SAT Eligibility and Test Formats

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SAT Eligibility and Test Formats

The SAT test is used to evaluate a candidate's critical thinking and problem solving skills which would help to measure their overall ability and potential to undertake the bachelor level study program.

SAT is a compulsory test to secure admission in any undergraduate program of any college of USA. This test is developed, managed and administered by College Entrance Examination Board, based in USA. SAT is prepared and scored by the Educational Testing Service. It is an approximately 4 hour long test. There are two types of SAT tests namely, SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Tests.

Name of the Test    Components of the Test    Duration

SAT Reasoning Test    Verbal, Mathematical and Reasoning skills    3 hours, 20 minutes

SAT Subject Tests    Assesses knowledge of a specific subject    1 hour
SAT Test Format

SAT Reasoning Test Format:

Section    Type of Questions    Score    Time

Critical Reading    Sentence completions, reading comprehension, and paragraph-length critical reading    200-800    70 minutes (25 +25+20 minutes)

Writing    Grammar, usage, and word choice ( multiple choice and student written essay)    200-800    

60 minutes

(25+25+10 minutes)

Mathematics    Algebra and functions; statistics, probability, and data analysis; number and operations; geometry    200-800    

70 minutes (25 +25+20 minutes)

SAT Subject Test Format:

SAT subject test can be divided into 5 general areas – English, History and Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, and Languages.

A college may require one or more of the subject tests for the purpose of admission and placement. SAT subject test consists of multiple choice questions.

It should be noted that there are some subjects for which questions are asked in a unique pattern.

SAT Eligibility Criteria

There are no eligibility criteria for SAT. You can take it during your Class XI or even after the XII boards. Just keep your college application deadlines in mind as admission decisions are largely dependent on SAT scores (along with GPA, transcript, recommendations, etc.).

SAT Test Fees

Test    Format

SAT Reasoning Test    $43

Writing    Grammar, usage, and word choice ( multiple choice and student written essay)

SAT Subject Tests

Basic registration fee

Language Tests with Listening (add to basic registration fee)

All other Subject Tests (add per test to basic registration fee)    

$20

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