SAT For Dummies

The SAT is administered annually to more than 2 million students at approximately 6,000 test centers located in more than 170 countries. The test is used to measure a student's readiness for college, as well as to interpret overall academic performance in relation to the national applicant pool. Nearly every college in America accepts the SAT or SAT Subject Tests as a part of its admissions process. In addition to admission, many colleges use the SAT for course placement and/or scholarship consideration.


The previous edition was written for the revised exam released in 2016. This edition will feature content tailored toward this revised exam with the benefit of the authors' experience teaching it. New and revised content includes:

English/grammar section: Revised question topics Reading section: Focus on the question patterns (the way questions are paired) Math sections: Simple approaches to seemingly tricky questions, as well as more focus on the high-level topics that appear Essay: An effective, tried-and-true method that is targeted to the rubric