Initially, the student should realize that each school has different levels it expects its incoming Freshman to achieve on these assessment tests. Nationally, the average combined score is around 1500,with the math score a bit higher than the verbal.

While the Horizons Research Staff has been able to conclude that colleges use your high schoolgrade point average and transcript as important tools in deciding admissions, it is clear that the Scholastic Assessment Test score, which has changed dramatically through the years, is becoming more and more important, and that it will continue to do so!

Indeed, it was as early as 1926 that member schools of the College Board judged it necessary tofind some sort of benchmark and criteria to know whether a student had the ability to do college-levelwork, and the standard they settled on was the SAT test.

First of all, the student needs to take the SAT because it is THE criteria and standard that member schools use to judge the ability of a student to do college-level work!

Second, scholarship money hangs in the balance with your SAT score!

Third, the time and money you invest in the Horizons course can save you tuition fees and expenses!