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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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:
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Princeton, NJ |
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Cambridge, MA |
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New Haven, CT |
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New York, NY |
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Stanford, CA |
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Chicago, IL |
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Durham, NC |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
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Philadelphia, PA |
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California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
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Hanover, NH |
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Baltimore, MD |
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Evanston, IL |
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Providence, RI |
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Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
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Ithaca, NY |
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Nashville, TN |
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Houston, TX |
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Notre Dame, IN |
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Atlanta, GA |
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Washington, DC |
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University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
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Pittsburgh, PA |
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University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
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University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
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Charlottesville, VA |
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Winston-Salem, NC |
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Medford, MA |
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University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
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University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
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Chestnut Hill, MA |
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Waltham, MA |
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Williamsburg, VA |
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New York, NY |
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Rochester, NY |
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Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
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Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
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Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA |
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University of California–Davis Davis, CA |
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University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA |
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Boston, MA |
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Bethlehem, PA |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
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University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
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University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
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University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI |
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Coral Gables, FL |
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New York, NY |
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Boston, MA |
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University of California–Irvine Irvine, CA |
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