SAT
The SAT changed in March 2005...
Some of the changes to the SAT include:
A student-written essay
Analogies eliminated
Shorter reading passages added
New content from third-year college preparatory math
Quantitative Comparisons eliminated
The Verbal Section Changes
The first change to the Verbal section is its name.
On the new SAT, this section will be called Critical Reading.
Elimination of the analogy questions this section on the new exam will consist entirely of critical reading questions that will test reading skills at the sentence, paragraph, and passage level.
Addition of paragraph-length critical reasoning questions, to supplement the existing question types of sentence completions and reading comprehension passages. The topics of the given texts will represent a wide range of subjects, including science, literature, humanities, and history.
The Math Section Changes
The Math section of the SAT will also change. Algebra II material will be tested on the new exam in order to better align the SAT with the math curriculum being taught in high school classrooms. The second change to the Math section is the elimination of quantitative comparisons. The other two current math question types, 5-choice multiple-choice and student-produced responses, will remain on the exam.
The New Writing Section - Essay
The biggest change to the SAT will be the introduction of a new Writing section. The Writing section will consist of two parts: an essay and a multiple-choice section. Students will be given 25 minutes to respond to a prompt and construct a well-organized essay that effectively addresses the task. The essay question may require students to complete a statement, to react to a quote or an excerpt, or to agree or disagree with a point of view. In any case, a good essay will support the chosen position with specific reasons and examples from literature, history, art, science, current affairs, or even a student's own experiences.
Essays will be scored based on the procedures for the current SAT II: Writing Test. Essays will be graded by two independent readers on a scale of 1 - 6, and their two scores will be combined to form an essay subscore that ranges from 2 to 12. Should the readers' scores vary by more than 2 points, a third reader will score the essay. The readers will be high school teachers and college professors who teach composition. To ensure that essays will be scored in a timely manner, they will be scanned and made available to readers on the Internet for grading purposes.
The New Writing Section - Multiple-Choice
The Writing section will also include multiple-choice grammar and usage questions. Some of these questions will call upon students to improve given sentences and paragraphs. Others will present students with sentences and require them to identify mistakes in diction, grammar, sentence construction, subject-verb agreement, proper word usage, and wordiness.
The highest possible score on the new Writing section will be 800. Scores on the essay and multiple-choice section will be combined to produce a single score. A writing subscore will also be assigned. The highest possible scores on the Critical Reading and Math sections will remain 800 each, making 2400 a perfect score on the new SAT.
SAT Calendar and fees
College Finder (Old Scores)
SAT > 1500
California Institute of Technology,
Princeton University,
Harvard University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Harvey Mudd College
SAT > 1450
Yale University,
Stanford University,
Pomona College,
Swarthmore College,
Dartmouth College,
University of Pennsylvania,
Columbia University
SAT > 1400
Middlebury College,
Rice University,
Williams College,
Amherst College,
Duke University,
Brown University,
Claremont McKenna College,
Johns Hopkins University,
University of Chicago,
Emory University,
SAT > 1350
University of Chicago,
Emory University,
Northwestern University,
Carleton College,
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Washington University,
Cornell University,
Georgetown University,
Wesleyan University,
Bowdoin College,
Haverford College,
Wellesley College,
University of Notre Dame,
Vassar College,
Washington and Lee University,
Webb Institute,
Case Western Reserve University,
St. John's College (MD),
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Macalester College,
New York University,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,
Bates College,
Davidson College,
Grinnell College,
SAT > 1300
Reed College,
Tufts University,
Barnard College,
Brandeis University,
Colby College,
Colgate University,
College of William and Mary,
University of California - Berkeley,
University of Rochester,
Wheaton College (IL),
Oberlin College,
St. John's College (NM),
University of Richmond,
Vanderbilt University,
Whitman College,
Boston College,
University of Southern California,
University of Virginia,
Bryn Mawr College,
Illinois Institute of Technology,
New College of Florida,
Wake Forest University,
US Naval Academy,
Kalamazoo College,
Kenyon College,
Stevens Institute of Technology,
University of California - Los Angeles,
Manhattanville College,
Rhodes College (TN),
Scripps College,
Trinity University,
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor,
SAT > 1250
Bucknell University,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Boston University,
Lehigh University,
Trinity College (CT),
US Air Force Academy,
US Merchant Marine Academy,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
College of the Atlantic,
Grove City College,
Mount Holyoke College,
St. Olaf College,
Smith College,
Franklin & Marshall College,
Thomas Aquinas College,
Yeshiva University,
Furman University,
Hendrix College,
Illinois Wesleyan University,
Lawrence University,
Simon's Rock College of Bard,
US Military Academy,
College of New Jersey,
Hamilton College (NY),
Hampshire College,
Lafayette College,
Pepperdine University,
University of Maryland - College Park,
US Coast Guard Academy,
Beloit College,
Colorado College,
Lewis & Clark College,
Sarah Lawrence College,
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign,
University of Missouri - Rolla,
University of Puget Sound,
University of Wisconsin - Madison,
Villanova University,
Colorado School of Mines,
College of the Holy Cross,
George Washington University,
New School University,
Southwestern University,
Tulane University,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill,
Bard College,
Kettering University,
Gustavus Adolphus College,
Knox College,
Pitzer College,
Polytechnic University,
Skidmore College,
State Univ. of New York - College at Geneseo,
Truman State University,
University of Dallas,
University of the South
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