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How to Take the SAT Test: Dates and Schedule

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Last changed on: 07/31/2008 @ 7:47 PM.

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SAT test date schedule The SAT Reasoning Test is administered 7 times per year, each date falling on a Saturday. For each date, a second administration is offered the following Sunday to accommodate religious observances.

US students

US students taking the SAT need to remember three dates:

The test date
The registration date, which falls roughly a month prior
The late registration deadline, 1-2 weeks after the first registration due date

US students registering by the late registration deadline pay a $23 late fee. US students include those testing inside the US, its territories and Puerto Rico.

Non-US students

Students taking the SAT outside the US need to remember three dates:

The test date, which is the same as in the US
The registration date, which is the same as in the US
The optional early registration date roughly two weeks prior to the regular registration date.

Students testing outside the US have no late registration option, and must have submitted their registration by the regular registration due date.

On March 14, no SAT Test is offered outside the US.

SAT Test date schedule


Test date	Registration date	US late reg.	Non-US early reg.
Oct 4, 2008	Sept 9, 2008	Sept 16, 2008	Aug 26, 2008
Nov 1, 2008	Sept 26, 2008	Oct 10, 2008	Sept 10, 2008
Dec 6, 2008	Nov 5, 2008	Nov 18, 2008	Oct 15, 2008
Jan 24, 2009	Dec 26, 2008	Jan 6, 2009	Dec 3, 2008
Mar 14, 2009	Feb 10, 2009	Feb 24, 2009	N/A
May 2, 2009	Mar 31, 2009	Apr 9, 2009	Mar 11, 2009
Jun 6, 2009	May 5, 2009	May 15, 2009	Apr 15, 2009