Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT)

REGISTRATION FEES

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Reading and Writing Section - All questions are Objective

Math (with/without a calculator) - Questions are both Subjective and Objective

SECTION 1: READING

Reading consists of either short or long passages, based on 4 broad themes namely:

1. Classic or contemporary work of literature. (1 long passage)
2. US founding document or text. (1 long passage or 2 short passages)
3. Economics, Sociology, Psychology, or other Social Science. (1 long passage)
4. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Earth Science. (1 long passage and 2 short passages or 2 long passages) 

Short passages are about 350 words long whereas, long passages are about 500 - 700 words long.

SECTION 2: WRITING & LANGUAGE

Writing section is distributed into 4 passages up to 450 words long which then contains several sub-passages, with each passage based on a broad theme namely:

1. Sciences
2. Careers
3. Social Studies
4. Humanities

Writing section is designed to test candidate's knowledge of grammar rules such as subject-verb agreement, parallelism, modifiers, pronouns, comparisons, idioms, conjunctions, verb tense and mood, punctuation, sentence structure and stylistic errors, frequently misused words, frequently ignored grammar principles, etc., and also test candidate's ability to detect and fix incoherencies in a passage such as finding grammatical violations and providing solutions to fix them, finding stylistic and grammatical weakness, understanding a passage's components and improving author's expression of ideas. etc. 

SECTION 2: MATH

Math is distributed into 4 broad categories namely:

1. Heart of Algebra
2. Problem Solving and Data Analysis
3. Passport to Advanced Math
4. Additional Topics in Math

which are then broadly categorized into sub-categories, such as:

1. Number properties
2. Equations
3. Other Algebraic Expressions
4. Word problems
5. Statistics
6. Data Interpretation
7. Planar Geometry
8. 3-dimensional geometry
9. Coordinate geometry
10. Trigonometry
11. Complex numbers
12. Functions
13. Interpreting graphical models
14. Conic sections
15. Logic problems
16. Estimation
17. Miscellaneous word problems

SECTION 4: ESSAY (OPTIONAL)

A 650-750 words long passage stating an issue by the author will be given, where the candidate's job is to analyze the passage and describe the theory behind the author's build-up of the argument. Other aspects that can also be seen in the passage are the author's claims, use of evidence, reasoning, style, etc.

Official website:

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register