[Study English /school in Cebu, Philippines]SMEAG - Your Key in America's College

U.S. College Standardized Testing

   [Study English /school in Cebu, Philippines] SMEAG - Your Key in America's College

• SAT

• Along with the ACT, it is one of the standardized tests in the United States being considered for college admissions, similar to the College Scholastic Ability Test in Korea
• Commonly referred to as SAT I (SAT Reasoning Test) and SAT II ( SAT Subject Tests )
• Test scores are used by colleges as a standard guideline to evaluate students from different high schools having different systems

1. Scholastic Aptitude Test

• SAT consists of three major sections, Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing
• SAT Reasoning Test is the most widely- used college entrance exam, generating more focus on the test scores by college admissions officers

2. SAT Subject Test

• 20 multiple-choice standardized tests given on individual subjects such as Math (Math I & II), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Literature, World History, U.S. History, and Foreign Language
• Most colleges and universities require two SAT II test scores, but some of the top schools require students to submit three

3. Exam

• Over 3 million students take the SAT which is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States
• In Korea, 10 of the major foreign language high schools administer the exam 5~6 times a year
• In Cebu, St. Theresa College handles the SAT

4. Test Configuration

Reasoning Test

Section	Time	Test Content	Test Type	Score
Critical Reading	70 Min	Critical Reading Sentence-level Reading	Sentence Completions - 19 questions Reading Based - 48 questions	200 ~ 800 points
Composition	60 Min	Grammar Usage Word Choice	1 Essay Multiple-Choice, 48 questions	200 ~ 800 points
Mathematics	70 Min	Number and Operations Geometry, Algebra and Functions Statistics, Probability and Data Analysis	Multiple Choice, 44 questions Grid-in, 10 questions	200 ~ 800 points
Un-scoredSection	25 Min		Writing, Mathematics, Critical Reading
Total	3 Hours 45 Min			2,400 total score

Subject Test

• Altogether with the 3 sections of Critical Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, the 8 Subject Tests are categorized as below
  (each test is scored on a scale to 800)

English	Literature
History	United State History, World History
Mathematics	Mathematics Level 1, Mathematics Level 2
Science	Biology ( Ecological / Molecular ), Chemistry, Physics
Reading Only	French, German, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Spanish
Reading and Listening	Chinese, French, German, Japanses, Korean, Spanish

5. Test Application and Additional Information

Application Submission

• The test is conducted seven times a year, but may slightly differ depending on the country (in Korea, the test is conducted 6 times a year, January, May, June, October, November, and December)
• Students may apply through the internet ((http://www.collegeboard.org), by mail, telephone /fax. However students in Korea may not apply by mail/fax

Test Fee

Test		Fee
Sat Reasoning Test		US $78 ( Outside the US ), US $49 ( US )
Sat Subject Tests	Basic Registration Fee	US $51 ( Outside the US ), US $22 ( US )
	Language Tests with Listening	Basic Registration Fee + US $22
	All other Subject Tests	Basic Registration Fee + US $11

What you need to bring

• Admission Ticket (can be printed from the College Board homepage under SAT Registration and Scores page)
• Valid Identification Card (Driver’s License, valid passport, resident registration card, etc.); a student ID is not an authorized form of identification
• No. 2 pencil, eraser (pen and mechanical pencils may not be used)
• Calculator (can be used only during the Mathematics sections of the SAT Reasoning and SAT subject tests)
• CD Player and earphones only for the Listening section of the SAT Subject Language test