Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - Overview

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is way to get admission in colleges in America. SAT is conducted by the College Board, which is a non profit organization and committed to the principles of excellence and equity. The College Board conducts SAT examination with a view to providing opportunities to students of various countries who deserve to engage themselves in their future studies with students of other developing or developed countries.

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Name of the Test	Components of the Test	Duration
SAT Reasoning Test	Verbal, Mathematical and Reasoning skills	3 hours, 20 minutes
SAT Subject Tests	Assesses knowledge of a specific subject	1 hour

Test Order

The SAT comprises of 10 total testing sections. The first section is a 25-minute essay while the last section is a 10-minute multiple-choice writing section. Sections two through seven are 25-minute sections and sections eight and nine are 20-minute sections. Applicants sitting next to each other in the same session most are likely to get completely different test books with different content orders.

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