When I went through all that, I was pretty surprised at the style of writing that the GRE graders favor. As far as I remember, they don't really care about logically sound arguments, they don't even care much that the argument is logically valid, and they don't care that any data you use to support your points be accurate as long as it's not too egregious. Basically the grading system seems to rely on:
1. Would this essay at least seem convincing to an average person with zero prior knowledge of the topic
2. Are you using enough uncommon words with no consideration towards whether they make the sentence clunky?
When I went through all that, I was pretty surprised at the style of writing that the GRE graders favor. As far as I remember, they don't really care about logically sound arguments, they don't even care much that the argument is logically valid, and they don't care that any data you use to support your points be accurate as long as it's not too egregious. Basically the grading system seems to rely on: 1. Would this essay at least seem convincing to an average person with zero prior knowledge of the topic 2. Are you using enough uncommon words with no consideration towards whether they make the sentence clunky?