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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 requirement of most of the American undergraduate schools. Administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and sponsored by the College Board USA, the SAT is a three hour forty-five minute test.

 Local SAT Test centers:
1 Lincoln School, Rabi Bhawan, Kathmandu
2 St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu

Test Dates: The SAT tests are not scheduled through out the year. Every year, the College Board publishes information bulletin.

General Format of SAT:

I. CRITICAL READING SECTION

Section

Duration

Questions

01

25 minutes

24/25 questions

8 sentence completion questions.

4 reading comprehension questions. ( 2 short passages)
12/13 reading comprehension questions. (1 long passages)

02

25 minutes
24/25 questions

 

5 sentence completion questions.
4 reading comprehension questions. (2 short passages)

15/16reading comprehension questions. (2 long passages)

03

20 minutes
19 questions

6 sentence completion questions.
13 reading comprehension questions (paired long passages)

II. WRITING SKILLS SECTION

Section

Duration

Questions

01

25 minutes

1 Essay

02

25 minutes
33 questions

11 improving sentences
18 identifying sentence error
6 improving paragraphs

03

10 minutes
14 questions

14 improving sentences



III QUANTITATIVE SECTION

Section

Duration

Questions

01

25 minutes

20 standard multiple choice

02

25 minutes

8 standard multiple choice

10 grids-ins


03

20 minutes

16 standard multiple choice

College Board Exams introduced the new Scholastic aptitude Test (N-SAT) in 2005. Even though many colleges and universities do not require N-SAT of international students, this test scores are highly considered for the assessment of undergraduate scholarship application in American schools. The test dates for this test are published in advance in the information bulletin that is available at the United States Education Foundation (USEF) at Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu. N-SAT is administered at two locations in Nepal: Lincoln School at Rabi Bhawan and St. Xavier’s School at Jawalakhel, Lalitpur. For more information regarding N-SAT, students can brows through the website of Entrance Examination Board: www.collegeboard.com