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Every point from 400 to 1600, in one place.

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Timed practice

Mini-module

A short timed set at real test pace: about 71 seconds per Reading and Writing question (32 min ÷ 27) and about 95 seconds per Math question (35 min ÷ 22). The coach reviews your results when you finish.

Flashcards

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Describe what you want to learn. The coach writes a short lesson, then Sixteen Hundred animates it with narration and captions. Watch it here or download it.

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Enter where you are now. The coach builds a plan around your weakest domains from practice on this site, or use the quick plan for an instant schedule.

Score tools

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National Merit Selection Index

PSAT/NMSQT

NMSC doubles your Reading and Writing score, adds your Math score, and divides by 10. The range is 48–228.

206Selection Index

Only the PSAT/NMSQT taken in the correct year (usually junior year) enters you in the program. Semifinalist cutoffs are set by state each year and published by NMSC; this tool does not predict them.

Source: National Merit Scholarship Corporation · College Board

Superscore

SAT

Superscoring combines your highest section scores across test dates. Many colleges do this, but policies differ, so check each college's admissions page.

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Score Choice and superscoring: College Board

What a PSAT score says about the SAT

The SAT, PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 are on one vertical scale. College Board describes a PSAT score as an estimate of how you would have scored on the SAT that day. The PSAT tops out at 1520 because it doesn't include the hardest SAT content.

Source: College Board, What Scores Mean

National Merit, step by step

Junior fallTake the PSAT/NMSQT in October. About 1.3 million students enter each year.
Senior Sept.About 50,000 high scorers are recognized. About 16,000 are named Semifinalists, based on state cutoffs; the rest are Commended.
Senior fallSemifinalists submit an application with grades, an essay, a recommendation and a confirming SAT or ACT score.
Feb.–summerAbout 15,000 Finalists are named, and about 7,000 receive Merit Scholarship awards.

Figures are approximate, per NMSC's Steps in the Competition.

Test guide

How the digital tests work

The SAT, PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 share the same format: two sections, each split into two modules, taken on a laptop or tablet in College Board's Bluebook app.

SATPSAT/NMSQTPSAT 10
Who takes itJuniors and seniors (anyone can register)Juniors (entry year for National Merit); sophomores often tooSophomores, in spring
When8 weekend dates a year plus SAT School DayFall window, Oct 1–30, 2026 (at school)Spring window (at school)
Total score400–1600320–1520320–1520
Section scores200–800 each160–760 each160–760 each
Reading & Writing54 q · 64 min54 q · 64 min54 q · 64 min
Math44 q · 70 min44 q · 70 min44 q · 70 min
Total time2 h 14 min + 10 min break2 h 14 min + 10 min break2 h 14 min + 10 min break
Scholarship linkColleges and many scholarship programsNational Merit Scholarship ProgramNot a National Merit entry test

Sources: College Board, SAT structure · PSAT/NMSQT · SAT Suite test dates

Reading and Writing

2 × 27 q · 32 min each

Short passages (25–150 words), one question each. Questions of the same type are grouped and ordered easiest to hardest.

Math

2 × 22 q · 35 min each

About 75% multiple choice and 25% student-produced response. A calculator is allowed on every question, and Desmos is built into Bluebook.

Adaptive testing

Module 1 sets up module 2

Each section is multistage adaptive. Module 1 has a broad mix of easy, medium and hard questions. How you do on it decides whether module 2 is easier or harder. The harder route unlocks the top of the score range, so accuracy in module 1 matters.

Inside a module

Move freely, flag, come back

Within a module you can skip, flag questions for review, and return to them before time runs out. Once a module ends you can't go back. There's no penalty for wrong answers, so answer every question.

Built-in tools

Desmos, reference sheet, annotation

Bluebook includes a countdown clock you can hide, a Desmos graphing calculator, a math reference sheet, an answer-eliminator and a highlighter.

Math reference sheet

Given on test day

Not on the sheet, but you'll need it

Desmos moves that save time

  • Type both sides of an equation as separate lines, then click the intersection to solve.
  • Graph a quadratic to read its vertex, zeros and y-intercept directly.
  • Use a slider (type y = ax + 3) to test which constant makes a condition true.
  • For "how many solutions" questions, count intersection points.
  • Type a data list [4, 7, 7, 9, 13] then mean(...) or stdev(...).

Calculator: Desmos test mode

Answering student-produced response

  • Positive answers can be up to 5 characters, negative up to 6 (including the minus sign).
  • Fractions and decimals are both fine. Don't enter mixed numbers: type 7/2 or 3.5, not 3 1/2.
  • Don't include symbols like $, % or commas.
  • If there's more than one correct answer, enter just one.

Source: SAT student-produced response directions, College Board.

Roadmap

What to do, grade by grade

2026–27 SAT weekend dates

Test dateRegister byChange / cancel byStatus

Deadlines end at 11:59 p.m. ET. Source: College Board, SAT Dates and Deadlines. In-school SAT, PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 windows: Oct 1–30, 2026 and Mar 1–Apr 30, 2027.

SAT fees (weekend test)

Registration$68
Late registration+$38
Change test center$34
Cancel by the change deadline$34
Cancel after the change deadline$44

Eligible students can get fee waivers that cover the SAT, late and cancellation fees, and give unlimited free score reports. Ask your school counselor.

Source: College Board, Test Fees · Fee Waivers

Test day

Be ready before you walk in

The week before

What to bring

Don't bring (or keep powered off and stored)

  • Phones, smartwatches, fitness trackers and other electronics, except your testing device and an approved calculator. Staff will tell you where to store them.
  • Notes, books, highlighters or scratch paper of your own. Scratch paper is provided.
  • Calculators with QWERTY keyboards, internet access or that make noise.

Source: College Board, What to Bring

Pacing on the day

ModuleQuestionsMinutesPer question
R&W 1 and 22732≈ 1:11
Break—10—
Math 1 and 22235≈ 1:35

Answer every question. If one is eating time, pick your best guess, flag it, and come back.

Accommodations (extended time, breaks, assistive technology) must be approved by College Board's Services for Students with Disabilities before you test. Start early with your school's SSD coordinator. College Board SSD
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