College Board Boosts SAT in India
College Board to Boost Up SAT in India College Board which administers the SAT test for undergraduate programmes in various universities launched a new platform “India Global Alliance” at India Habitat Centre. College Board’s main motto is to provide a podium for innovative Indian universities to engage with the World's top-tier universities globally to foster integration and sharing the best practices to improve the standard of Indian education and to diversify the Indian universities. The Indian Global Higher Education Alliance platform is launched to achieve three primary goals: The Founding Members of India Global Alliance are – The Affiliate Members of the India Global Alliance are – The top-notch affiliate universities assemble with the universities in India to integration and share the best practices to outshine in higher education. Benefits of the India Global Alliance: India Global Alliance offers the unparalleled support to the Students and the Secondary schools of India. Benefits for the Indian students: Now Indian students will – Benefits for the Secondary schools and educators: Now, the secondary schools and educators will benefit from: College Board India Scholars Program: Now, here’s a quick guide on SAT, Types of SAT and the Format of SAT. What is SAT General Test? SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test. It’s a standardized test used for college admissions in many countries like the USA and a few universities from Canada, Singapore and India etc. College Board launched the SAT and they made many amendments to the SAT since its inception. Latest amendment was done on April 1, 2016, and since then New SAT is effectively in place. New SAT examines the test taker’s skills on 2 sections – Evidence-Based Reading & Writing, Maths & Essay (optional). For every section, the student is awarded a score on the scale of 200-800. That is, SAT test taker is entirely awarded on a composite score of 400-1600. The test taker should score 96 percentile to onboard a top-tier university.
Format of the SAT General Test: S.No Test Questions Minutes 1 Reading Test 52 Questions 65 Minutes 2 Writing & Language Test 44 Questions 35 Minutes 3 Mathematics (No Calculator) 20 Questions 25 Minutes 4 Mathematics (Calculator) 38 Questions 55 Minutes 5 Essay (Optional) 1 Essay 50 Minutes 154 Questions (No Essay) 155 Questions (Including Essay) 3 Hours 3 Hours 50 Minutes Note: The Essay part is optional. Students have to choose the Essay according to the college requirements that you are willing to apply. What is SAT Subject Test? SAT Subject Test is taken by many students that are willing to pursue graduation in any of the streams relevant to 20 SAT Subject Tests. Most of the colleges check the test takers competency on the specific SAT Subject Test prior giving an admission if the student’s application is relevant to any of the 20 SAT Subject Tests.
The list of the 20 SAT Subject Tests & the format is as follows: SAT Subject Test Type No. of Questions Korean with Listening 80 (35% is Listening) Chinese with Listening 85 (33% is Listening) Italian 80-85 Japanese with Listening 80 (35% is Listening) Mathematics Level 2 50 Physics 75 Chemistry 85 French with Listening 85 (40% is Listening) Spanish with Listening 85 (40% is Listening) Spanish 85 United States History 90 German 85 French 85 German with Listening 85 (35% is Listening) Mathematics Level 1 50 Literature ~60 World History 95 Latin 70-75 Modern Hebrew 85 Biology E 80 Biology M 80 For further information or any other queries, please write to [email protected]