The American SAT (Scholastic Admissions Test) is a standardised aptitude test used for admission to higher education colleges and universities in the USA. The test lasts just under 4 hours and offers candidates an opportunity to achieve a maximum score of 2400. The test covers 3 subsections namely Mathematics, Critical Reading & Reasoning, and Writing with a score of 800 achievable in each subsection. Places for an Ivy league University are highly competitive and often scores of between 2000 and 2200 are required for admission to the top colleges and universities in the US. Practice tests can be found here.
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Mayfair Consultants’ professional tutors have first-hand experience of all of the major university entrance exams and selection processes in the USA. They are able to offer one-to-one coaching and advice on the admissions process, as well as aptitude tests such as the SAT tests. Mayfair Consultants also offers private, one-to-one coaching and advice for clients preparing for American university applications especially those of the Ivy league group and also preparation for interviews. Many of our tutors have hold top undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications from the leading British and American universities, making them best-placed to support prospective applicants. This test is administered by the US College Board, click here for the official test website.
The SAT is accepted for admission to the following american universities as part of their application procedure, list below with current statistics and insight curtesy of US News:
Princeton, NJ |
Cambridge, MA |
New Haven, CT |
New York, NY |
Stanford, CA |
Chicago, IL |
Durham, NC |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
Philadelphia, PA |
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
Hanover, NH |
Baltimore, MD |
Evanston, IL |
Providence, RI |
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
Ithaca, NY |
Nashville, TN |
Houston, TX |
Notre Dame, IN |
Atlanta, GA |
Washington, DC |
University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
Pittsburgh, PA |
University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
Charlottesville, VA |
Winston-Salem, NC |
Medford, MA |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
Chestnut Hill, MA |
Waltham, MA |
Williamsburg, VA |
New York, NY |
Rochester, NY |
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA |
University of California–Davis Davis, CA |
University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA |
Boston, MA |
Bethlehem, PA |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI |
Coral Gables, FL |
New York, NY |
Boston, MA |
University of California–Irvine Irvine, CA |
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