On March 19, B-CC administered a free SAT for all juniors during the school day. B-CC allotted four hours out of the school day for students to take the test. This year was the first time the test was administered online, marking a huge change for the future of the test, along with all other standardized testing.
Junior Sebastian Borde said, “I was super stressed out about it because of how important it is, but when I got there it wasn’t so bad. My studying paid off, because I think my test went well overall.”
Along with being online, the new SAT comes with other major changes. The digital SAT is adaptive, meaning that as you do better on your questions, the test will increase in difficulty. Junior Julian Pinard took both the old paper SAT, as well as the new digital SAT. “It didn’t really feel that different, but the paper test felt easier because it wasn’t adaptive. The digital one got super hard in the second section, but overall, they were pretty similar.”
Many colleges have gone test-optional in recent years, meaning applicants no longer are required to show their SAT scores during the admission process. Although this takes some of the pressure off of the SAT, the test can still have an impact on the chances of college hopefuls. It appears the new digital SAT is here to stay.
