<p>There’s an obvious reason why scores are delayed - Christmas, Christmas Eve, winter break. The people grading your scores aren’t robots, they’re humans. They should be treated as such.</p>
<p>As far as I know, proctors don’t work for ACT. They administer tests. Most of the time, they are teachers at the school that is offering the test. Just because your proctor said it will be two weeks does not mean it will be two weeks precisely.</p>
<p>If you don’t have your scores, you can’t send them. No college is going to penalize you if you don’t send scores that you don’t have. I had to send scores in late, and the admissions officers of this specific college (highly selective) stated that it was fine as the scores were simply not available. Again, admissions officers are humans as well. They know everything does not always go as planned. As an aspiring ER Physician, you should also understand this concept - things don’t always go as planned.</p>
<p>If your life goal is to be an ER Physician, then waiting for two days for scores is not going to stop that. Sorry, but you’re overreacting. Take a chill pill, seriously. I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. If you are meant to go to your top choice university, then it will work out. If this score delay prevents that from happening (which it won’t), then maybe that is what was supposed to happen.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m not even sure why the hell you are posting on this thread. So, could you please do us all a favor and NOT post on this topic anymore?</p>
<p>It takes people to process the tests to have them scored. If it was solely operated by computer, they would all be done by now, correct? The reason for delay is human-related.</p>
<p>I would be happy to leave this thread. I’m not trying to ■■■■■. Some of the responses here were simply upsetting. It all seems rather selfish to me. Life goes on.</p>
<p>Everything is computerized. There is no human-related reason for delay. This happens with every ACT - there is no correlation between the fact that some scores are delayed and that it is the holiday season.</p>
<p>Although I understand where collegebound is coming from I agree he should just stop before he makes a bigger fool of himself. The point is, we payed for the service and we expect what we payed for. We aren’t trying to personally attack anyone at the ACT headquarters and say they shouldn’t enjoy the holidays but if I damn pay $50 for something I sure as hell want what I payed for. This isn’t Soviet Russia, we pay money for things here and we want what we pay for so this isn’t really a difficult concept to grasp.</p>
<p>29th person here! btw guys, if I want to make it by the Jan 1 deadline for college, do I have to rush my scores? Or can i just use the normal service? That would save me 5 bucks per school =D</p>
<p>And collegebound, really? They’ve had ****ing TWO WEEKS to put the little booklets in the machine for $50. Your argument is invalid. And my proctor read it from the booklet. They don’t just make statements. If you’ve taken the ACT, you would know that. And working Christmas Eve does not make you less of a human.</p>
<p>Why did so many of you seniors leave until December to take this test if it is clearly stated that the results are not guaranteed to be released before your various deadlines? I mean, I’m mad at not receiving my scores but I’m also very happy not to be in your shoes and have waited until the last minute as I am a junior.</p>
<p>Yeah, I tried and all of the lines were busy. I took the December ACT last year, and the scores were right on time. Looks like someone drank a little too much eggnog.</p>
<p>SimoHayha, your assumption is based on the foundation that none of us have taken the ACT before, but that is quite contrary to reality. Indeed, most of the seniors here have taken the ACT at least once before (I’ve taken it twice), but for the sake of improving/superscoring, we took it again. It is also true that while applying to some of the most prestigious universities in the nation, a single point could make a notable difference.</p>
<p>Well I’m not technically a senior. My transcript still states junior. My counselor called me in her office in October and told me that I had all the credits to graduate. So everything for me has been last minute. If I would have learned of this in let’s say…Feburary, I would have applied ED to all of my top choices.</p>
<p>Also I have a question. This might sound stupid. Since I’m technically “a junior” and you guys are all seniors, if I make a 32 will that be equivalent to like a 34 for you? Like for math, I’m still in precal while all of you are in calculus. Probably not, but it was just a thought. XD</p>
<p>I think it’s also important to remember that over 100 test centers throughout the Midwest were closed on the day of testing and had to reschedule their tests, some of which have not even been administered yet. While those delays theoretically shouldn’t have held up scores from test centers that weren’t closed, the ACT headquarters was certainly in a frenzied scramble in the few days following the test. Yes, it is machines that grade our MC and not people, but when there are pressing concerns with management and administration, there is a large potential for human error.</p>