Schools will be replacing the SAT with a digital version, which will be adopted this March all over the United States.
The new digital SATs will have many new changes, including an overall shorter test, ability to move back and forth between questions, the removal of the “no calculator” section, a new system that gives you questions for the second math section based on your performance on the first math section. Also, the reading and writing sections are now combined and get progressively harder.
Of course, there will also be a lot of things that stay the same. These include many main factors of the SAT. Most importantly scoring is equal and the exact same as it was in the paper version. Another important thing is the fee, which will remain at $60. Just because it is digital, doesn’t mean students can take it at home. Students still have to take it at school or another authorized campus.
The days of extremely long passages are in the past since the digital SATs have shorter passages but more of them. The math section will have calculators available on every question instead of the traditional “no calculator” sections. The digital SATs are two hours long instead of the usual three. There will be 56 less questions. Students can get their scores back in one to three weeks.
