Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

Posted: Oct 15, 2010 |Comments: 0 |

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a standardized, multiple-choice test, that is used by most U.S. colleges and universities for admissions into undergraduate/bachelor's programs, placement decisions and sometimes as a measure of eligibility for scholarship.  It is used primarily in the US but also in the United Kingdom and Singapore.

In India the test is conducted by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the months of October, November, December, January, May and June (6 times every year).

The SAT has ten sections. This is divided as under –
Section 1 – always a twenty five minutes essay
Section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 – 25 minutes each
Sections 8 and 9 – 20 minutes each
Section 10 – always a ten minute section of multiple-choice questions.

While the format for the first and the last section is defined, sections 2 through nine vary and deal with mathematics, critical reading, and writing in no particular order. In fact, adjacent test takers might have test books which are entirely different in the order of their content.

It is a 3 hours and 45 minutes exam. The weightage for different subjects is as under –

Writing: 200-800
Mathematics: 200-800
Critical Reading: 200-800
Total marks are 2400. It is a 3:45 hrs exam. With breaks, the test takes over 4 hours to administer.

There is also a non scoring section of 25 minutes. This section is a common practice of test development and is used to ensure validity and fairness. It can be from one of three areas mentioned above or multiple choice and is mainly used to test run future editions of the SAT.  

On the face of it, SAT seems like a test of one's verbal and mathematical knowledge. However, it is more about performing under pressure of an examination environment and needs an effective combination of high accuracy and good speed. This is an acquired skill and takes much more than learning the syllabus till class ten. It needs focused and informed practice and the use of strategies and techniques to build accuracy and speed.

The SAT is based on fundamental knowledge of school syllabus till the 10th Standard and tests the following three areas -

  • Writing
  • Critical Reading
  • Mathematics

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