2. SAT Reasoning Test
(formerly known as SAT I)
What?
Who?
When?
How?
www.collegeboard.org
Where?
3. Why SAT?
SAT is required by most US and many Asian
universities (and in various countries for non-IB
Diploma students)
But what if the SAT is not my best friend?
www.fairtest.org
4. SAT Score Choice
College Board allows you to withhold scores from
any test date
ISM does not report SAT scores for this reason
But what if a college requires all test scores?
5. SAT Subject Tests
(formerly known as SAT IIs)
What?
Who?
How Many?
When?
6. Advice for Subject Tests
Study – you can learn the material for them
What is a good score?
What if it’s not required?
What if I can score well on more than 2?
Score choice can be used on individual exams within a
single test date
7. ACT
(the Alternative College Test)
What?
Who?
Why?
When and Where?
How?
www.actstudent.org
9. Exemptions from TOEFL
Check individual college requirements
650 on SAT Critical Reading
English A1 HL (sometimes with a prediction of 5+)
Entirety of high school education in a Western nation
accredited school with instruction in English
10. IB
Full Diploma generally required in Europe and Australia
Full Diploma students are exempted from the SAT
requirement in Canada and at some Asian universities
ISM reports predicted scores for all IB Diploma candidates
All university offers are conditional
11. Advanced Placement
Myth: US colleges prefer AP to IB
AP exams are offered at ISM for a wide scope of subjects
If taken in junior year, you can submit AP scores as part of
your application to US colleges
US colleges do not expect ISM students to submit AP
scores, unless the student has taken AP US History
ISM courses do not line up with AP course material
Please don’t sacrifice grades and health by studying for a
bunch of AP exams
