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Taking Entrance Exams |
SAT
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Test Dates & Registration Deadlines
Test Fees
Registration
Preparing for Test
Test Structure
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Colleges use the SAT* to measure verbal and mathematical reasoning
abilities and to assess an applicant's readiness for college.
It is a three-hour, 35 minutes exam divided into three sections:
Math, Critical Reading, and Writing. The test is administered
on paper; last year 1.3 million students took the test.
Test Dates & Registration
Deadlines
| U.S. Regular |
U.S. Late |
International Early |
International Regular |
| Test date: October
4, 2008 : SAT & Subject Tests |
Sept 9,
2008 |
Sept 16,
2008 |
Aug 26, 2008 |
Sept 9,
2008 |
| Test date: Nov 1, 2008
: SAT & Subject Tests |
Sept 26,
2008 |
Oct 10,
2008 |
Sept 10,
2008 |
Sept 26,
2008 |
| Test date: Dec 6, 2008
: SAT & Subject Tests |
Nov 5,
2008 |
Nov 18,
2008 |
Oct 15,
2008 |
Nov 5,
2008 |
| Test date: Jan 24,
2009 : SAT & Subject Tests |
Dec 26,
2008 |
Jan 6,
2009 |
Dec 3,
2008 |
Dec 26,
2008 |
| Test date: Mar 14, 2009 : SAT Only |
Feb 10,
2009 |
Feb 24,
2009 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Test date: May
2, 2009 : SAT & Subject Tests |
Mar 31,
2009 |
Apr 9,
2009 |
Mar 11,
2009 |
Mar 31,
2009 |
| Test date: June
6, 2009 : SAT & Subject Tests |
May 5,
2009 |
May 15,
2009 |
Apr 15,
2009 |
May 5,
2009 |
Test Fees
| Test |
Fee |
| SAT Reasoning Test |
$45 |
SAT Subject Tests
Basic Registration Fee |
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| Language Tests with Listening |
$20 |
| All other Subject Tests |
$9 |
| Registration Services |
Fee |
| Late registration fee |
$23 |
| Re-registration by telephone |
$12.50 |
| Standby registration fee |
$38 |
| Change test, test date, or test center fee |
$22 |
| Scores by Web |
Free |
| Scores by phone (fee per call) |
$12.50 |
| Extra score report to a college or scholarship
program (in addition to four score reports included
at no charge on the Registration Form or Correction Form) |
$9.50 |
Fee Waivers: SAT fee waivers are available for high school juniors or seniors in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or U.S. territories who cannot afford to pay the test fees. Contact your counselor to request fee-waiver cards.
Registration
There are three ways to register for the SAT:
1. Online: Visit College
Board to register online. Select your test date, test
center, and get immediate registration confirmation.
2. Mail: Fill out the paper registration
form in The College Board's Registration Bulletin.
Get a free copy of this publication through your school counselor's
office.
3. Phone: You can register by phone, if
you previously registered for an SAT test.
- Call 800-SAT-SCORE (800-728-7267) 7 a.m. to midnight,
ET
- 609-771-7600 8 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., Monday through Friday,
ET.
- TTY is available any time, 609-882-4118.
Preparing for Exams
College Board’s SAT Preparation Center offers practice questions and a test to reinforce your test-taking skills and help you be more comfortable when you take the SAT. This practice test will give you a good idea of what to expect on the actual test.
On their site you can:
- Download and print an official SAT practice test.
- Receive a score and skills reports.
- Review explanations of answers to test questions.
- Review student-written essays with score explanations.
Test Structure
Critical Reading |
| Question Type |
Number of Questions |
| Sentence completions |
19 |
| Passage-based Reading |
48 |
Time: Two 25-minutes sections; one 20-minute section.
Total: 70 minutes |
Writing |
| Question Type |
Number of Questions |
| Identifying sentence errors |
18 |
| Improving sentences |
25 |
| Improving paragraphs |
6 |
| Essay writing |
One essay |
Time: Two 25-minute sections; one 10-minute section.
Total: 60 minutes |
Math |
| Question Type |
Number of Questions |
| Multiple-choice |
44 |
| Grid-ins |
10 |
Time: Two 25-minute sections; one 20-minute section.
Total: 70 minutes |
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