<p>I was just wondering, how could an essay be scored automatically? Does anyone know how it works?</p>
<p>This page explains how the essay is scored by two people:
[SAT</a> Essay Scoring - How SAT Essays Are Scored](<a href=“http://sat.collegeboard.com/scores/sat-essay-scoring-guide]SAT”>http://sat.collegeboard.com/scores/sat-essay-scoring-guide)</p>
<p>Hope that helps! Not sure what you are referring to re: “automated score.”</p>
<p>Sorry if I wasn’t clear, I meant that in The Official SAT Online Course essays are scored automatically (that says in my blue book) and I can’t get the idea of how it works.</p>
<p>I think it scores based on the essay length and maybe the level of vocabulary used.</p>
<p>If so, I don’t think it’s an objective way to determine the score of an essay…</p>