Can anyone here tell me something about SAT??

Question

i hear that SAT is a gateway to the american colleges and universities!! what sort of exam or do u have to sit for to get into the MITs!!

Answer 1

The SAT is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is administered by the private Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the United States and is developed, published, and scored by the College Board

SAT consists of three major sections: Mathematics, Critical Reading, and Writing. Each section is scored on a scale of 200 to 800, with scores always being a multiple of 10. Total scores are calculated by adding up scores of the three sections. Each major section is divided into three parts. There are a total of ten sub-sections, including an experimental section that may be in any of the three major sections. The experimental section is used to normalize questions for future administrations of the SAT and does not count toward the final score. The test contains 3 hours and 45 minutes of actual timed sections [2], although most administrations, including orientation, distribution of materials, and completion of the biographical sections, run about 5 hours long.

The writing section of the SAT includes multiple choice questions and a brief essay. The essay section, which is always administered first, is twenty-five minutes long. All essays must be in response to a given prompt. The prompts are broad and often philosophical, and are designed to be accessible to students regardless of their educational and social backgrounds. For instance, test takers may be asked to expoundon such ideas as their opinion on the value of work in human life, or whether democracy represents an ideal system of government. No particular essay structure is required, and the College Board accepts using examples "taken from [the student's] reading, studies, experience, or observations." Two trained readers assign each essay a score between 0 and 6, where a score of 0 is reserved for essays that are blank, off-topic, or written with an implement other than a No. 2 pencil, and the scores are summed to produce a final score from 0 to 12. If the two readers' scores differ by more than one point, then both are rejected, and the student's score is two times the 0-6 value given by a third reader. In the complex process of scaling a test-taker's writing score, the essay score accounts for roughly thirty percent; the multiple choice component, seventy percent


Most of the questions on the SAT are multiple-choice; all multiple-choice questions have five answer choices, exactly one of which is correct. The questions of each section are generally ordered by difficulty. However, an important exception exists: Questions that follow the long and short reading passages are organized chronologically, rather than by difficulty. Ten of the questions in one of the math sub-sections are not multiple choice. They instead require the test taker to bubble in a number in a four-column grid.

The questions are weighted equally. For each correct answer, one raw point is added. For each incorrect answer one-fourth of a point is deducted. No points are deducted for incorrect math grid-in questions. This ensures that a student's mathematically expected gain from guessing is zero. The final score is derived from the raw score; the precise conversion chart varies between test administrations.

Answer 2

SAT is the most common college admissions test in the US. I don't know whether MIT requires the SAT for admission but you could probably check their web site to find out.

Answer 3

basically, i took the SATs and studying for it was a BIG waste of time. It is mainly somthing SUPERRANDOM that is unpreparable. Basically, if you have a descent amount of knowledge in math (grade 9) you will be good. The english is very dependent on the marker, but if you bring across well thought out points in an organized fashion and with proper vocabulary, you should have too much trouble.

Answer 4

It's a hard test that tests you on knowledge that you've gained both in and out of school. The ACT is more directed towards things that have only been taught in school (which makes it so much easier).

Answer 5

u can touch diverse training centres. e.g. british academy there r many branches in delhi. they ll examine u. u can connect diff classes accordin 2 ur needs, ll tel u wat r d standards 2 b fulfilled. then theres oxford college which tells u d ceremony way 2 word 4 universities in usa,uk etc. d xam is often after board xams. d consultation starts off in sep.