SAT
The Scholastic Assessment Test(SAT) assess undergraduate students aptitude in both verbal and
qualitative skills. The test comprising Critical Reading Skills, Writing skills & Quantitative Skills is a requirement for admissions in most American undergraduate schools. Administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) & sponsored by College Board of USA, the SAT is a 3 hours 45 minutes paper based test.
Local SAT Test Centers
- Lincoln School, Ravi Bhawan, Kathmandu
- St. Xavier College, Maitighar, Kathmandu
Test Dates
The SAT tests are not scheduled throughout the year, every year the College Board publishes information bulletin.
SAT Test Format
| Sections |
Type of Questions |
No. of Questions |
Time |
Score |
| Critical Readings |
Sentence completion |
19 |
70 minuutes (two 25 minutes test sections & one 20 minute test section) |
200-800 |
| Passage based reading |
48 |
| Total critical reading questions |
67 |
| Writing |
Identifying sentence errors |
18 |
Essay 25 minutes, 60 minutes(two 25 minutes test sections and one 10 minutes test section) |
0-6 |
| Improving sentences |
25 |
| Improving Paragraphs |
6 |
| Essay Writing |
1 Essay |
| Total writing questions |
49 + Essay |
| Mathematics |
Multiple choice |
44 |
70 minutes (two 25 minutes test sections & one 20 minutes test section) |
200-800 |
| Student-produced response (grid-ins) |
10 |
| Total Mathematics questions |
54 |
| Overall Score -2400 |