The Digital SAT, which stands for Digital Scholastic Aptitude Test, is an exam organised internationally by the US-based College Board. SAT results are used in applications to elite universities in the USA and European countries for undergraduate education. The exams are held 6 times a year in the USA and 7 times a year in Turkey and many other countries.
Any candidate who has graduated from high school or equivalent schools or who is in the graduation status can apply for the digital SAT exams.
There is no limit to the number of applications for the exams and any student, regardless of age or nationality, can take the exams. In addition, there is no restriction on participating in multiple exams multiple times, and students can participate in as many exams as they wish, as many times as they wish.
Applications are made online at https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register according to the announced exam calendar and usually 1-2 months before the exams. Students are required to submit a digital photograph and ID/passport.
The exams are held in October, November, December, March, May and June each year in the USA and in October, November, December, March, May and June each year in Turkey and other countries. However, the College Board reserves the right to change or cancel exam dates.
The exams are held at schools designated by the College Board. You can find the test centres at https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/find-test-centers.
Distribution and duration of the tests:
Reading and Writing Test: Module 1 27 questions 32 min.
Reading and Writing Test: Module 2 27 questions 32 min.
Mathematics Test: Module 1 22 questions 35 min.
Mathematics Test: Module 2 22 questions 35 min.
Each section is divided into 2 modules of equal length, with a 10 minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Maths section. The first module of each section contains a broad mix of easy, medium and difficult questions. Depending on students’ performance in the first module, the questions in the second module will be either more or less difficult.
No base score is announced in SAT exams, and universities can determine the base scores they usually set between 1000 and 1300 as a prerequisite for applications to universities.
When calculating SAT scores, only the number of correct answers is taken into account and the score calculations are determined according to the number of correct answers. The section scores of the English tests and the section scores of the Maths-Geometry tests are calculated separately. In addition, the minimum score is 200, the maximum score is 800 and the maximum total score is 1600.
Although it varies from year to year, on average 2-2.5 million students take the exams each year.
