I totally agree. Score releases are ridicolous, but I think it's a consequence of the 4-part exam with each part to be taken whenever we want.
My wife took the BAR 3 years ago. She sat for two straight days at the Javits Center (which, for non-Newyorkers, is the huuuge convention center in Manhattan) at the end of July (the BAR is administered like the old-style CPA – 2-day test – given only twice a year).
She went there, took the test in two days at the end of July and she knew that the result would have come out right before Thanksgiving, no loopholes, no surfing any wave.
FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95