Important Dates and Fees of SAT

Often deemed as a gateway to foreign education – SAT is a popular entrance examination with high acceptability across all foreign universities. Most SAT aspirants can secure admissions into prestigious colleges located in Australia, U.S.A, U.K, and Canada.

Conducted by the College Board, SAT is taken every year by nearly 3 million students from 170 different countries. Primarily, a student’s Mathematical, written, and verbal skills are tested.

Let us understand the important dates and fees of the SAT examination.

All the candidates, who are willing to take the upcoming SAT exams, must follow the below schedule for 2022-23*:

SAT Exam Date*	Registration Deadline**	Deadline for Changes, Regular Cancellation, Late Registration***
March 9, 2024	February 23, 2024	February 27, 2024
May 4, 2024	April 19, 2024	April 23, 2024
June 1, 2024	May 16, 2024	May 21, 2024
August 24, 2024	Anticipated SAT Date	Anticipated SAT Date
October 5, 2024	Anticipated SAT Date	Anticipated SAT Date
November 2, 2024	Anticipated SAT Date	Anticipated SAT Date
March 9, 2024	Anticipated SAT Date	Anticipated SAT Date

What are SAT Fees?

Indeed, the SAT is an international examination. This often makes Indian students wonder about its fees. They usually live with a misconception that SAT Exam Fees are too much to afford.

Below is an exhaustive list, which will guide you about what you have to pay under different situations and circumstances.  We have divided this section into four parts:

• SAT Exam Fees
• SAT Additional Exam Fees
• SAT Score Services and Associated Fees
• SAT Refunds

SAT Exam Fee (in Both USD and INR)

Description	SAT Exam Fees (in USD)	SAT Exam Fees (in INR)
SAT with Essay	$106	Rs. 6,993
SAT without Essay	$94	Rs. 6,200
SAT Subject Tests	$111	Rs. 7,435

SAT Additional Exam Fee (in Both USD and INR)

Event	Description	SAT Fees (in USD)	SAT Fees (in INR)
Late Registration	When you register: After Regular DeadlineBut before the Late registration deadline	$30	Rs. 2,239
SAT Cancellation	When you cancel your SAT registration before the “change deadline”	$25	Rs. 1,865.83
Late Cancellation	When you cancel your SAT registration: After the change deadline But before the test day	$35	Rs. 2,612.17
Change Test Center	When you want to change your examination center	$25	Rs. 1,865.83

SAT Score Services and Associated Fees (in Both USD and INR)

After taking your SAT exam – The next step is to obtain the score reports and send them to the various foreign universities to which you wish to get admission. These are known as SAT score services. The table below covers all the possible situations and circumstances with associated fees.

Event	Description	SAT Fee (In USD)	SAT Fee (in INR)
Free Score Reports	For up to nine days (free period) after the date of the test – Four score reports are available for free	$0	Rs. 0
Paid Score Reports	All your score reports after the free limit of four and obtained after the free period are chargeable on a per-report basis	$12 per score report	Rs. 895.60 per score report
Phone Score Reports	You can also get score reports on your phone. These are chargeable on per call basis	$15 per call	Rs. 1,119.50 per call
Archived Score Reports	You can get your past score reports as well via phone or email. These are also charged on a per-report basis	$31 per report	Rs. 2,361.98 per report
QAS Service	QAS stands for Question and Answer Service. Using it you can: Get questions and correct answers to the SAT you tookAll the scoring instructions Get a copy of your answer sheet (you need to fill out a form for this)	$16	Rs. 1,194.13
SAS Service	SAS stands for Student Answer Service. Using this service you can: Get the list of the type of questions of the SAT exam you took know about your responses to the questions, that is, whether: a) You attempted the question correctly b) You omitted the question c) You gave a wrong answer Understand the level of difficulty of the SAT exam	$16	Rs. 1,194.13
Multiple-choice Hand Score Verification	You will use this service when you want your answer sheet to get reviewed manually.	$55	Rs. 4,104.83

Important points to remember:

• The fee for the SAS service and QAS service is refundable. However, this is possible only when:
  • Your order was not fulfilled
  • You canceled your test
  • You were absent during the test
  • You took a makeup test
• The eligible refunds are processed within six weeks of the test date
• You do not get a refund of the SAT Exam Registration Fee when you cancel five days before the date of the test
• You can get the refund of SAT Score Reports, which were ordered at the time of SAT registration – only when you were absent on the test date
• SAT Fee Waiver:
  • All the students eligible* for a waiver can:
    • Take two SATs free and
    • Get two free answer services

*The students belonging to the low-income group are eligible for SAT Fee Waiver. For this, they need to avail themselves of the Fee Waiver Scheme run by the College Board.

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