Unfamiliar with SATs

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<p>I’ve looked up the deal with SATs onlinebut I am still failry confused as to what they actually are. I am an international thinking of trasferring to a US school. I’m pretty sure I’ll be exempt from any english proficiency tests and I know SAT has nothing to do with this is but I am still not clear about a few things.</p>

<p>First how many subjects are included?
Which ones are mandatory? Can you pick and choose?
I’ve seen test scores given out in threes? What does that mean and is anyone more important than the next? </p>

<p>I am interested in the humanities/politics (international relations) and comming from a canadian high school, I have little science and math background (in Canadian universities these are not req’d after grade 11 and you’re allowed to take fairly light courses even then which is what I did).
It seems that everywhere I look for an information people assume some prior knowldedge I don’t have.
Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Well the SAT has three sections: Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing (which includes an essay and multiple choice). You get a subscore for each section out of 800. This makes the test out of a total score of 2400. Your composite score is whatever your combined totals are out of 2400. No section is worth more than others and they are all equally important. You must do all three sections.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT&lt;/a&gt;
I hope that gives enough primary info.
Just type in Google: What is SAT? (u’ll find tons of stuffs)
Best of Luck!!!</p>

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<p>There’s some good info here, too:</p>

<p><a href=“Digital SAT Prep | Improve your Digital SAT Score | The Princeton Review”>Digital SAT Prep | Improve your Digital SAT Score | The Princeton Review;

<p>Why do you think you’d be exempt from English proficiency tests? Unless English is your native language, you’re probably going to have to take the TOEFL.</p>

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<p>yeah, that’s what I was thinking, why would u be exempt of TOEFL or SAT?!</p>

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<p>Well I never said I would be exempt from SAT (that’s why I am figuring what what they’re about) but I would from TEOFL because I have been living in Canada since I was fairly young and I am fluent in English. Unless the states has some rule where you have to be born in an english speaking country but I know in my canadian uni that was never a problem.</p>

<p>Anyhow thanks for your advice everyone!</p>

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<p>Well, the way u’ve said about SAT and Toefl at the first place made me think that SAT will also be exempted for u. U never for a single time said that u HAVE to give the SAT and definitely one must agree that SATI IS an English Proficiency test for everyone (!lol!) (W amd CR!)</p>