| SAT Test Date | Registration Deadline | Scores Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2025 | February 21, 2025 | March 21, 2025 |
| May 3, 2025 | April 18, 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
| June 7, 2025 | May 22, 2025 | June 20, 2025 |
| August 23, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| October 4, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| November 8, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| December 6, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| March 14, 2026 | TBD | TBD |
| May 2, 2026 | TBD | TBD |
| June 6, 2026 | TBD | TBD |
It is strongly recommended that you skip over problems you don’t immediately know how to do and then go back to them in two or three passes. There are “time traps”, particularly in the math section, where you can spend several minutes on one problem and not get the correct answer.
You will be allowed to use the Desmos graphing calculator, and it is important that you become familiar with it. You can solve many problems by graphing. For example, systems of equations. Quadratic equations can also be solved by finding the x-intercepts. Sometimes, free answer problems are difficult to get an exact answer by graphing. Answer choices are also sometimes given with radicals and you may need to convert those radicals to decimals to compare with the answer by graphing. Most programmable calculators are allowed. There are programs that will solve certain types of problems for you. Those are mostly only useful for students who cannot solve the problems themselves, and often problems solved by programs can also be solved by graphing.
A “trick” method of solving is backsolving, basically plugging in the answer choices and see which works. Another method is substitution, where you plug in a number for a variable in the question expression and the same number in each solution, and see which agree. These methods should generally be used when you cannot solve the problem directly or algebraically.
It is recommended that you use the official question bank https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/digital/search to prepare for the exam. If you are at 550 or over in a section, you should focus on the difficult problems. If you are at about 500, you should focus on the medium problems. At about 400, you should focus on the easy problems. Usually, it is better to use the PSAT problems, which are more complete, even when preparing for the SAT.
There are commercial services with online practice tests. These are not as close to the exam as the official material, but may be helpful for practicing the semi-adaptive format, etc. https://www.test-qube.com/buy-digital-sat-r-practice-tests
While the most important thing is to know the difficult questions in the Question Bank, there is much material on the Math SAT which is not in the Question Bank. To my knowledge, there are no materials available that will help you with that.
The Math SAT of 2000 and before was mostly problems that could be done with prealgebra or at least Algebra I and Geometry. However, the current SAT goes through basic material in precalculus.
The current SAT is highly focused on material useful in college, but not necessarily taught much in high school. The verbal portion focuses on grammar. In math, there is a lot of basic statistics, and most students have not had a statistics course. It also focuses on basic concepts useful in college, like finding the equation of a line from 2 points.
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/dates-deadlines This is the official site, where you can register for the exam
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https://www.studypoint.com/ed/sat-test-dates/
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