<p>I read on the College Board website that you get a score from 1-6 on the essay portion of the ACT, but people on here are saying they got 11's and 12's. How does that work?</p>
<p>College Board does not administer the ACT. They administer the SAT. ACT and SAT are two completely different tests used for admissions.</p>
<p>Essay scoring:
You write your essay for the SAT/ACT. It gets sent to College Board/ACT and is review by two people. Each person gives it a 1-6 rating, and they add their scores up.</p>
<p>For example:
Your essay was scored a 5 by one person and a 4 by another. That makes your essay a 10 overall. </p>
<p>If the two scorers' differences are >2 (i think), a third one will grade the essay.</p>
<p>tubaman, wouldnt a 5 and a 4 make a total score of a 9?</p>
<p>just wondering...</p>
<p>lol. I can't do math. </p>
<p>I was thinking of something else.</p>
<p>But yeah, it makes 9.</p>
<p>I just remembered, I actually saw it on the ACT site, not that it makes a difference.</p>
<p>Thanks tubaman.</p>