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09 Sep 2011, 10:14
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I got my final scores.
Just opened the final report with a mild apprehension that my AWA performance may have been a 3.0/6. I messed up both essays somewhere in the middle I assumed. But what was written in the report was a thorough surprise: a 6.0/6.0 (91%). The mess I made was about not mentioning sufficient examples on the Issue essay. On the Argument, I broke it down extremely well and even put it down in a very standard format: List of concerns (with the argument logic) - Concern1 - Concern2 - Concern3 - suggest ideas to strengthen - conclude. But the mind-monkey is somehow untamed. I felt I could describe the most critical flaw better and started editing paragraph 2 at minute 26. I had an eye on the timer till 28:50 but after that I got lost. When the blue message flashed that my time is up, I was shocked that I completed only half of the correction I was making. I was almost certain that I will end up with a 3.
There were good things too. I think the emphasis on restricting the essays to simple thinking and simple writing may have paid off. I planned a structure and stuck to the structure. I was forcing myself not to veer off the focal points in my initial plan. I did not make a cornucopia. I merely listed the first three points that stuck to the mind and went on elaborating them.
Some credit goes to the GMAC too. They gave me essay topics that were not too hard to brood over.
The Issue topic was on the role of individuals versus the participation of government in conserving nature. I advocated that gubernatorial role is more critical while the efforts would be incomplete without educating each individual about the impact he could contribute in favor of or against the stated purpose. Some reasons I cited in favor of my position are the resource intensive expeditions to forbidden continents to understand the ozone layer structure. My point was that only governments can undertake such non-profit expeditions and invest in the massive technical and scientific resources. Another point was the role of public bodies like pollution control boards that have regulatory power. Here, I took the stance that you cannot submit such power in the hands of private bodies.
The argument was more self-defeating I felt. It needed me to deliberate on how useful a profit-seeking company will find it, to fund charitable institutions and thereby motivate its employees to generating more profits. The argument presented in the question drew its strength from comparing the employees of NGOs with employees of profit seekers. It says that private voluntary service organization employees derive satisfaction (in participating on socially responsible jobs) and
the same could be possible if the profit seeking company funded charity. I found the argument irrational and suggested that employees of private organizations are not as naive to evaluate the thought underlying such policies and that these companies are better off, allowing their teams to participate directly in charity. For example, by way of manning the traffic in a busy city or providing NGOS with technical wherewithal to serve the society better.
To conclude, my AWA score is an indication that if you trust in your written strengths, postpone AWA preparation just as I did. Three or four practice essays before the D-Day should be good. But caution yourself that your grammar, vocabulary, diction are all in the perfect balance.
Another caution is that a perfect on AWA perhaps means little in real life. You could be a poor writer but still get a nice score, like I did.
Regards
Rahul
Just opened the final report with a mild apprehension that my AWA performance may have been a 3.0/6. I messed up both essays somewhere in the middle I assumed. But what was written in the report was a thorough surprise: a 6.0/6.0 (91%). The mess I made was about not mentioning sufficient examples on the Issue essay. On the Argument, I broke it down extremely well and even put it down in a very standard format: List of concerns (with the argument logic) - Concern1 - Concern2 - Concern3 - suggest ideas to strengthen - conclude. But the mind-monkey is somehow untamed. I felt I could describe the most critical flaw better and started editing paragraph 2 at minute 26. I had an eye on the timer till 28:50 but after that I got lost. When the blue message flashed that my time is up, I was shocked that I completed only half of the correction I was making. I was almost certain that I will end up with a 3.
There were good things too. I think the emphasis on restricting the essays to simple thinking and simple writing may have paid off. I planned a structure and stuck to the structure. I was forcing myself not to veer off the focal points in my initial plan. I did not make a cornucopia. I merely listed the first three points that stuck to the mind and went on elaborating them.
Some credit goes to the GMAC too. They gave me essay topics that were not too hard to brood over.
The Issue topic was on the role of individuals versus the participation of government in conserving nature. I advocated that gubernatorial role is more critical while the efforts would be incomplete without educating each individual about the impact he could contribute in favor of or against the stated purpose. Some reasons I cited in favor of my position are the resource intensive expeditions to forbidden continents to understand the ozone layer structure. My point was that only governments can undertake such non-profit expeditions and invest in the massive technical and scientific resources. Another point was the role of public bodies like pollution control boards that have regulatory power. Here, I took the stance that you cannot submit such power in the hands of private bodies.
The argument was more self-defeating I felt. It needed me to deliberate on how useful a profit-seeking company will find it, to fund charitable institutions and thereby motivate its employees to generating more profits. The argument presented in the question drew its strength from comparing the employees of NGOs with employees of profit seekers. It says that private voluntary service organization employees derive satisfaction (in participating on socially responsible jobs) and
the same could be possible if the profit seeking company funded charity. I found the argument irrational and suggested that employees of private organizations are not as naive to evaluate the thought underlying such policies and that these companies are better off, allowing their teams to participate directly in charity. For example, by way of manning the traffic in a busy city or providing NGOS with technical wherewithal to serve the society better.
To conclude, my AWA score is an indication that if you trust in your written strengths, postpone AWA preparation just as I did. Three or four practice essays before the D-Day should be good. But caution yourself that your grammar, vocabulary, diction are all in the perfect balance.
Another caution is that a perfect on AWA perhaps means little in real life. You could be a poor writer but still get a nice score, like I did.
Regards
Rahul
12 Sep 2011, 01:43
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congratulations Rahul.
you have done something that everyone expect from Himself.
AWA 6.0 is big deal and all credit is yours not to GMAC.
you have done something that everyone expect from Himself.
AWA 6.0 is big deal and all credit is yours not to GMAC.
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