The College Board, the organization behind the test, also announced that the exam will shrink from three hours to two, and students will be able to use a calculator for the math section.
And despite many colleges making the test optional,"[The test] definitely doesn't offer the full profile of who a student is, it's not like the missing piece," explains Kirsten Amematsro, a junior at Potomac High School in Dumfries, Va."But it can make your application better. It just kind of speaks to what you can accomplish in your testing ability."
Amematsro first started thinking about her path to college — and taking the SAT — back in sixth grade. When she got to high school, her mom bought her a poster of a college readiness to-do list that hangs in her bedroom. "I know that it's going to be a vital part when I apply [to college]," she says. She thinks with so many colleges going test-optional, having a good SAT will be"a cherry on top" of her application."It felt more streamlined," she says."It's just not as easy for me, honestly, to focus on the paper as it was the computer.""I just feel like it's easier for our generation because we're so used to using technology.
Before this new digital format, the SAT had already gone through several changes. In 2014, the College Board
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