The all-important SAT: this year's dates
Welcome to the new school year. For high school juniors and procrastinating seniors, the SAT looms.
College-bound high-schoolers are encouraged to take the SAT reasoning test (when you see simply SAT, that's generally what's meant) and two SAT subject tests, or SAT IIs.
You may take the SAT more than once, and more than two subject tests, in search of higher scores. Organizations such as the Education Conservancy and FairTest — crusaders against the overheated college admissions frenzy — urge students and parents not to go nuts taking and retaking the tests repeatedly.
To get full information on the SATs, sign up at www.collegeboard.com. Once you get into their database, the College Board will also send you perfectly targeted e-mail updates, which are extremely useful and a little creepy. ("Now that it's October of your junior year, you should...")
The SATs are given in a zillion locations on the same Saturdays worldwide. Special testing can be arranged on the Sunday of the same weekend for those who can't take tests on Saturdays for religious reasons. The earlier you register, the more likely you are to get a convenient location — those who have tried to get a teen-ager to a faraway spot by 7:45 on a Saturday morning recognize how important that is. Here are the dates and domestic signup deadlines (see the College Board website for international information):
Test date: Oct. 4, 2008 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Sept. 9
Late (with a late fee): Sept. 16
Test date: Nov. 1, 2008 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Sept. 26
Late (with a late fee): Oct. 10
Test date: Dec. 6, 2008 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Nov. 5
Late (with a late fee): Nov. 18
Test date: Jan. 24, 2009 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Dec. 26
Late (with a late fee): Jan. 6
Test date: March 14, 2009 (SAT only)
Regular registration deadline: Feb. 10
Late (with a late fee): Feb. 24
Test date: May 2, 2009 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: March 31
Late (with a late fee): April 9
Test date: June 6, 2009 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: May 5
Late (with a late fee): May 15
Register via the College Board website.
College-bound high-schoolers are encouraged to take the SAT reasoning test (when you see simply SAT, that's generally what's meant) and two SAT subject tests, or SAT IIs.
You may take the SAT more than once, and more than two subject tests, in search of higher scores. Organizations such as the Education Conservancy and FairTest — crusaders against the overheated college admissions frenzy — urge students and parents not to go nuts taking and retaking the tests repeatedly.
To get full information on the SATs, sign up at www.collegeboard.com. Once you get into their database, the College Board will also send you perfectly targeted e-mail updates, which are extremely useful and a little creepy. ("Now that it's October of your junior year, you should...")
The SATs are given in a zillion locations on the same Saturdays worldwide. Special testing can be arranged on the Sunday of the same weekend for those who can't take tests on Saturdays for religious reasons. The earlier you register, the more likely you are to get a convenient location — those who have tried to get a teen-ager to a faraway spot by 7:45 on a Saturday morning recognize how important that is. Here are the dates and domestic signup deadlines (see the College Board website for international information):
Test date: Oct. 4, 2008 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Sept. 9
Late (with a late fee): Sept. 16
Test date: Nov. 1, 2008 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Sept. 26
Late (with a late fee): Oct. 10
Test date: Dec. 6, 2008 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Nov. 5
Late (with a late fee): Nov. 18
Test date: Jan. 24, 2009 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: Dec. 26
Late (with a late fee): Jan. 6
Test date: March 14, 2009 (SAT only)
Regular registration deadline: Feb. 10
Late (with a late fee): Feb. 24
Test date: May 2, 2009 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: March 31
Late (with a late fee): April 9
Test date: June 6, 2009 (SAT and Subject Tests)
Regular registration deadline: May 5
Late (with a late fee): May 15
Register via the College Board website.
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