Prepare For SAT

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a co-sponsored program by the College Board. For many students, the SAT is the first official step on the road to college. SAT is required by most of the colleges for undergraduate admissions. This test is conducted by Educational Testing Service (ETS), Princeton, New Jersey.

SAT scores form an important criterion to assess the eligibility of the students for admissions as well as for scholarships and other financial aids. The SAT Program develops and administers the SAT I : Reasoning Test and the SAT II : Subject Test.

SAT I (Reasoning Test)

It is a three-hour, multiple-choice test that measures Verbal and Mathematical reasoning abilities. Verbal questions test a student’s ability to understand and analyze what he/she has read, recognize relationships between parts of a sentence, establish relationships between pairs of words etc. Maths questions test the ability to solve problems involving arithmetic, algebra and geometry.

SAT I is made up of seven sections. These seven sections can appear in any order in a test book. The SAT I does not measure motivation, creativity, or special talents. It, thus, provides a basic standard using which the skills of students can be compared. The scores of SAT are generally used along with the academic performance of a student in the school. The actual test paper looks like this :

There is also a 30-minute verbal or math section, used for equating, that does not count toward a student's score.

SAT II: Subject Test

Subject Tests measure knowledge and skills in a particular subject and the ability to apply that knowledge. SAT II scores permit comparison of students whose course preparation and backgrounds vary.

All Subject Tests are one-hour, multiple-choice tests except the Writing Test, which has 40 minutes of multiple-choice questions and a 20-minute writing sample section. Many of the tests are offered several times a year.

Listed below are the seven general subject areas and the tests available:

• English (Literature, Writing)

• History (United States (U.S.) History, World History)

• Maths (Math Level IC (with calculator), Math Level IIC (with calculator))

• Science (Chemistry, Physics, Biology E/M (ecological/molecular))

• Language Subject Tests (reading only) (French, German, Latin, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Spanish)

• Language Subject Tests with Listening, including the ELPT (English Language Proficiency Test) (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish)

Note : No more than three subjects can be taken on one day. SAT I and SAT II cannot be taken on the same day.