Introduction
SAT is an entrance examination required by most of the colleges for undergraduate admissions (Bachelors Degree courses). This test is developed and administered by the US-based Educational Testing Service, Princeton New Jersey.
Test Details
SATŪ is administered 6 times a year. (Once every January, May, June, October, November and December).
The SATŪ tests include SATŪ I which is the General Reasoning Test and SATŪ II which is the Subject Test. SATŪ I is a mandatory test for students seeking undergraduate studies abroad whereas SATŪ II is required by some universities in addition to SATŪ I.
Test Pattern
| Sections |
Type of Question |
Total Questions |
Timing |
| VERBAL |
Sentence Completion - approx 10 questions |
35 |
30 minutes |
| Analogy Questions - approx 13 questions |
| Critical Reading - approx 12 questions |
| Sentence Completion - 9 questions |
| VERBAL |
Sentence Completion - 9 questions |
30 |
30 minutes |
| Critical Reading - 15 questions |
| VERBAL |
Critical reading questions on paired passages |
13 |
15 minutes |
| Mathematics |
Multiple Choice - 25 (5 answer choices) |
25 |
30 minutes |
| Mathematics |
Quantitative Comparisons - 15 (4 answer choices)
|
25 |
30 minutes |
| Student-produced-response Questions - 10 |
| Mathematics |
Multiple Choice - 10 (5 answer choices) |
10 |
15 minutes |
| Experimental |
Either verbal or Mathematics section |
Variable |
30 minutes |
| TOTAL |
|
138 + |
3 Hours |
2004-2005 SAT Program Test Dates
| Test Dates |
Test Registration |
Deadlines |
| June 5, 2004 |
SAT I and SAT II |
April 30, 2004 |
| October 9, 2004 |
SAT I and SAT II |
September 7, 2004 |
| November 6, 2004 |
SAT I and SAT II |
October 1, 2004 |
| December 4, 2004 |
SAT I and SAT II |
October 29, 2004 |
| January 22, 2005 |
SAT I, SAT II & ELPT |
December 20, 2004 |
| May 7, 2005 |
(New SAT) SAT I and SAT II |
March 25,2005 |
| June 4, 2005 |
(New SAT) SAT I and SAT II |
April 29,2005 |
SAT Registration
One can register online by Logging on to http://www.collegeboard.com/
Test Scores
SAT I
SAT scores are reported on a scale from 200 to 800. Your scores tell college admission staff how you did compared with other students who took the test. For example, if you scored close to the mean or average-about 500 on SAT verbal and 500 on SAT math-admission staff would know that you scored as well as about half of the students who took the test.
SAT II
Subject Test scores are reported on a scale from 200 to 800, with the exception of the ELPTT (English Language Proficiency TestT ), which is reported on a scale from 901 to 999. Subject Test subscores are reported on a scale from 20 to 80. ELPT subscores are reported on a scale from 1 to 50. Reading and listening subscores are reported for all Language Tests with Listening, and a usage subscore is also reported for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean tests.
No test can ever measure your skills precisely, but it does provide a good estimate of how well you'll succeed in college. Most of the time, your score would fall in a range about 30 to 40 points above or below your true ability.
Score Report Mailing Dates for 2003-2004
Test Date
(includes Sunday test dates) |
Scores Available by Web/Phone
|
Scores Mailed |
| October 5, 11 |
October 24 |
November 3 |
| November 1, 2 |
November 14 |
November 24 |
December 6, 7 |
December 19 |
January 2 |
| January 24, 25 |
February 6 |
February 16 |
| March 27, 28 |
April 9 |
April 19 |
| May 1, 2 |
May 14 |
May 24 |
| June 5, 6 |
June 18 |
June 28 |
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