Students planning to take the next SAT, which will be offered nationwide on Saturday, August 26th, should register immediately, if they haven’t already done so. There is a supply and demand issue that occurs each year in New Jersey, only with the August exam. There are a limited number of seats at local test sites with an abundance of students wanting to take the exam before immersing themselves in the next academic school year. Students who wait too long to register often find themselves taking a road trip of several hours to a testing center with an available seat.
Students get unlimited “do-overs” on the SAT, which they can take as many times as they like during their high school years. It is offered each year in March, May, June, August, October, November, and December, and is available to freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. When the time comes to file college applications and submit their scores to colleges, students can choose which scores to send and which to pretend never happened. Colleges have no way of knowing how many times a student has taken the SAT.
Many colleges allow students to “super-score,” listing on their Common Application (which is accepted by more than 900 colleges) their highest Evidenced-based Reading and Writing score from one test date and their highest Math score from another.
Students seeking admission to competitive colleges know that the SAT is often a key criterion as everyone takes the same test, providing a level playing field on which to compare their scores. The same cannot be said for high school grades, where the level of rigor can vary greatly among schools and even among teachers at the same school.
Local students know that the bar is set high in Central New Jersey when it comes to SAT scores. While the average SAT score of 2022 high school seniors was 1050 (out of 1600) in 2022, according to statistics from the Department of Education, students at many New Jersey high schools scored significantly higher.
Statistics posted on the website of Montgomery High School, for example, cite the mean SAT scores of the Class of 2022. Their Evidence-based Reading & Writing score is listed as 647, with a New Jersey median score of 543 and a national score of 529. Similarly, Montgomery High School’s mean Math score is reported as 669 with a New Jersey score of 537 and a national score of 521.
Students planning to take the August SAT or the fall PSAT or SAT should consider preparing this summer, without the pressures of schoolwork and extracurricular activities.
Susan Alaimo is the founder and director of Collegebound Review which, for the past 25 years, has offered PSAT/SAT® preparation, essay editing, and private college advising by Ivy League educated instructors. Visit CollegeboundReview.com or call 908-369-5362
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