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SAT (Scholastic Admission Test)

We know that you want value from your SAT course. However, the fact remains that all the self professed best and oldest institutes in Kathmandu are in no position to give value! Our SAT 1 verbal Instructor, Mr. Sanjay Smart, will be more than happy to answer any query about your SAT plans or any question related to the course.

In a scenario where just about any clown can qualify as a SAT teacher, Sanjay Smart comes across as the real professional. Feel Free to just come over any day and spend the whole day to look over the lesson plans and the teaching methodology. THEN, go to other institutes and ask for the same! Deciding which the right course is for you will become much easier for you after that.

All About SAT 1

The SAT 1 is an entry level test for prospective undergraduates. While there are many colleges and universities in the United States that accept foreign students on the basis of their Toefl scores, the better state universities and private universities require a certain score in the SAT 1 before they can admit any student- domestic or international. The SAT 1 is also one of the criteria that is used to evaluate scholarship applications. A good SAT 1 score goes a long way in ensuring that you get a scholarship award in the institution of your dreams.

The SAT 1 is a 'scholastic' test. It is more esoteric than a proficiency test like the Toefl and is supposed to measure your aptitude in 'scholastics'. Earlier, the SAT was the acronym for 'Scholastic Aptitude Testing' but in the latest bulletins, this 'full form' can is no longer found on any of the official publications or media.

Test Format

The SAT 1 is a grueling test and consists of 10 sections that last for an average of 20-25 minutes. It is a paper based test and conducted at St. xaviers School and Lincoln's School in Kathmandu. The SAT 1, broadly speaking, has three sections- Reading, Writing and Math. Each of these sections are worth a band score of 800 and the total score of the SAT 1 is 2400. The following is the break up of the various sections in the SAT 1:

WRITING:-

Writing Section 1.

Essay Section - 25 Minutes FOR 1 essay

Writing Section 2.

Improving Sentences, Improving Paragraphs and Identifying Sentence Errors - 25

Writing Section 3.

Improving Sentences- 10 minutes for 14 questions

READING :-

Critical Reading Section 1.

Sentence Completions and Passage Based Questions- 25 minutes for 24 questions

Critical Reading Section 2.

Sentence Completions and Passage Based Questions- 25 minutes for 24 questions

Critical Reading Section 3.

Sentence Completions and Passage Based Questions- 20 minutes for 19 questions

MATH :-

Math Section 1.

25 Minutes for 20 Questions

Math Section 2.

25 Minutes for 18 Questions

Math Section 3.

20 Minutes for 16 Questions

The total number of questions in the SAT 1 is as follows:

CRITICAL READING

Sentence Completions - 19

Passage based Questions - 48

Total- 67

WRITING

Identifying Sentence Errors- 18

Improving Sentences - 25

Improving Paragraphs- 6

Essay - 1

Total- 49 + Essay

MATHEMATICAL REASONING

Multiple Choice- 44

Grid Ins - 10

Total - 54

Scoring

Multiple Choice Questions:

You receive 1 raw point for each right answer and a fourth of a point subtracted for every wrong answer.

Student Produced Response:

1 raw point for each correct answer but NO subtractions

ESSAY: A score on a scale of 2-12, though a blank, irrelevant or illegible essay response will fetch you a ZERO

PERCENTILE SCORES

These are given on as scale of 1-99. They tell you what percentage of students got a score lower than yours

TOTAL SCORES

CRITICAL READING - 200 -800

WRITING - 200-800

MATH - 200- 800

ESSAY - 2-12 (Band Scoring- 0.0 - 6.0)

** Please note that the Essay scores are computed onto the Multiple Choice Writing Scores.

Class Duration and Rotational

The SAT 1 course at City Education is an eight week course and is also rotational in nature. This means that new students can join a class at the beginning of any module. See the following chart to understand the modules and the enrty dates.

Duration: 8 weeks

Entry Date	Week	Module Number	Module Name
Available	Week 1	Module 1	Sentence Completion
Available	Week 2	Module 2	Critical Reading
-	Week 3	-	Critical Reading
-	Week 4	-	Critical Reading
-Available	Week 5	Module 3	Essays
-	Week 6	Module 4	Writing Multiple Choice
-	Week 7	-	Writing Multiple Choice
Available	Week 8	Module 5	Paragraph Improvement

* Please note that the Math course is fully rotational and students can join any given Monday.

Classes are conducted from Monday to Friday for a total of Two hours daily. Every Day, one hour each is allotted to the Verbal portion (reading and writing) and the Math portion. Sunday is for full length testing and dedicated testing. Dedicated testing means that students are tested only on question types that they have covered in class. A dedicated test in useful in that, it pinpoints the weaknesses of the student in particular areas.

Training Modules and Free Materials

At City Education, we use only the latest and most effective Training Modules. The Multiple Choice Writing section is taught on multi-media projector with slides that cover the whole syllabus of Grammar, syntax and mechanics. The Sentence Completion module is also taught on Multi media projectors and covers the whole gamut of componential association and vocabulary. The Essay Writing and Critical Reading components are taught using multi media projector and conventional materials due to the nature and scope of these components of the SAT 1. Please look at the syllabus listing to get a comprehensive idea of our SAT 1 course.


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