SAT

SAT

The SAT is a globally recognized college admission test that lets you show colleges what you know and how well you can apply that knowledge. It tests your knowledge of reading, writing and math.

Each section receives a score on the scale of 200–800. All scores are multiples of 10. The order of the format is not fixed: the sections can occur in any order. Exam duration is three hours and forty-five minutes The SAT Subject Tests offer you an additional opportunity to show colleges what you know and what you know you can do. Critical Reading (score 200-800) , 70 mins Critical Reading has two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section. Questions include sentence completions and questions about short and long reading passages (which is major part of the test). Questions become tougher as you proceed towards end of the section. Mathematics (score 200-800), 70 mins Math section has two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section. One of the 25-minute section is entirely multiple choice, with 20 questions. The other 25-minute section contains 8 multiple choice questions and 10 grid-in questions. The 10 grid-in questions have no penalty for incorrect answers because the student guessing isn't limited. (-1/4 point subtracted for incorrect multiple-choice,0 points subtracted for incorrect student-produced response (math section)) Last 20 min section is also multiple choice with 16 questions. Writing (score 200-800), 60 mins The SAT Writing Section is 60 minutes and is comprised of one 25 minute essay and 49 multiple-choice questions testing grammar, usage, and word choice.