Juniors Prepare for School Day SAT

Shreya Selvaraju, Horizon Editor-In-Chief| March 1, 2022

Nguyen Dang Hoang Nhu

In preparation for the SAT, juniors, and sophomores took the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT), on Oct. 13, 2021.

The school day SAT will take place on Wednesday, March 2. The SAT is composed of three sections; a 65-minute reading section, a 35-minute writing and language section, and an 80-minute math section. All 11th-grade students and a small number of 12th-grade students will take the school day SAT. Only 11th-grade students who have scored above 1450 on past SAT exams were able to apply for an exemption from the school day SAT.

“This is my first time taking it so I’m kind of nervous,” Flora Chen ‘23 said. “But I did a lot of practice so I hope I’ll be fine.”

In preparation for the SAT, juniors, and sophomores took the PSAT on Oct. 13, 2021. Students who are taking the test received their test day information on Tuesday, March 1.

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