SAT Essay in Pencil only?

Test Preparation
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Apparently I wrote the essay in pen and I did not receive an essay score at all. However, I don't think it said anywhere on the practice tests to use only a pencil. I figured using pen will make my writing more legible and won't rub off, but apparently I am mistaken. </p>

<p>This isn't fair!
Antybody else with this problem?
What should I do? Is there a way to get somebody to read my essay personally? I believe that when they scan the essays into the computer for the graders to read, only pencil will show up. I will send them an email right now.</p>

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<p>Wow, that sucks big time. For your sake, I hope they give you a chance and find and grade that essay.</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure it says to use pencil in the directions, though.</p>

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<p>Hey what ened up happening to you… i did the same thing this last saturday</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>if you wrote it in pen I think you can have it hand graded :slight_smile:
im not too sure… but I would call and ask collegeboard
good luck!</p>

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<p>Cool necro.</p>

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<p>6 years bump O_O.</p>

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<p>so nobody told you? my proctor repeated it a couple of times. plus every preparation guide says it explicitly. and yes, it is definitely explained in the directions.
So what happened? Good luck ;)</p>

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<p>When I took the SAT June 4, it CLEARLY said that “Writing the essay in pen will result in a score of 0.”</p>

<p>It is either above or below the essay question, I think in the directions. OR it was in the actual answer boxes.</p>