小菜鸟AW竟然4.0，是否大家准备AW有误区

daiyunxingUID: 2545577

首先，我的作文水平很差（6级作文55，满分142）。

这种水平能考4.0，版里的很多大牛才3.0，3.5。是否说明了一些问题？
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说说我准备的情况：

issue准备20天，没背例子，没列提纲。写过30篇高频，没改过（大部分写完就没看过）


考试时候遇到《学习要不要先学原理》这个题目

没写过，没见过，例子好像以前写的也用不上。懵了

没办法，我就开始现场编例子

第一段的例子是：“有个人学历史，他就背历史事件，也不管为什么会发生历史事件。结果他学不好”

第二段的例子是：“有个人学操作系统这门课，在这之前他就没用过windows，结果也学不好”

第三段的例子是：“有个人学画画，老师天天告诉他画画的原理，没让他画画，结果他就腻了”

考完以后就不行了，觉得SB了。当时想给个3.5就谢天谢地了。结果拿了个4.0，还是很开心的。

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我坚信我的文章语言水平完全 比不过 在场的大部分同学，但是分数却比一些朋友高，感觉很奇怪。

觉得问题可能就出在例子上。

考3.0，3.5的同学，你们的例子是怎么准备的呢？

背了很多哥白尼，比尔盖兹的故事？亦或上维基百科查了很多从没听说过的人的生平？

或许GRE的老师不喜欢这样的例子呢？我认为是的，大家觉得呢？

2楼我会把我考前一个小时的作文练习贴上来，大家应该会觉得很搓吧

daiyunxingUID: 2545577

考前习作，用来证明我的文笔多差

TOPIC: ISSUE22 - "Many people believe that a few individuals or small groups (family, friends, teachers, celebrities, for example) have caused them to think and behave in the way they do. Yet it is always society as a whole that defines us and our attitudes, not a few individuals."
WORDS: 491          TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2010-4-16 9:49:27

I agree with the author's opinion that sometimes the individuals have caused people to think and behave in the way they do, primarily because the we always belong to some groups and contact frequently with some individuals. Nevertheless, under some circumstances, society as a whole can help us know who we are and what we should do.

In the first place, sometimes it is true than individuals and small groups can have more influence than society on people's life. After all, we communicate with people around us and exchange ideas with each other. To illustrate this point clearly, consider a teacher who teachs software engineering, the most boring class in our major, in my university. In his class, he had not only delivered the knowledge from the textbooks, but also told us a lot of things about how to be a successful person in the future- honesty, passions for life and being socialized. After this class, most of our student have changed the way they live: They don't sleep late anymore, they become fond of reading and they behave like a gentleman. Thus, sometimes the teacher, or other individuals, can change the way we live.

On the other hand, however, it is society rather than individuals that defines people and their attitudes. Since everyone lives in a society, the values and ethnics of the society can make people's life totally different. For example, people from Western society would be confused about why the Chinese women are always eagle to get married. In Chinese society, unmarried women are under a great pressure from their families and the society because the traditional cultures has told them that they are responsbile for breeding babies and taking care of their husbands. In history, taking a job outside is considered to be a shame. Thus, from the examples of Chinese women, we can learn that the society defines our attitueds and the way we live.

Moreover, sometimes neither the two factors- individuals and society- have little impact to one's values. There is a great number of people who are totally different from the sociey and the people around them. For instance, Van Gough, one of the famous artists in Western society, received little influence from his society, nor from his teachers and family. His art was not recognized by other people until he died. He developed his styles and forms of art by his own creativity and by challenging the established principles of art in his time. Therefore, in the example of Van Gough, we know that sometimes neither society or individuals can truely define what people are. People have to find the answer by themselves.

To sum up, without the influence of individuals, we lose a mirror to see ourselves. Without the society that we belong to, we might lose the aim to fight for. Therefore, while the individuals and small groups is important in one's life, realizing the influence of society is equally important.

lingli_xiaoaiUID: 172506

作文多少分 看的是整体。
还有遇到的题目，当时的状态，和最终写出来的结果。
不是一个人一篇作文就能下一个定论的。
不知道你说的误区是啥 按照GRE 官方出的aw说明来准备就可以了。

不喜欢名人的例子 喜欢考场上乱编的例子？万一你是argu 5分 issue 3分呢
这很常见把。。

lyjordosUID: 2605332

我负责任地说，楼主你的发现非常正确~

liuyistormUID: 2600088

我刚查到的成绩 AW4.5  
我issue只写了10篇，考场上就撞上了，积累RP很重要啊

lyjordosUID: 2605332

同意aw人品说~但同时，写过完全不代表高分……而事实表明遇到高频的分数还反而会低一点……因为大家写道高频就容易轻敌、不动脑子就开始注水了……

baimiaomarkUID: 2680673

我觉得还是自己写的观点比较重要，过多过度的参考可能影响自己思维的独立性

swmdUID: 2536874

我argu联系了50篇，结果抽到的题目从来没看过。issue联系了30多篇，写了高频前50的提纲，结果抽到了高频93的题目。。。。

0710722UID: 2753749

AW4分，Argu写了15篇，Issue写了6篇，Issue模考了一次，不相信高频，不看北美范文，所有的Argument开头结尾，各段首末句都一个模板，模板是自己写的。Issue题库没看完，考场现写的提纲，考场遇到的都是高频，感觉Issue写的有点跑题。希望我的经历有些参考价值。

baimiaomarkUID: 2680673

谢谢分享
9# 0710722

McerosUID: 2784917

谢谢分享～

seraphtutuUID: 2538427

3# lingli_xiaoai 人家没有胡乱编例子吧……这么说太不公平了，我觉得楼主说的挺对的，生动的身边的例子就是会引起人的共鸣。没错，名人的例子的确有说服力，但是名人只占了人类的几分之几啊！我一个师姐考过三次G，她也是这个体会，用鲜活的例子就是比僵化呆板，无数个人写的名人例子有说服力的多。试想一下你是考官，你喜欢看到无数了熟悉的例子，令人厌倦的事例吗？我们都承认楼主说的也许并不是完全对，但是怎么能冷漠的打击别人，说别人胡乱编。

talentliuyangUID: 2752741

没错，LZ的个例可以引发我们思考，老版主归来后对这种事情一巴掌拍死的态度不太对。即使LZ的I是三分，也比很多总分3分的强多了，总之支持LZ。另辟蹊径比用例子堆砌起来的文章更有说服力。之前版友发的哈佛导师给的建议我感觉很好。建议大家都去看看。

xydxuyidanUID: 3153716

我觉得楼主的文章写得很好啊，是外国人喜欢的风格，思路很清晰，例子对应论点