FAQ
Questions about the SAT
Everything students ask us about the Digital SAT and about how our practice tests work.
- How long is the Digital SAT?
- 98 questions in 134 minutes of testing — two hours and fourteen minutes — plus a 10-minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Math section. It is split into four modules, each with its own clock. When a module's time runs out it closes, finished or not. Our practice tests are timed exactly the same way.
- Do I get a score out of 1600?
- Yes — an estimated one. The moment you finish you see an estimated total from 400 to 1600, a 200–800 estimate for each section, and a likely range around it. It is converted from your raw score with a curve modeled on released practice tests. Only College Board can produce an official score for a real test form, so treat ours as a close estimate for tracking progress, not a guarantee.
- Are your practice tests adaptive like the real SAT?
- No, and we say so plainly. On the real test, your performance in Module 1 decides whether Module 2 is easier or harder. Our Module 2 is a fixed set at mixed difficulty. Everything else matches — the four modules, question counts, timing, the break and the on-screen tools — but the adaptive routing is not something anyone outside College Board can reproduce.
- Can I use a calculator?
- Yes, on both Math modules, just like the real test. Ours is a graphing calculator with a scientific keypad: graph equations, find where lines cross, read a vertex or a zero, and do arithmetic, powers, roots and trig. The Math reference sheet is one click away too.
- What kinds of questions are included?
- Every kind the Digital SAT uses. Reading and Writing has words in context, text structure and purpose, paired texts, central ideas, textual and quantitative evidence (with data tables), inferences, punctuation and grammar, transitions and rhetorical synthesis from notes. Math has multiple choice and student-produced responses, where you type your own answer, across algebra, advanced math, data analysis and geometry and trigonometry.
- What happens when I finish a test?
- You get your estimated score straight away, a breakdown by module and by each of the eight content domains College Board reports on, and how long you spent. Then a question-by-question review shows your answer, the correct answer, a written explanation, the reason each wrong option is wrong, and a strategy tip.
- Can I pause a test and come back to it?
- Your answers save automatically, so closing the tab loses nothing — but the module clock keeps running, exactly as on test day. That is deliberate: practicing under real time pressure is most of the value. Start a test when you have about two and a half hours clear.
- How many times can I take each test?
- As many times as you like. A test you have bought stays yours, with unlimited retakes. Retaking a test after studying its explanations is a good way to check the lesson stuck — just remember a second attempt at the same questions will score higher than a fresh paper would.
- What is a good SAT score?
- It depends on where you are applying. The national average is a little over 1000. Many state universities admit students in the 1100s and 1200s, competitive universities often look for 1300 to 1400 and up, and the most selective schools typically see middle ranges above 1450. Look up the middle 50% range for each school on your list.
- Can I get a refund?
- No. All sales are final. You receive every question, answer and explanation the instant you pay, and digital material cannot be handed back — a refund would simply be a free copy of the product. That is why we give away a free practice quiz and answer any question before you buy. Subscriptions can be canceled at any time and access runs to the end of the period you have paid for, but payments already taken are not refunded.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. Everything runs in your browser on a laptop, tablet or phone, and your answers save automatically. For the real exam you will use College Board's Bluebook app, which you install separately before test day.