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This is the Official Blogger SAT Challenge web site. Here, you'll find the essays posted by the entrants in the challenge, with tools to allow you to rate them and see the "expert" scores.
Our Blogs
The Origin of the Challenge
Analysis of the Results
- Dave Munger's preliminary analysis
- Chad Orzel: "Bloggers Dumber than High School Kids"
- Chad Orzel: "My Entry"
- Chad Orzel: "They Sound Like ... Bloggers"
- Dave Munger: "My Essay Revealed"
- Dave Munger: "A Literary Analysis"
- Dave Munger: "Are bloggers better writers, or do they just like to listen to themselves talk?"
Recent Comments
- Andy on 87952000.00
- Dave Munger on 87919591.00
- Jason Thomas on 87919591.00
- Manolo Cabeza de Huevo on 87596964.00
- Jason Thomas on 87605779.00
- Jennifer Grucza on 88287723.00
- Jennifer Grucza on 87843647.00
- Wilbur on 87596964.00
- Wilbur on 87645129.00
- Wilbur on 86793056.00
Acknowledgements
The Challenge is the work of Dave Munger and Chad Orzel, and grew out of discussions on ScienceBlogs.
Special thanks to Kate Nepveu and Jeremy Campbell for help setting up the site, and to our expert graders: David Bruggeman, Suzi, Elisa Davis, Natalie Hudson, Battlepanda and Lisa.
Participants in the challenge responded to the following question:
The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.Important Reminders:
* Since this is an online version of the test, you will get 20 minutes instead of the usual 25
* An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.
Directions: Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
-- Booker T. Washington
Assignment: What is your opinion on the idea that struggle is a more important measure of success than accomplishment? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
