The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT's) is a standardized test that most high school
students take before applying to college. About two million students take this
exam yearly. Usually high school juniors take this test for the first time. One out of every two students take
this test twice - typically in the spring of their junior year and again in the fall of
their senior year.
The SAT score predicts how students will do academically as a
college freshman and is a means to compare. The SAT assists college
administrators to make acceptance decisions. Administrators also look at your academic
record, your involvement in a school activities, your essay, and your letters
of recommendation.
The SAT tests in three areas: Critical Reading, Math, and Writing. The SAT has eight types of questions
in sections on Critical Reading, writing, and math. You have 3 hours and 45 minutes
to complete the SAT. You should plan
to spend 4 ½ - 5 hours in the
testing room.
The Math section includes multiple choice and grid-ins and
totals 70 minutes (two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section). The math
section totals 54 questions.
The Critical Reading sections include sentence completions
and passage based reading and totals 70 minutes (two 25-minute sections and one
20-minute section). Total Critical Reading questions total 67.
The Writing section includes identifying sentence errors,
improving sentences, improving paragraphs and an essay. This section totals 60
minutes (one 25-minute essay, one 25-multiple choice sections, and one
10-minute multiple-choice section). The writing section totals 49 questions and
1 essay.
Your SAT scores are based on nine sections although the test contains 10 sections. One section is used
for future tests and is in the same
format as othe r sections so you have
no way of knowing which section is the
experimental one so you must do your best on all sections.
Why are they important? Students have difference experiences, come from a wide variety of schools with different requirements, different grading systems, and different academic standards. The SAT's are one of the tools college administrators use to predict your chances of success in the college classes you take.
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