The Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT is the most popular standardized test taken by high school students who will be applying to colleges and universities in the United States. SAT measures your performance in specific areas such as critical reading, math, and writing. It is generally taken by high school students, though the test is open to anyone over the age of 12. After taking the test, students can send their official scores to any college or university to which they want to apply.
SAT is a 3 hours and 45 minutes test mostly consisting of multiple choice questions, that is broken into 10 sections:
| TIME |
SECTIONS |
| 25 minutes |
7 |
| 20 minutes |
2 |
| 10 minutes |
1 |
Dates for SAT Exams
| 2009 – ’10 (Tentative) |
Test |
Registration Deadline |
| October 10 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
September 9,2009 |
| November 7 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
October 1, 2009 |
| December 5 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
October 30, 2009 |
| January 23 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
December 15, 2010 |
| March 13 |
SAT Only |
February 4, 2009 |
| May 1 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
March 25, 2010 |
| June 5 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
April 29, 2009 |
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html
How is SAT organized?
TIME |
SUBJECT |
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS |
| 70 minutes |
Critical Reading |
|
| 25 minutes |
8 Sentence Completions, 4 Short Critical Reading Passage questions and 12 Critical Reading questions from 1 passage |
24 |
| 25 minutes |
5 Sentence Completions, 4 Short Critical Reading Passage questions, 15 Critical Reading questions from 2 distinct passages. |
24 |
| 20 minutes |
6 Sentence Completions, 13 Critical Reading questions from 2 related passages |
19 |
| 70 minutes |
Math |
|
| 25 minutes |
Multiple Choice questions |
20 |
| 25 minutes |
8 Multiple Choice questions and 10 Grid-In questions. |
18 |
| 20 minutes |
Multiple Choice questions |
16 |
| 60 minutes |
Writing |
|
| 25 minutes |
Essay |
1 |
| 25 minutes |
11 Improving Sentences questions, 18 Identifying Sentence Errors questions and 6 Improving Paragraphs questions |
35 |
| 10 minutes |
Improving Sentences question |
14 |