May 2011 SAT - Scores and Delays

<p>Your speech is in essence exhorting a “rebellion”. If I had not known better, I would have ardently praised you as an upcoming “American” youth leader.</p>

<p>Your emotions though justified border on the extreme. A two day delay will cause inconvenience, sure. But to the point of me dissenting CB? or for that matter, any educational institution? No.</p>

<p>Being disappointed is understandable but turning a mountain out of a molehill doesn’t serve any purpose. The scores will be out two days from now - and you’ll get the same score which you studied for.</p>

<p>I will write you off as a ■■■■■. I’m sure most others will too.</p>

<p>@ specific</p>

<p>i wish i was as cool as you</p>

<p>The “0” story doesn’t seem TOO Plausible. Sure, many people got it right, by Collegeboard very clearly gives instructions on how to fill in the grids. If people incorrectly filled in the grids, then that is there fault.</p>

<p>Unless CB decided to be very nice and check every answer sheet that got that question wrong.</p>

<p>And guys don’t complain, this delay end up working to our advantage. Or disadvantage for that matter.</p>

<p>ahhhhhhh we all shouldve known our scores by now</p>

<p>“And guys don’t complain, this delay end up working to our advantage. Or disadvantage for that matter.”</p>

<p>How so?</p>

<p>@cortana431: I second this, and that’s not even a reason to delay SAT II as well. It’s not like they have 0 as grid in answer on every SAT II subject tests, and delaying SAT II score just so that both scores appear at the same time is a HUGE scam.</p>

<p>^ Exactly. They should have notified us at least a few days before, and gave a proper reason. But this? Delaying the scores merely with changing the date without the guts to email us with ANY information whatsoever?
Cowards, I say.</p>

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<p>American Idol Finale Delays May SAT Scores</p>

<p>Test takers all over the nation were disappointed this evening to learn that their May SAT results would be delayed by forty-eight hours. Hundreds of anxious students posted on CollegeConfidential.com, expressing dismay.</p>

<p>jd989899 suggested that “Maybe this is due to all the tornadoes…the graders couldn’t come in to work.”
may09sat theorized that “…the Rapture had something to do with it.”</p>

<p>Another poster, cortana431 , did some investigative googling and found out that “this happened in 2006 when some answer sheets were found to be damp.” </p>

<p>Many angry, impatient students on the site mentioned that they would be willing to forgive the College Board for the two-day wait if the testing agency had decided to readjust the curve at the last minute.</p>

<p>MMAfAnatic9 was not so kind. He or she asked whether other anxious students thought the College Board was “…having technical problems, or just being a bunch just a bunch of lazy asses.”</p>

<p>After a full-fledged investigation, The Neurotic Parent has uncovered the true reason for the score report delay: The graders couldn’t resist taking a break to watch the two-hour season finale of American Idol. </p>

<p>We reached Gaston Caperton, the President of the College Board, who said, "Our staffers just couldn’t finish uploading exam results until they found out whether Scotty or Lauren would be the new Idol. Now that they have seen Beyonc</p>

<p>@Tizil7… It is just a joke. You need to lighten up. Collegeboard should at least have the courtesy to apologize for their mistakes.</p>

<p>@Mordred I did not know Gaston Caperton, haha.</p>

<p>LOL-- pretty entertaining. I’d consider that site pure entertainment</p>

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<p>Mordred, I think I will keep my sword in its scabbard for now. Just let us know how you make it through airport security with yours.<br>
I want to see your protest on Youtube - don’t forget to post a link here at CC.</p>

<p>I bet it’s because of the math problem where the answer was ‘0’ because of the gridding issues.</p>

<p>Best excuse for delaying test scores</p>

<p>Really funny stuff. Let’s hope that the staff are not big fans of the losers of AI and DWTS. That just might make them grumpy enough to make a really, really steep curve. :(</p>

<p>i think the delays are due to the devastating twister. that’s the most LOGICAL reason</p>

<p>Reply from the collegeboard</p>

<p>We apologize for the inconvenience in regards to the delay of your May 2011 SAT scores. Please be advised that published score release dates are approximate based on average processing time. The score processing took slightly longer than average this month, so the release date was modified by two days</p>

<p>Still, whatever the reason, they should at least acknowledge that something went wrong, and maybe even <shock> apologise for the delay.</shock></p>

<p>I agree with you, AssiduousReader. They send us mass emails all the time reminding us to register for exams and with questions of the day. They could have just sent out another one with an apology.</p>

<p>Truthfully, I would simply prefer a press release.</p>

<p>omg im famous</p>