SAT Information, please.?

Question

Hey, I need some help about the SAT tests, im willing to take my SAT test but i read that there is a Reasoning Test and Subects Test, am i able to pick either? Or depends on the Universities application? How does the grading work? And what's the highest grades? Can someone provide me with the information, please?

Can I NOT take the Subjects Test? And the Reasoning Test includes what? And in which way? (MCQ's? Problems? etc)

Thanks all for your time.

Answer 1

You are going to have to take either the SATs or the ACTs to get into college. Test requirements differ from school to school so if you know which schools you're interested in, you should check out their websites to see which test results they accept. The Reasoning Tests are the probably the most commonly taken test since these test scores are required for a great number of college admissions. They include three sections: math, writing, reading. Math is mostly multiple choice with some open-ended questions. Writing consists of multiple choice questions on grammar and usage and ONE essay (one whole section; or approx. 25 min.). Reading is all multiple choice, and includes questions including vocabulary and reading comprehension.

You must take the Reasoning Test and you should choose to take some Subject Tests. Depending on the school or major you wish to go into, you'll want to take corresponding subject tests. For example, I'm looking to go Pre-Dental in college, so I've taken the Math IIC and Chemistry Subject Tests. Again, check the school's website.

The grading works on a scale of 200 to 800, with 800 being a perfect score. This scoring system applies to all 3 sections of the reasoning test and all subject tests. There's no sure way to calculate your grade by yourself because there will always be somewhat of a curve depending on how the other students who took the same test as you scored. If you're lucky, the curve will work in your favor and raise your score, as it did for me =). You don't lose any points for skipping questions, but you do lose about 1/4 of a point for each question you get wrong.

+The more subject tests you take, the broader range you have to decide what you want to major in. You can take more than one subject test on the same day because they're only an hour long, as opposed to the reasoning test, which is about 3 hrs and 45min (you can't take both subject and reasoning tests on the same day).

*You can cancel your scores if you don't think you did too well, but your proctor will explain the process before the test. If you want to cancel scores for one subject test you took, you automatically cancel scores for ALL tests that you took on that day. I don't know why they do this

Hope that helped in any way. Good luck!