The majority of universities in the U.S.A require international students to submit SAT scores as one of the criteria for admission to American universities. Although excellent studying results, an impressive record, but you own a modest SAT scores. This can affect to your admission result? The answer is that you do not worry too much because now there are many universities in the United States still accept modest SAT scores for international students who wish to study here.
First of all, we would like to say something about the SAT:
SAT is a standardized exams for enrolling in some universities in the United States. SAT is managed by non-profit organization College Board of the United States, and is developed by the organization ETS - Educational Testing Service.
Currently, the SAT lasts 3 hours 45 minutes. Exam fees for each session is $ 71 for students tested in the range outside the US and $ 45 for students tested within the United States.
Between schools in the United States differ in the assessment of student proficiency scale, curriculum and the difficulty of the courses. Thus, the SAT (or ACT exams - an exam is similar to the SAT) to help universities easily categorize students with more standardized scale.
Structure:
SAT consists of three main sections: Math, Reading and Writing. Each section has a minimum scale of 200 and a maximum of 800. The total score is calculated by adding 3 points both parts together. Each section is divided into three small sections; thus, a total of 9 sessions.
These new changes how will greatly affect on teaching content. But according to general opinion, the SAT will create more favorable conditions for the students, because of the following reasons:
- Cut down difficult vocabulary
- Few of choices of answer
- Have more time
- Do not be penalized when the wrong answer
Here is a list of 10 U.S Universities receiving students with modest SAT scores when you want to study in the US:
- Mount Holyoke University
- Sarah Lawrence University
- University of Bowdoin
- Arcadia University
- University of Ursinus
- University of the Holy Cross
- Hampshire University
- University of Smith
- University of Washington
- University of Iowa
