Factors that colleges consider 96% - Grades in college prep courses 91% - Grades in all courses 89% - Scores on college admission tests 88% - Strength.

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Factors that colleges consider 96% - Grades in college prep courses 91% - Grades in all courses 89% - Scores on college admission tests 88% - Strength of curriculum 62% - Essay 59% - Letters of recommendation 50% - Student’s demonstrated interest 50% - Class rank 48% - Extracurricular activities 38% - AP/IB test scores

Applications by the numbers Applications per Admissions Counselor

3 Sections2 Sections 3 Sections2 Sections “Optional” essay “Optional” essay The Redesigned SAT

Highlights Still an Endurance Test Including the “optional” essay, total test time increases to 3 hours and 50 minutes Back to 1600 Math: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Verbal): “Cross-test” scores that will be ignored A Longer, “Optional” Essay Score (2-8) not factored into the Verbal or cumulative scores Analyze and respond to a piece of text 50 minutes, up from 25

Highlights Don’t Leave Anything Blank No guessing penalty Fewer Answer Choices Four answer choices instead of five Put the Calculator Away (Sometimes) One no-calculator section

Highlights No More Flash Cards Sentence Completions eliminated Define words in context Emphasis on Data Analysis Charts, graphs, and tables appear in Reading, Writing, and Math questions

Mathematics on the Redesigned SAT Current SAT (through January 2016) Redesigned SAT ( from March 2016) 54 questions, 70 minutes57 questions, 80 minutes Calculator allowed for all partsOne no-calculator section Arithmetic, Geometry, some AlgebraMore Algebra and some Trigonometry “One-off” problemsMulti-step word problems

Current SAT ( through January 2016) Redesigned SAT ( from March 2016) 67 reading/vocab questions, 70 minutes52 reading questions, 65 minutes 49 grammar questions, 35 minutes44 grammar questions, 35 minutes 25-minute essay scored from minute essay scored from 2-8 Finding the “best-fit” answerFocus on command of evidence Verbal on the Redesigned SAT