SAT Test Dates: Full Guide to Choosing in 2021 (COVID-19 Updates)

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If you're interested in taking an SAT exam, you would have to pick a single date from the seven new ones within a year. Choosing the most suitable date for appearing in an SAT is also challenging for many students. There are different factors when it comes to selecting the date for seniors or juniors etc. We're providing you with the most recent details on the SAT exam schedule (for the US) for 2021. Here are some ideal suggestions for picking an ideal time as per your convenience. 

Note: The following schedule is being shared as per the current updates. However, there can be any changes, extensions, and postponing of tests due to the US's current pandemic.

Deadlines and Dates for 2021 after Covid-19 (US) 

The Sundays are also in the schedule as alternate dates for those who can't appear on the test on Saturdays for any personal reason. Following is some info about the SAT score list disclosure schedule, delayed registration final date, usual registration final date, and other exam dates. The other few score list releasing schedules are not disclosed officially. However, the board has disclosed the exam schedule (for the US) for the year 2021. 

* Candidates who're registering through the mail must follow the late registration final date a week earlier.

**Marks List would be shared within ten days.

Expected Deadlines and Dates for the year 2021-2022 (U.S) 

The following table shows the anticipated SAT marks releasing schedule, final registration date, and tests. This schedule is subject to change due to the Covid-19 situation.

It clearly seems challenging to take the exam consecutively due to the more dates of fall exams. You would do it by spending money on the next attempt if one's score would be more than the expectations and if you were to move further and be a part of taking a second test with no info of the previous grade. It is not easier to get the best of attempting again by taking consecutive tests in a row. 

Important Factors to Pick the Suitable Date for Test

Never think of committing with the best date unless you're not familiar with these five factors. Take a look here.

• Will you be busy with some personal commitments? Are you facing anything you couldn't postpone that would be held at the specific time? Try to concentrate on your work, from holidays and extracurricular activities to school tableaus. Also, keep your mental health safe, considering that it has been badly affected due to the main effects of the second wave of the Corona pandemic. 

• Plan and create a schedule for giving enough time to study harder. You'll need sufficient hours to study in the end. Gather sufficient study material and focus on some best and workable online educational sources for the desired help. Try to make the following total point improvements by following the required study hours.

          > 10 hours: 0-30 point improvement

          > 20 hours: 30-70 improvement point

          > 40 hours: 70-130 point improvement

          > 80 hours: 130-200 point improvement

          > 150 hours: 200-330 point improvement

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Going to the classroom is no longer a requirement to learn for SAT preparation. You can go through the different test prep companies like Magoosh, Kaplan, and PrepScholar, but remember to read online reviews before making a final decision, so check PrepScholar reviews first to be aware of the best online prep courses and what people think about them. The online classes positively impacts the students make them feel less anxious and more connected by studying. 

• Make your mind regarding the number of times you're going to take an SAT. It is recommended to take it at least a second or third time for improving the marks properly. Check out the schedule below.

          > Pick the best day at the final time of the last early/summer-fall of the final year.

          > Take SAT a next time for the junior spring year.

          > Pick the exam in the year's fall period as a junior.

Source: https://news.gsu.edu/2019/08/06/researcher-receives-3-2-million-federal-grant-to-study-blended-learning-literacy-program-in-juvenile-justice-schools/

• Remember that your college application couldn't be qualified if your institutions never work or get your SAT scores on time. College application deadlines must be in focus too. In the United States, the final dates for early decisions start from Nov 1st to 5th of the same month. And, it's Jan 1st of usual decision. 

Recommendations for Best SAT Dates for Initial Decision, Seniors & Juniors

If You're Applying Early Action

Riskier Time: October

Best Time: June August.

You have to focus on your letter rather than your SAT preparation because of these dates. 

For Seniors

Riskier Time: December

Suggested Time: August, October, November

You may easily assume the earliest deadline somewhere on Jan 1st as these dates shall have few difficulties getting your marks on time to colleges. Try to appear on the exam on the date in any of the recommended times monthly. 

As a Junior

Best Applying Time: March, May, June (for 2nd test) and December, November, October (for 1st test). 

You can have plenty of time and a lot of flexibility for study preparation by choosing the date in October and November. This is an ideal time to take the test as a junior and for candidates who are properly ready to appear on the SAT exam a second time.

Try to take the test date of May or March in a schedule of Spring.  It will let you decide whether you'd like to take the test a second time in August, finalize your college list and assess your grade. 

For Delayed Decision Institutes

Many institutes' normal deadlines have turned this harder to choose a suitable exam date for the applicants/students. Following is the recent SAT schedule, which you can select as per your college application deadline.

The Concluding Lines: What you must know?

The test will be administered several 7 times across the mentioned months despite every change in exam dates each year (in the US).

• August (Changed from Jan 1st)

• October

• November

• December

• March

• May

• June

Focus on the given factors to select a date that will be ideal.

• How much time will you spend studying?

• How many times do you like to take the SAT?

• When your college application and scholarship deadlines are?

You now have a more confident and a clearer sense of which SAT date would be best for you after reading this guide.