lol yeah I wasn't expecting it to be exciting... nor was i hoping for a chance to express myself-- I come to those standardized testing things with a cattle mindset, like i'm in a cattle herd or a concentration camp... so I'll be sure to walk into the room in a real flamboyant way to get my individuality out.
I have lots of experience writing different kinds of things so it's easy to go into that 'precise mathematician' method... my thinking is usually so scattered that as long as I focus on getting the grammar right, it's like the insight is called forth mechanically & the paper almost writes itself. how long does the essay have to be?
You mean the computer generates the questions in real-time as you go thru the test? that's crazy. I hate computers like that.
Aim for five paragraphs.
Introduction: Rephrase the question, pick your opinion and state it very strongly
Paragraph 2: Example that backs your opinion, repeat your opinion
Paragraph 3: Example that backs your opinion, repeat your opinion
Paragraph 4: Example that apparently contradicts your opinion, cleverly demonstrate that this, in fact, isn't the case.
Paragraph 5: Repeat your opinion, and say "I am right, look at all the convincing evidence I showed you!"
And the computer doesn't generate the questions real time. It has a vast pool of questions, each sorted according to difficulty. When you get a question right, it picks the next one from a slightly higher level of difficulty. If you get one wrong, it picks something easier.
The math is pretty much exactly like SAT math if you took it: fairly straightforward high school level algebra and geometry with a small dash of very basic statistics.