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:

• Building a community of innovative secondary and higher education leaders who will work to improve the transition to higher education in India
• Establishing a forum for sharing of global best practices to learn what’s working in admissions around the world
• Taking concrete actions to ensure that all students, regardless of income, geography or class, can access excellent higher education

The Founding Members of India Global Alliance are –

• Ahmedabad University
• Ashoka University
• Azim Premji University
• Bennett University
• BML Munjal University
• FLAME University
• Manav Rachna University
• Manipal University
• SRM Institute of Science & Technology
• SVKM’s NMIMS

The Affiliate Members of the India Global Alliance are –

• Columbia University in the city of New York
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• McGill University
• Pomona College
• Purdue University
• University of Cambridge
• University of Hong Kong

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 –

• Take just one common SAT General test and garner an opportunity to admit in the universities of India and in the top-notch universities across the globe to showcase their knowledge and expertise.
• Use a free SAT test practice on Khan Academy
• Pay a slashed fee to do the SAT if students are eligible.
• Show their academic achievements to College Board India Scholars Program. Students that are after financial aid might also be eligible to get scholarships to alliance universities.
• Build key skills like mental arithmetic & critical thinking to contribute their knowledge to India’s emerging economy.

Benefits for the Secondary schools and educators:

Now, the secondary schools and educators will benefit from:

• Understanding the competencies that students need to be successful before taking the SAT and get ready for the undergraduate.
• Single SAT test accepted by the renowned universities in India and across the globe.

College Board India Scholars Program:

• Here, College Board India Scholars program will identify the highly talented Indian students with the low income that won’t be able to afford the top-notch undergraduate education.
• Students who attain above a specific level on the SAT will be identified as College Board India Scholars. Their tuition support will be contributed by College Board, India Global Alliance Members and the local NGO’s.

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:

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.

• There’re 20 SAT Subject Tests that comprise of five subject areas – English, History, Languages, Mathematics and Science (Physics, Chemistry & Biology).
• Each SAT Subject Test Questions are of Multiple-Choice with 4 options. The test duration is 1 hour long. The test taker is awarded on a score of 200-800.
• Each SAT Subject Test is conducted 6 times a year. All SAT Subject Test dates and centres would be same.  A test taker can do one, two or three subject tests on the test date.
• Test takers can’t take both SAT General & SAT Subject Tests on a single day.

The list of the 20 SAT Subject Tests & the format is as follows:

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