One real student, ten essays
A strong writer, stuck in the same place for ten essays.
A student at a partner prep school, name withheld. Ten essays, all graded by humans, all between 880
and 960 out of 1000. Each one, on its own, looked good. Read together, they told a different story.
908average across ten essays — none below 880
160in Competency 1, in all ten. Not a single exception
87%of every point he lost sits in two competencies: C1 and C3
27%of the grader's 88 marks come from just two spelling rules
Where the points went
C1 · 48%
C3 · 39%
C1 written standard · 440 pts
C3 argumentation · 360 pts
C2, C4 and C5 · 40 pts each — already at the top, don't train
The table he received
| What he wrote | What the exam asks for | The fix |
| “devido a omissão” | ENEM · C1The contracted article “à” before a feminine noun | “devido à omissão” |
| “vê-se os caminhos” | ENEM · C1Verb agreement with a plural subject | “veem-se os caminhos” |
| A paragraph that states and stops | ENEM · C3An argument needs cause and effect | Claim + consequence |
Examples stay in Portuguese, the language of the exam.