考了两次，AWA6分，分享心得

看见CD有很多模板，但我考前没有准备什么模板，只是记住大纲。个人认为了解考试的方法对考AWA更为重要 - e-rater！

首先，要知道你的AWA是由e-rater和一个美国人评分的。如果e-rater的分数与真人评分的差距超过1分，现行的方法是透过另一位评分员作准。而且，每个评分员大概就有那1-2分钟看你的essays。那一般来说，如果我是评分员的话，也会尽量给一个贴近e-rater的分数。所以，我写AWA的时候是考虑e-rater用什么准则评核。作为一个软件，我觉得应该会侧重于模式多于内容：

1. 字数要多 - 有内容的文章总不能太少字数吧。。。
2. 要有5个分段 - 分段的用意是有条理地
3. 要有长短句子 - 语文水平高的人通常会用不同的句子结构令文章更有趣
4. 多用连词

做到上面几点应该就不会太差吧。。。

我在上星期五考GMAT的时候对AI完全没有概念，内容应该没有什么论点，但是还是写了600+各字吧（按做prep是的长度估算），当时觉得AWA可能只有5分，但最后的结果好像论证的我所想的。。。

当然，也可能只是好运，但想说的就是如果考的时候不知道写什么或没有概念（尤其是AI），不要慌，就努力多写一点，尽量用5各分段，用长短句和连词，分数应该不会太差的。。

Disclaimer: this is my personal experience only, maybe I was lucky in both tests, but just to share with you some thoughts.

When I have no idea what to write, I'll always in the first paragraph repeat the question, but in a very very long way, and link it to "society" and "human behavior"  Also, most questions usually is about "xx is more important than yy".  Choose "xx is equally important than yy".  And then relate the matter to yourself.

"Nowadays, many are suggesting that as technology is becoming more important, schools should spend more time in teaching technology than in humanility as schools are places where students should be preparing themselves for future challenge.  As such, schools should be adjusting the teaching according to the development of the real world.  However, given technology is becoming more important than ever before, the channels where students can access to such information have increased significantly. Therefore, some doubt whether it is necessary for schools to spend more time in teaching technology when students can already acquire those knowledge somewhere else.  Contrary to the former, they believe that schools should be a place where students can explore what they are interested in.  I personally think that the latter is more convincing to me.  To me, school should be a place for young people to explore their dreams and interest."

Seems I didn't say much right? That's already 150 words.  And when i was taking GMAT, i just roughly think of some very stupid points, but started writing the first paragraph and forced myself to continue think of the remaining 3 paragraphs.  Conclusion is pretty much copying the first paragraph, but with some paraphrasing.  E.g.

"The points above fully illustrate that when technology is becoming more popular, schools should just be spending as much time on technology as on humanility subects.  While it is very valid that schools should be a place to prepare students for future challenges, it is equally important for schools to offer opportunities to students to develop themselves.  Students are the pillar of future society.  We have to make sure the students are able to have balanced view on everything.  Therefore, I am more inclined to disagree on the view that schools should spend more time teaching technology"

Another 100 words, just repeat the first paragraph.... Now, the first paragraph and the conclusion, without much content, already 250 words!  So just add something like society is realistic, blah blah blah

the typing speed is critical!

I can input 600-700 words in 30 minutes; therefore, even I don't think there is anything valuable in my AWA, I got 6 and 5.5 in two trials.

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