Hi,
I wanted to ask a question about something I wrote about in the real AWA I took last week. To give context, I consider myself a fairly good writer on standardized tests (I got a 12/12 on the SAT Writing essay in high school and a 6.0 on the AWA when I took the GRE). However, I did something a bit unusual on the GMAT that I wanted to share with you and ask your opinion on.
Given that I don't think I'm allowed to give away the exact question, I will say that it was in the form of "Do you think people should support 'A' both at work and at home?"
I wrote that I wholly support A at work but I think A should be applied in a limited way at home. I then gave two examples supporting A and one example as a counterargument to A (a privacy argument showing that it can't fully be applied at home).
I ended by saying that Examples 1 and 2 show that A should definitely be applied, but of course with considerations to Example 3, which limit the extent to which it should be applied.
I've never taken a "qualified" stance on a standardized test essay before. Do you think that my lack of a polarized opinion might have hurt my chances? It's more of a pride thing, I know - I don't think I scored lower than a 4 and I think I did well on the Analysis of an Argument section (5.5-6 level). But I'd like to know what your opinion is on forming stated, but qualified positions on Issues essays.