03-26-2010, 09:01 AM
As others said, you only need five paragraphs. You just need to have a logical thought flow and good writing skills.
The hardest part is the time limit. I would ask a family member or friend to dream up a couple of topics for you (so that you're unprepared for the subject until they hand it to you) and then practice writing an essay in 45 minutes. I wrote two practice essays, I think. Give yourself about thirty minutes to write your thoughts, spend the next ten minutes editing, and use the last five to read through the whole thing from start to finish to catch any other errors.
Topic-wise, the topic will be broad enough that you don't have to have a specific knowledge ahead of time. In other words, you'll see something like, "Is the death penalty right or wrong" instead of "Should President Nixon have issued Executive Order #47?"
The hardest part is the time limit. I would ask a family member or friend to dream up a couple of topics for you (so that you're unprepared for the subject until they hand it to you) and then practice writing an essay in 45 minutes. I wrote two practice essays, I think. Give yourself about thirty minutes to write your thoughts, spend the next ten minutes editing, and use the last five to read through the whole thing from start to finish to catch any other errors.
Topic-wise, the topic will be broad enough that you don't have to have a specific knowledge ahead of time. In other words, you'll see something like, "Is the death penalty right or wrong" instead of "Should President Nixon have issued Executive Order #47?"
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