF BACK. There is no word limit for the GMAT AWA.

And making Grammatical Mistakes is not a crime.. but make sure that the mistakes are not too many . The machine grader wud obv pick out spelling mistakes etc , so make sure u READ THRU ur essay at least once after you are done.

And as already mentioned ...make sure ur essay has a proper Structure.. Basically just use the one's mentioned in Princeton Review or something..They can 'fit in' into any essay ! and trust me... they do help!

Thats all from my side..
and btw .. don't worry if u were not able to click on Submit coz the time ran out..coz whatever u have written is stored (happened to me ! ) - BTW the last point is something that shudn't happen coz it basically shows bad time management!  ;)



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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2008, 11:23:00 pm »
another word of note is that, preparing the structure and style for your gmat helps a long way in your writing for TOEFL as well.

Once you have prepared for GMAT, the TOEFL would bea  walk int he park
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2008, 11:23:27 pm »
wow great info, thanks abdulbijur!!
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2008, 08:56:10 am »
I think as long as the AWA essay is somewhat decent..it doesnt have to be college-level perfect...
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2008, 10:40:23 pm »
you are right on this one, just make sure its long and has a good structure. after all its a computer evaluating it :D
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2008, 05:52:19 pm »
Number of words (length)... Is It crucial??
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Re: Analytical Writing Assessment
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2008, 12:14:26 am »
As is mentioned, the evaluator is a computer and a student doing parttime evaluation and you will get good scores from both with a student and the computer if you could write nice and long!

so keep "length" as an utmost important thing!
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