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SAT Reasoning Test: Scholastic Aptitude Test / Scholastic Assessment Test

 

SAT is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. Owned by College Board, a non-profit organization, the test can assess a student’s readiness for college.

 

The SAT is one of the College Board’s best-known programmes. In keeping with the College Board’s mission, the SAT provides an equal opportunity for all students to show what they’ve learned in school and how they apply that knowledge. This provides students an opportunity to demonstrate their problem solving and critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in college.

 

According to the College Board, the SAT measures literacy and writing skills that are needed for academic success in college. The test assesses how well the test taker analyzes and solves problems. The use of the SAT in combination with high school grade point average (GPA) provides a better indicator of success in college than high school grades alone, as measured by college freshman GPA.
 
 

The Test Format and Time

 

The SAT test involves 3 sections: math, critical reading, and writing portion. It takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete the test.
 

The reading section (70 minutes) includes reading passages and sentence completions.

 

  • Passage-based reading-Tests your comprehension of what is stated in or implied by the passage. 
  • Sentence completion questions-Tests your vocabulary and your understanding of sentence structure.

  

The math section (60 minutes) includes questions on arithmetic operations, algebra, geometry, statistics and probability.

 

  • Multiple choice-You're asked to solve a problem and pick the best choice offered.
  • Student-produced responses-You are not given answer choices. You must solve the problem and "grid in" your answers.

 

The writing section (70 minutes) includes a short essay and multiple-choice questions on identifying errors and improving grammar and usage.

 

  • Improving Sentences-Tests your ability to correct faults in usage and sentence structure, and recognize effective sentences that follow the conventions of Standard Written English.
  • Identifying sentence errors-Tests your ability to recognize faults in usage, and recognize effective sentences that follow the conventions of Standard Written English.
  • Improving Paragraphs-Tests your ability to revise sentences in the context of a paragraph or the entire essay, organize and develop paragraphs in a coherent and logical manner, and apply the conventions of Standard Written English.
  • Essay-The SAT begins with an essay. You'll be asked to present and support a point of view on a specific issue. Because you have only 25 minutes, your essay is not expected to be polished - it is meant to be a first draft.
     
     

Test Scoring

 

Each section of your SAT (critical reading, mathematics and writing) will be scored on a 200- to 800-point scale, for a possible total of 2400. You’ll also get two “subscores” on the writing section: a multiple-choice score from 20 to 80, and an essay score from 2 to 12.

 

Testing Centers

 

  • 65382 APU  International School, Ho Chi Minh city
  • 65377 Fortuna Hotel, Hanoi
  • 65378 IIG Vietnam - Danang, Danang
  • 65384 IIG Vietnam Head Office, Hanoi
  • 65374 IIG Vietnam-HCM Branch, Ho Chi Minh city
  • 65373 International School, Ho Chi Minh city
  • 65375 Saigon South International School, Ho Chi Minh city
  • 65370 Vietnam Japan Center, Hanoi

 

Sources

 

http://www.collegeboard.org