About SAT
What It Means for Students?
The SAT® is a three-hour-and-forty-five-minute exam that tests the critical reasoning, mathematical ability, and writing skills. SAT® is intended to help admissions comities in deciding how well students will handle college-level work.
What Is the Test Like?
The test consists of three sections, each divided into three subsections. Every subsection is timed separately and one sections includes a 25-minute essay.
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Problem solving:
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There are several breaks between sections, when student can eat or drink any food they have brought.
What is the best way to Prepare?
We recommend avoiding large preparation companies, as they typically lack an individual approach student and have less then a solid teaching foundation.
SAT Preparation Resources : collegeboard.com
How Does the Scoring Work?
Each section on SAT is scored on a scale of 200-800. Each section contains easy, average and difficult questions. The SAT is designed so that a student who gets half of the questions right will receive an average score of about 500.
How Important Are SAT Scores?
SAT scores, along with the high school transcript, are the most important admission’s criteria. High school performance and SAT results, supplemented with additional information, such as extracurricular activities and recommendations, determine student’s eligibility for a particular college program.
When should students take the SAT?
Most students take the exam during their junior or senior year, but there are no age or grade restrictions for taking the test.
Popular periods for taking SAT are the spring of junior year or the fall of senior year. A large number of students take the exam twice. All scores are reported to colleges, but colleges generally consider only the highest score.