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About The SAT
The Scholastic Assessment Test (commonly known as the SAT) is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. It assesses students’ skills in Reading. Writing and Math.
The purpose of the SAT, or any other standardized test, is to have a common metric that can be used to compare all applicants, regardless of their high school background. The alternative to the SAT is the ACT, and colleges will accept either test score.
Most students take the SAT in either Grade 11 or early Grade 12, and there is no limit to the number of times you are permitted to take the test. The SAT is usually held multiple times a year, though the test dates are a bit unpredictable in recent years due to COVID-19’s development.
From 2023 onward, the digital SAT will be offered to international candidates. US-based candidates will still be offered the paper-based test until 2024.
Do note that the Digital SAT will also be adaptive – which means students will be given different questions depending on how they perform. Read below for more details.
SAT Test Dates
There will be seven to eight SAT test dates for international students annually. These test dates are typically scheduled on the 1st/2nd Saturday of the month. It’s best to complete registration early once you’ve decided on your test date as seats tend to fill up way before the registration deadline.
To ensure your SAT scores are received and processed in time, take the test at least 3-4 weeks before your college application deadlines – so as late as the beginning of November for early action/early decision, or the beginning of December for regular decision. Failing to plan ahead could jeopardise your application if your schools don’t receive your scores on time, so be sure to give yourself ample time.
For an always-up-to-date SAT test dates, bookmark our SAT test dates page.
The Digital SAT Format
This test consists of two main sections: Reading & Writing and Math. Each section is further divided into 2 modules, to be adapted to the student’s level.
- Module 1 (Non-adaptive) consists of a mix of easy, medium and hard questions.
- Module 2 (Adaptive) consists of an easier variant (mix of easy + medium questions) and a harder variant (mix of medium + hard questions)
Depends on your performance in Module 1, you will be served with either the easier variant or the harder variant in module 2.
Your score range is greatly affected by which module is served in your adaptive stage.
- If you are served with the easier module 2, your score will be in the range of ~200-600.
- If you are served with the harder module 2, your score will be in the range of ~600-800.
Thus, if you are aiming for a high SAT score, you should aim to get almost all correct for your first module.
For detailed information on the format of each section, please refer to our SAT guide.
SAT Score Guide
The SAT does not focus on raw scores—i.e. the number of questions each student got correct. Instead, the SAT is scored on a scale of 400-1600. The scaled scores allow for consideration of the difficulty of each test, as some tests might be harder than others. Hence, the raw scores are scaled to fit a normal distribution curve, and the scores of a student thus reflect on how he/she is compared with other students who have appeared for the test.
You’ll have one score for Math, on a 200-800 scale, and one score for Reading & Writing, also on a 200-800 scale.
What is considered a good SAT score then? The answer lies pretty much on which college you are applying to. Read our SAT score guide for more insights on this topic.
Should You Take The SAT Or The ACT?
Most universities accept both SAT scores and ACT scores — there is absolutely no added advantage in taking one test over the other. The purpose of both tests is similar – to have a standardized score to measure college readiness.
Thus, when deciding which test to take, students often want to know which one is ‘easier’. This is also a trap, as both tests are designed to be tricky in their own way. The bottom line is to take the test that you are more comfortable with, and can score better in.
Explore our comparison of the digital SAT and the ACT to help you choose the right test, as it highlights both the similarities and differences between them.
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