SAT stands for SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test. SAT is a standardized test with a pre-defined syllabus which is designed to test student’scritical thinking skills, as well as the ability to analyze and solve problems in math, critical reading, and writing. The SAT is one way to demonstrate a student's competitiveness and their likelihood to succeed in a course, and it is one of the several factors that many universities and colleges consider when making their admission decisions alongside high school grades.

The SAT is a standardized test required by many US colleges and universities as part of their admission process. The score a student gets on the SAT is often used as a predictor of how a student is likely to perform in college-level studies.

However, a SAT score is not supposed to be used as the sole admissions criterion admissions committees should also consider high school grades, recommendations, essays and other relevant information in offering places on their undergraduate courses.

In its present form it consists of two different examinations:

• The SAT Reasoning Tests (formerly SAT I)
• The SAT Subject Tests (formerly SAT II)

Sections	Component	Time Allotted (min.)	Number of Questions/Tasks
1	Reading	65	52
2	Writing and Language	35	44
3	Math (No Calculator)	25	20 (5 Grid-in)
4	Math (Calculator)	55	38 (8 Grid-in)
5	Essay (optional)	50	1
	Total	180 (230 with Essay)	154 (155 with Essay)