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USINFO | 2014-01-03 17:09
High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in order to gain admission to a college or university. The actual testing part of the SAT takes three hours and forty-five minutes to complete. However, with orientation, distribution of materials, and breaks, the test can take as long as four and a half hours. The test costs $47, not counting late fees.
●The SAT consists of three sections: critical reading, mathematics, and writing.
●The critical reading section has two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section.
●It includes completion questions that test vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure.
●The rest of this section involves comprehension questions drawn from short passages on a variety of topics.
●The mathematics section has two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section.
●The 20-minute section and one of the 25-minute sections features multiple choice questions.
●The other presents 8 multiple choice and 10 grid-in questions.
●Several new topics in this part of the test include information such as Algebra II and scatter plots.
The writing section includes multiple-choice questions and a brief essay. For the essay section, students are given twenty-five minutes to expound on a given prompt with their own opinions and ideas. No particular essay structure or paragraph sequence is required for the essay portion of the test.
Each of the three SAT score sections—critical reading, mathematics, and writing—are scored on a scale of 200-800. An SAT score ranging from 600-2400 results from combining scores from each of the three sections. As a result, a perfect SAT score, nearly impossible to achieve, is a 2400. SAT scores always are rounded to the nearest ten. Any score less than 1100 would be considered low, an average score would be 1500, and 2000 or above would be considered high and would qualify the test-taker for entrance into most Ivy League schools. You should receive your SAT scores by mail a few weeks after you take the test. Along with your numerical SAT scores, you also will receive a percentile for each section. This percentile will tell you your rank compared to all the other students who took the test.
The SAT is offered on several dates throughout the year. The upcoming test dates are as follows: November 6, 2010; December 4, 2010; January 22, 2011; March 12, 2011; May 7, 2011; and June 4, 2011. Register online.
Last Updated: 02/07/2013
●The SAT consists of three sections: critical reading, mathematics, and writing.
●The critical reading section has two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section.
●It includes completion questions that test vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure.
●The rest of this section involves comprehension questions drawn from short passages on a variety of topics.
●The mathematics section has two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section.
●The 20-minute section and one of the 25-minute sections features multiple choice questions.
●The other presents 8 multiple choice and 10 grid-in questions.
●Several new topics in this part of the test include information such as Algebra II and scatter plots.
The writing section includes multiple-choice questions and a brief essay. For the essay section, students are given twenty-five minutes to expound on a given prompt with their own opinions and ideas. No particular essay structure or paragraph sequence is required for the essay portion of the test.
Each of the three SAT score sections—critical reading, mathematics, and writing—are scored on a scale of 200-800. An SAT score ranging from 600-2400 results from combining scores from each of the three sections. As a result, a perfect SAT score, nearly impossible to achieve, is a 2400. SAT scores always are rounded to the nearest ten. Any score less than 1100 would be considered low, an average score would be 1500, and 2000 or above would be considered high and would qualify the test-taker for entrance into most Ivy League schools. You should receive your SAT scores by mail a few weeks after you take the test. Along with your numerical SAT scores, you also will receive a percentile for each section. This percentile will tell you your rank compared to all the other students who took the test.
The SAT is offered on several dates throughout the year. The upcoming test dates are as follows: November 6, 2010; December 4, 2010; January 22, 2011; March 12, 2011; May 7, 2011; and June 4, 2011. Register online.
| SAT Test Date | Registration Deadline | Late Registration Deadline |
| January 26, 2013 | December 28 | January 11 |
| March 9, 2013 | February 8 | February 22 |
| May 4, 2013 | April 5 | April 19 |
| June 1, 2013 | May 2 | May 17 |
Last Updated: 02/07/2013
