SAT Exam Structure

SAT measures verbal and mathematical reasoning skills students have developed over time and skills they need to be successful academically. Many colleges and universities use the SAT as one indicator among others - class rank, high school GPA, extracurricular activities, personal essay, and teacher recommendations - of a student's readiness to do college-level work. The test is administered several times a year.

	The Mathematics Section	The Critical Reading Section	The Writing Section
Time	70 min.	70 min.	60 min.
Sections	(two 25-min. sections and one 20-min. section)	(two 25-min. sections and one 20-min. section)	two multiple choice sections of 25 min. and 10 min. respectively; and one essay section of 25 min.
Content	Number and operations; algebra and functions; geometry; statistics, probability, and data analysis	Passage based reading comprehension, and sentence completion	Essay writing and Grammar usage
Marks	800	800	800

Note: In addition to the nine sections on the three subjects mentioned above, there is also an unscored section, which could be on any of the three subjects.

Updated as on : Dec 21,2011