How to Prepare

The SAT is Going Fully Digital in 2024

This week, the College Board announced a plan to transform the paper-based SAT into a condensed, adaptive digital assessment. Starting in Spring 2024, students can expect the following new features:

• Students will take the SAT on a laptop or tablet. Students will still test at a testing center with a live proctor present, and they can use a personal device or a school-issued device. 

• The test will be 1 hour shorter. The SAT will take about two hours instead of three and feature shorter reading passages, with one question tied to each.

• Expect to get your scores faster. Students will receive the scores within days - not weeks - so they can make key decisions about retesting and college applications more quickly.

• Students can use their calculators on the entire math section. A powerful graphing calculator will be built into the testing app, but students can still bring their own if desired.

• The digital SAT will be more secure and flexible. Each student will see a unique version of the test—and schools, districts, and states will have more flexibility in when to test.

The fully digital SAT will first be released to international students in the spring of 2023. Then, it will be rolled out in the US – first with a digital, school-hosted PSAT in the fall of 2023, followed by the digital SAT starting in March 2024. This change will go into effect for the Class of 2025 and following classes, giving students plenty of time to prepare. 

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