1. UPWARD BOUND 2015
Welcome Parents to
Soph. SAT Intro.

2. Important Questions What is the SAT?
What is the College Admissions Portfolio?
How is the SAT used?
How is the SAT scored?
Should students guess?
Where am I?

3. What is the College Admissions Portfolio?
GPA
Course load
Application with essay
Recommendations
Interviews
Intangibles
College specific criteria
SAT or other standardized tests

4. Scholarships, Scholarships, Scholarships..
How is the SAT used?
In general, the larger the college, the more important the SAT becomes.
Scholarships, Scholarships, Scholarships..

5. How is the SAT Scored? All 4 answer multiple choice correct = 1 point
incorrect = 0
blank = 0 point
Student-Produced Response
incorrect = 0 point
Essay (OPTIONAL)
2 scorers give score from 1 to 4

6. How is the SAT Scored? Math score 200 - 800
Evidence based Reading and Writing score

7. How is the SAT Scored?

8. The SAT structure Reading – 52 questions/65 minutes
Writing and Language – 44 questions/35 minutes
Math – 58 questions/80 minutes
Essay (optional) 1/50 min.

9. At nonprofit ETS, our mission is to
Who writes the SAT?
OFFICIAL ANSWER
At nonprofit ETS, our mission is to advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide.
UNOFFICIAL ANSWER
At nonprofit ETS, our mission is to
MAKE MONEY!

10. 2015 Fees Test Fees Making Money… SAT Reasoning Test™ $54.50
SAT Subject Tests™ Basic registration fee Language Tests with Listening (add to basic reg. fee) All other Subject Tests (add per test to basic reg. fee)
$26 add $26 add $18

11. Making MORE Money… Additional Processing Fees (add to test fees)
Register by phone (available only if you have registered before)
$15
Change fee (test type, center, or date change)
$28
Late fee
Standby fee
$46

12. Fees for Receiving Your Scores Fees for Sending Your Scores
and MORE Money…
Fees for Receiving Your Scores
Early scores by Web
Free
Official score report (automatically mailed after you test)
Scores by phone (fee per call)
$15
Fees for Sending Your Scores
Score report requests at registration*
4 reports included
Each additional score report request*
$11.25
Rush reporting service
$31 plus $11.25 for each report
Order additional reports by phone service
$11.25 plus $11.25 for each report
Retrieval fee for archived scores (additional fees may apply)
$31

13. Additional Services Fees
and MORE Money…
Answer Services Fees
SAT Question-and-Answer Service (QAS)**
$18
SAT Student Answer Service (SAS)**
$13.50
Additional Services Fees
Multiple-choice score verification
$55†
Essay score verification
Refund processing fee (for overpayments and duplicate payments) $7

14. Money and the Bell Curve
= NO MONEY