SAT Subject Test Information for Bangladeshi Students

1. What is SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) Subject Test (SAT II)?

SAT Subject Tests are designed to measure your knowledge and skills in particular subject areas, as well as your ability to apply that knowledge. Students take the Subject Tests to demonstrate to colleges their mastery of specific subjects like English, history, mathematics, science, and language. The tests are independent of any particular textbook or method of instruction.

2. When Should a Student Take Subject Test?

Most students take Subject Tests toward the end of their junior year or at the beginning of their senior year.

3. Who Administer it?

The CollegeBoard.com authority controls SAT Subject Test (SAT II).

4. Test Center Address in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Notre Dame College, Dhaka.

5. SAT Subject Test (SAT II) Fee?

Information for fees visit CollegeBoard.com site.

6. How to Register for SAT Subject Test (SAT II)?

A. The simplest and quickest way:

1. Visit CollegeBoard.com site and open an account with them. Then you have to go to the following address with your User Name and Password information.

VarsityAdmission.COM

BSRS Bhaban, Level 9 (West)

12 Karwanbazar, Dhaka 1215

Phone: 9140577, 01819-282014

2. Pay the required fee and service charge. More information about charge.

3. Finally, you will get your exam confirmation at your account within three days. You can print your exam ticket from the account with www.CollegeBoard.com

B. If you have International Credit Card

Online Registration: Visit CollegeBoard.com site and follow the instruction.

7. How to Get your SAT Subject Test Score?

A. The simplest and quickest way

1. You have to go to the following address.

VarsityAdmission.COM

BSRS Bhaban, Level 9 (West)

12 Karwanbazar, Dhaka 1215

Phone: 9140577, 01819-282014

2. Pay the required fee and service charge. More information about charge.

B. Through Online

You can also view your SAT II online score report. The SAT II online score report is available free to every student who takes the SAT II on collegeboard.com account.

C. If you have Online Credit Card

Score Reports by Phone:

To get your score by telephone, call (212) 713-7789 (International), during standard business hours. The fee is of $US12.00 for this service.

8. How to send Additional Score Report (ASR)?

A. The simplest and quickest way

1. You have to go to the following address.

VarsityAdmission.COM

BSRS Bhaban, Level 9 (West)

12 Karwanbazar, Dhaka 1215

Phone: 9140577, 01819-282014

2. Fee for each additional score report is $9.50. For service charge visit More information about charge.

B. If You Have Online Credit Card

A. Thorough Online:

1. Visit CollegeBoard.com site and follow the instruction.

2. Your scores will be mailed about three weeks after you submit your request.

B. Conventional System

1. Download the Form CollegeBoard.com or get it from American Center at Banani.

2. Print the form and fill up it.

3. Send the Form by postal mail to the following address:

SAT Program

P.O. Box 8057

Mount Vernon, IL 62864.

4. If you are paying by credit card, you can place your order through your online account at www.collegeboard.

9. SAT II Score Scale

a. The SAT has three scores, each on the scale of 200 to 800.

10. Test, Test Date, or Test Center Changes (Rescheduling)

1. If a student is registered for a test and wants to change the test, test center, or test date, the student should call SAT customer service no later than the Wednesday that is two and a half weeks before the test date.

2. The Fee is $US21.

3. International Credit card required.

11. Refunds Policy

1. Test and registration fees (including late fees and telephone re-registration fees) cannot be refunded, even if you cancel your test scores or are absent on test day.

2. Most SAT-related fees are transferable but not refundable. The only refundable fees are for:

a. Services you ordered on your Registration Form for a test date that you later missed.
b. Additional score reports that you ordered on your Registration Form for a test date that you later missed.

3. If you ordered QAS (Questions and Answer Service) and your order was not fulfilled, contact us to find out if you are entitled to a refund.

4. Refunds are processed beginning six weeks after the test date.

12. How long is SAT II Score Valid?

SAT II score is valid for 5 years

13. SAT Subject Test (SAT II) Syllabus/Test Content

Subject Tests fall into five general subject areas:

A. English (Literature)

Time: One hour

Format:

1. About 60 multiple-choice questions

2. 6 to 8 reading selections followed by sets of 4 to 12 questions

3. Selections from works originally written in English from the Renaissance to the present

Score: Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Content:

1. Source of Questions:

a. English literature: 40–50% question of test

b. American literature: 40–50% question of test

c. Other literature written in English: 0–10% question of test

2. Chronology:

a. Renaissance and 17th century: 30% question of test

b. 18th and 19th centuries: 30% question of test

c. 20th century: 40% question of test

3. Genre:

a. Poetry: 40–50% question of test

b. Prose: 40–50% question of test

c. Drama and other: 0–10% question of test

*The distribution of passages may vary in different versions of the test.

The chart above indicates typical or average content.

B. United States History

Time: One hour

Format:

1. 90–95 multiple-choice questions

2. Questions cover political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history and foreign policy

Score: Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Content:

1. Material Covered:

a. Political history: 32–36% question of test

b. Economic history: 18–20% question of test

c. Social history: 18–22% question of test

d. Intellectual and cultural history: 10–12% question of test

e. Foreign policy: 13–17% question of test

2. Periods Covered:

a. Pre-Columbian history to 1789: 20% question of test

b. 1790–1898: 40% question of test

c. 1899 to the present: 40% question of test

*Social science concepts, methods, and generalizations are incorporated in this material.

C. World History

Time: One hour

Format:

1. 95 multiple-choice questions

2. Questions cover political and diplomatic, social and economic, and intellectual and cultural fields.

Score: Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Content:

1. Material Covered:

a. Global or comparative: 25% question of test

b. Europe: 25% question of test

c. Africa: 10% question of test

d. Southwest Asia: 10% question of test

e. South and Southeast Asia: 10% question of test

e. East Asia: 10% question of test

f. Americas: 10% question of test

2. Periods Covered:

a. Prehistory and civilizations to 500 C.E.: 25% question of test

b. 500 to 1500 C.E.: 20% question of test

c. 1500 to 1900 C.E.: 25% question of test

d. Post-1900 C.E.: 20% question of test

e. Cross-chronological: 10% question of test

*The World History Subject Test uses the chronological designations B.C.E. (before common era) and C.E. (common era). These labels correspond to B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (anno Domini), which are used in some world history textbooks.

D. Mathematics Level 1 and Level

1. Mathematics Level 1 is a broad survey test intended for students who have taken three years of college-preparatory mathematics, including two years of algebra and one year of geometry.

2. Mathematics Level 2 is a broad survey test intended for students who have taken college-preparatory mathematics for more than three years, including two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and elementary functions (precalculus) and/or trigonometry.

Time: One hour

Format:

1. 50 multiple-choice questions

2. The tests cover content typically taught in the first three years (for Level 1) or four years (for Level 2) of college-preparatory mathematics.

Score:

1. Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Calculator:

1. For Level 1 & Level 2 both tests require scientific or graphing calculator. But it is not necessary for every question. Without calculator, will be a disadvantage.

Content:

1. Topics- Number and Operations: 10–14% question of test (For Level 1) & for 10–

14% question of test (For Level 2)

2. Topics- Algebra and Functions: 38–42% question of test (For Level 1) & for 48–50% question of test (For Level 2)

3. Topics- Geometry and Measurement: 38–42% question of test (For Level 1) & for 28–32% question of test (For Level 2)

4. Topics- Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: 6–10% question of test (For Level 1) & for 6–10% question of test (For Level 2)

*Topics in italics are tested on the Level 2 Test only. The content of Level 1 overlaps somewhat with that on Level 2, but the emphasis on Level

E. Biology E/M

1. Take Biology E if you feel more comfortable answering questions pertaining to biological communities, populations, and energy flow.

2. Take Biology M if you feel more comfortable answering questions pertaining to biochemistry, cellular structure and processes, such as respiration and photosynthesis.

3. Indicate choice of Biology E or Biology M on your answer sheet on test day.

Time: One hour

Format:

Both Biology E and M have

1. 80 multiple-choice questions

2. 60 of the 80 questions are common to both Biology E and M, followed by 20 specialized questions for each section.

Score: Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Content:

1. Cellular and Molecular Biology: 15% question of test (For E) & 27% question of test (For M)

2. Ecology: 23% question of test (For E) & 13% question of test (For M)

3. Genetics: 15% question of test (For E) & 20% question of test (For M)

4. Organismal Biology: 25% question of test (For E) & 25% question of test (For M)

5. Evolution and Diversity: 22% question of test (For E) & 15% question of test (For M)

F. Chemistry

Time: One hour

Format:

1. 85 multiple-choice questions

2. Approximately five questions on equation balancing and/or predicting products of chemical reactions.

3. Questions cover topics emphasized in most high school courses.

Score:

Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Content:

1. Structure of Matter: 25% question of test

2. States of Matter: 16% question of test

3. Reaction Types: 14% question of test

4. Stoichiometry: 14% question of test

5. Equilibrium and Reaction Rates: 5% question of test

G. Physics

Time: One hour

Format:

1. 75 multiple-choice questions

2. Questions cover topics emphasized in most high school courses

Score:

Total score: 200–to–800 scale

Content:

1. Skills Specification:

a. Recall: 20–33% question of test

b. Single-Concept Problem: 40–53% question of test

c. Multiple-Concept Problem: 20–33% question of test

d. Laboratory Skills:

2. Topics Covered:

a. Mechanics: 36–42% question of test

b. Electricity and Magnetism: 18–24% question of test

c. Waves and Optics: 15–19% question of test

d. Heat and Thermodynamics: 6–11% question of test

e. Modern Physics: 6–11% question of test

f. Miscellaneous: 4–9% question of test

H. Languages

1. Chinese with Listening

2. French

3. French with Listening

4. German

5. German with Listening

6. Spanish

7. Spanish with Listening

8. Modern Hebrew

9. Italian

10. Latin

11. Japanese with Listening

12. Korean with Listening

For knowing the Time, Format, Score, and Content related information Visit About the SAT Subject Tests page.

Last Update: June 09 2007 12:43:55