The SAT's optional essay section provides test-takers with 50 minutes to compose a response to a given passage. At first glance, 50 minutes may seem like ample time to complete this task, but the SAT ...

Enduring three hours of the SAT is a coming-of-age tradition about as pleasant as being stuck in a car without air conditioning on a cross-country family trip. It’s about to get worse. Besides having ...

The jury is still out on the difficulty and value of the SAT’s new required timed essay, but it’s generating plenty of student angst. Testing guru and author Adam Robinson offers these tips for ...

This tip for improving your SAT score was provided by Samhita Noone at Veritas Prep. The SAT essay is graded across five dimensions: demonstration of critical thinking, coherency and clear ...

As many students are aware, a comprehensive redesign of the SAT was introduced in March 2016. As part of this revision, the essay section is now optional. The essay focus has also changed and become ...

In a major overhaul of the SAT college entrance exam, students starting in 2016 will no longer be required to write an essay, will not be penalized for wrong answers and will not be able to freely use ...