SAT, or the Scholastic Aptitude Test, is administered by the College Board of the US for admission to undergraduate courses.The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) assesses undergraduate students’ aptitude in both verbal and quantitative skills. The test, comprising Critical Reading, Writing Skills and Quantitative Skills, is a requirement for admissions in most American undergraduate schools. Administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and sponsored by the College Board USA, the SAT is a 3-hour 45-minute paper-based test.

The SAT has the following format.

1. CRITICAL READING SECTION

Sections Durations Questions   1. 25 minutes 24/25 questions 8 sentence completion questions. 4 reading comprehension questions. (2 short passages) 12/13 reading comprehension questions. (1 long passages)   2. 25 minutes 24/25 questions 5 sentence completion questions. 4 reading comprehension questions. (2 short passages) 15/16 reading comprehension questions. (2 long passages)   3. 20 minutes 19 questions 6 sentence completion questions. 13 reading comprehension questions. (1 long passages)

2. WRITING SKILLS SECTION

Sections Durations Questions   1. 25 minutes 1 essay   2. 25 minutes 33 questions 11 improving sentences 18 identifying sentence error 6 improving paragraph   3. 10 minutes 14 questions 14 improving sentences

3. QUANTITATIVE SECTION

Sections Durations Questions   1. 25 minutes 20 standard multiple choice   2. 25 minutes 8 standard multiple choice 10 grid-ins   3. 20 minutes 16 standard multiple choice