India, March 11 -- With yet another application season coming to a close, schools and counsellors across the globe are preparing the next batch of students for the upcoming college application cycle. While academic grades still make it to the top of the evaluation checklist, standardised testing has returned to the application file. More and more universities are now looking at SAT scores, pre-COVID style! Composed of two sections - math and evidence-based reading and writing, the test is scored out of 800 on each section. With the shift from a traditional pen-paper format, the digital version of SAT can be a worthwhile endeavour while preparing for the top university admits.

While the test format has been modified to suit current educat...