Achieving Higher SAT Scores based in Southbury, Connecticut

The SAT Doctor in Southbury, Connecticut, is designed for achieving higher SAT scores through our comprehensive SAT preparation programs. Changes made to the SAT were designed to reflect more accurately what students are or should be learning in school.

The New SAT Test
The new SAT test consists of three main sections and one experimental component. The three main sections are Critical Reading, Math, and Writing Skills and are graded individually on a scale of 200-800 points. The new SAT perfect total score is 2400.

Writing Skills Component and Essay
This section was added in March 2005. It consists of 49 multiple-choice grammar questions counting for 70% of the writing score.

Multiple-Choice Questions Are Broken Down into 2 Sections
1. A 25-minute section with 35 multiple choice questions will ask
   students to identify errors, and the best ways to improve sentences and
   paragraphs.
2. A 10-minute section with 14 multiple-choice questions that ask students
   the best ways to improve sentences only.

The remaining 30% of the Writing Skills Component score is determined by the essay. Students have only 25-minutes to compose a 44-line essay on a very general topic using examples from literature, social studies, current events, and/or personal experiences or observations.

Critical Reading
This section is similar to what was once referred to as the verbal portion of the test. Vocabulary will be de-emphasized with an end to basic analogies. Vocabulary is still important for reading comprehension questions. There are comprehension questions on shorter passages, or pairs of short passages, aside from the traditional longer passages.

Math
Quantitative comparisons counting for 25% of the math score are gone. There are a handful of higher-level Algebra II questions. Concepts such as exponential growth are introduced and there is more of an emphasis on graphs and interpreting visual data.

Experimental
Writers of the SAT have developed this section in order to learn statistical information. It does not count toward your final score. The catch is you won't be able to tell it apart from the other sections as it appears to be a normal Critical Reading or Math section. This means that you must take every section seriously.