The abbreviation of SAT (Academic Assessment Test) is an exam that American high school students must take to enter American universities. Its importance is equivalent to the college entrance examination in China, and it is also an important reference for high school students all over the world to apply for admission and scholarships.
SAT is divided into two parts, including
SATⅰⅰ: reasoning test
SAT: subject exams include mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc.
The SAT Ⅰ I test lasts for three hours, and mainly tests the candidates' Chinese and mathematical reasoning ability, with a full score of 1600.
The SATⅱII II test lasts for one hour, mostly multiple-choice questions, and mainly examines the knowledge of a certain major of the candidate.
Generally, domestic high school students only need to take the SAT Ⅰ I exam when applying for undergraduate courses in the United States.
The SAT Ⅰ I test consists of two parts: Chinese and mathematics. There are three types of problems in Chinese: analogy, sentence completion and critical reading. There are three kinds of questions in mathematics: one out of five, one out of four and question and answer. For senior high school students in China, the math part is relatively simple, while the Chinese part is relatively difficult. They need to memorize a large number of words and be familiar with exam-taking skills.
The above is taken from the website of New Oriental.
2.SAT registration
The SAT exam is registered online.
The registration method is as follows: log on to www.collegeboard.com website, register online, fill in personal information to get your user name and password, and then log on to SAT I homepage. When logging in for the first time, you need to fill in a series of information, including your school grades and the major you want to apply for. These are mainly information that ETS wants to collect and can be skipped.
After filling in this information, it will not appear again when logging in for the second time. Just click "New Registration" to enter. Select the test type, test center and grade (grade 0/2 in the United States is equivalent to grade 3 in China High School) on the registration homepage. Click "Continue" to go to the next page and select the examination time. Go to the next page and choose whether to accept the service of ETS student answering questions (if you choose yes, you will have to pay 6 yuan more, and you will get the ETS exam report after the exam).
Go to the next page and fill in the four schools you want to apply for in the future, or leave them blank. ETS can send the SAT scores to these four schools for free after the exam. Go to the next page, select the test location (for example, select Toronto, click Search, there will be four locations, select one of them, click Add, and then select), and then go to the next page, and "Registration Information", "Fees and Payment" and "Credit Card Information" will appear. At this point, fill in the type, card number and expiration date of the credit card. You will receive a confirmation form and registration will be completed.
The examination fee for the SAT general examination is: the reasoning examination includes the basic/registration declaration fee of 26 $ international processing fee 17 $ student answering service of 6 $,which is high in the United States. The registration fee for middle school students is $26, and the registration fee for international students except American students is $43 ($26+17). If you need ETS's "student answer service" after the exam, you will have to pay an extra $6.
SAT official website: /splash has almost all the information you need.
3. Add a little bit of my supplement:
SATⅰI is now divided into three parts, adding writing. It is said that it is difficult to increase the English part because the scores of China people are too high ... I don't know, it is added anyway, so the full score becomes 2400. Generally, China people get a high score of 1800.
The vocabulary required by SAT is about 13000, which is much more difficult than TOFEL, but better than abnormal GRE.
In addition, although the SAT is called the "American College Entrance Examination" and is also an indicator that Americans attach great importance to, its importance is by no means equal to that of the Chinese College Entrance Examination. It's just a soft indicator, and the college entrance examination is hard.
Finally, I want to tell you that since there are no test sites in Chinese mainland, you should start taking the SAT as early as possible. For example, this year, all the test sites in Hong Kong and Singapore for the 2007-2008 SAT were fully booked. If you make another appointment, you must travel to Japan. ...