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What is SAT ?

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions to undergraduates courses in the United States. It gauges your critical thinking skills you will need for academic sucess in college and assesses how well you analyze and solve problems.

The current SAT Reasoning Test is administered in about 3 hours and 45 minutes. It has a validity of five years although most good colleges prefer recent scores that are not more than 2 years old.

SAT consist of three major sections: Mathematics, Critical Reading, and Writing. There is one more experimental section which can be of either type and will not be known to the students.

SECTION	DURATION	QUESTION TYPE	EXPECTED NO. OF QUESTIONS
Critical Reading	Two 25 minute sections one 20 minute section	Sentence Completion Reading Comprehension (short & long passage)	19 48
Mathematics	Two 25 minute sections One 10 minute section	multiple Choice Grid-Ins (no answer choices & you must figure the answer on your own)	44 10
Writing	One 25 minute essay (always the first section) One 25 minute section One 10 minute section (always the last section)	Error Identification Sentence Improvement Paragraph Improvement	44 10
Experimental	One 25 minute section	Can be Critical Reading, math, or Writing Does not count toward score	Varies

Each section receives a score on the scale of 200-800.Total scores are calculated by adding up scores of the three sections and hence can renge from 600 to 2400. Your scores tell college admissions staff how you did compared with other students who took the test.