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How many words can you write in a 40min essay? (1 Viewer)

How many words (approx) can you write in a 40min essay?


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How many words can you write in a 40min essay?
 

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Most i ever managed was just over 1200. It hurt.
 

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About 800 comfortably... Should be about 6 HSC exam pages which is the expected quantity as stated on BOS.

Edit: *High 5s above poster*
 

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iEdd said:
About 800 comfortably... Should be about 6 HSC exam pages which is the expected quantity as stated on BOS.

Edit: *High 5s above poster*
yay. slow writers represent. i hate how it is a test of physical ability rather than knowledge.
 

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I pulled off 800 words in 30 min so I guess I can pull off about 1050 in 40 min perhaps?
 
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~800-900 words, about 5 booklet pages. Depends highly on how much I have to think though. I wrote 6 pages in 50 minutes for EX1 creative because I had a story in mind, and only 5 pages in 70 minutes for the analytical because I suck. <_<
 

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I get about 6 words a line on an A4 sheet of paper.

like 38 lines on the A4 sheets we write on

in 40/5 minutes i write something like 7-8 pages

so on average like 1500+?

in extension english and history, with an hour i can write 10 pages.
 

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I'll scan a sample if you maycat.

My handwriting is fairly ok.
 
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-may-cat- said:
For those who get around 1200, how does your handwriting turn out?
epically bad
but still legible

hsc booklet wise i can write 8+ in 40mins
12+ in an hour
 

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for english modules paper, 2 hours ~3500 words...so like 1150 words in 40 minutes.
 

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750ish?????
i think my max would be 950 or 1000.
 

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