SAT Test Day Checklist

SAT Test Day Checklist (Ultimate)

Giving the SAT and being unaware of the articles you need to carry to the test centre on SAT test day, is a matter of curiosity and concern for all SAT Test Taker.

Then here’s the checklist!!!

This quick guide takes you through the articles that you need to carry and you don’t need to carry on the SAT test day.

Do Carry These Articles:

• Admission ticket. You must carry the Admission Ticket on test day. For this, you just log in to http://sat.collegeboard.org and sign in to “My SAT.” Now hit the “Print Admission Ticket” option for a photocopy.
• Carry 2 Pencils and an Eraser.
• Carry your Photo Identification Card – Government-issued Identification card or an official school-produced ID card.
• Your ID is likely to reject if you carry a document that doesn’t meet the requirements like –

o   Electronic document on a mobile phone

o   Debit/Credit card

o   Social Security Card

o   Employee ID

o   Any temporary ID card

• Carry an approved calculator. Calculators that allowed to the Test Centre are –

o   Most of the Graphic Calculators

o   Any Scientific Calculator

o   Any Four-Function Calculator (But not recommended)

• Get to know the calculators which aren’t permitted to the SAT test. The list is as follows:

o   Laptops, Tablets, Mobile Phones and Smartphone

o   Devices that access the Internet have Wireless, Bluetooth, Video/Audio recordings feature or any device similar to Smartphone.

o   Mobile Phone Calculator

o   Devices with typewriter-like keypad, pen-inputs (Palm Tops, Casio Class Pad 300, PDAs etc)

o   Device that uses an electrical outlet makes noise or has a paper tape

• Calculator Policy to keep in mind. 

Good Articles to Carry:

• A wristwatch (without an alarm)
• Batteries and the backup equipment for the calculator
• Some snacks (for your break)

Don’t Carry These Articles:

• Mobile phones or Smartphones like Android, iPhones or Blackberry ones
• Laptops, tablets etc
• Electronic devices like iPods, iPads and MP3 players etc
• Any texting devices or pager
• Any photographic equipment like camera
• Any printed/written material, Flashcards or any other SAT books or material

Now do carry these things and TestprepKart wishes you all the best for SAT test. 

During the Test, Keep Your Mind in Control

Here’s the checklist you need to keep in mind during the test:

• Be on time at the test centre. If you won’t be able to go to the centre on time, you won’t be able to attend the test. So leave very early at home so that mishaps and traffic jams shouldn’t show any impact on your test.
• Always be positive. Stick to a mindset that you’ve prepared as good as you can and you’re getting a good score. If you worry about the lack of preparation, you’ll screw up your test.
• Manage your time in the test. Focus on the questions you’re answering. Don’t let your mind wander. The more it wanders, the more you will have to pay off.
• Focus on your own test. If you’re stuck on a question then do not think to look at the students how they’re doing and are they busy answering their questions. If they’re answering well, then they mightn’t be answering the same question that you’re puzzled with and they mightn’t be taking the same test. So don’t look around and waste your time. Concentrate on your own test instead of others.
• Make educated guesses in the test. Educated guesses always help when you’re doing multiple-choice questions. Don’t make random guesses. Guessing randomly might lower your score. So the best approach is to eliminate all the choices that you know are wrong. If you’re unlikely to eliminate any option, then just skip that question.

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