<p>I understand for the SAT that they actually have to read and grade all of our essays in the about two and a half weeks after we take the test but for the ACT they don't even grade them by then. Why does it take so long to get our scores if a computer is grading them?</p>
<p>Scores are online in two and a half weeks for the act too XD</p>
<p>The majority of scores have to be released at the same time; they aren’t released on a rolling basis, meaning there has to be a set date where many scores are released, then more are released bi-weekly after that date. </p>
<p>The above reason leads into this one: depending on the test center location, all the answer sheets have to be mailed to the ACT scoring center, whereever it is, and the mailing depends on how fast and efficient the test center is. Remember that saturday and sundays aren’t business days too. Also, each answer sheet is rescored once and possibly twice to make sure there is no error in grading. THEN each score and subscore has to be entered into a computer and assigned to the correct student.</p>
<p>^ Yes but that has to be done for the SAT too and they manage to do that plus grade all of the essays in the same amount of time as it takes the ACT to be graded.</p>
<p>The proctor says the scores will be out in 5-8 weeks but this is not true, it is just what they say by standard protocol. Scores are out and get sent to colleges in a little more than 2 weeks.</p>
<p>So will scores be able to be viewed on November 8th online?</p>
<p>I think so, unless yours was delayed or something</p>