New August SAT Date

For the first time in recent memory, College Board is changing the months that they offer the SATs. Through this year, they have always held the SAT during the months of October, November, December, January, March, May, and June. However, starting this summer, there will be an August 26th SAT for students to take. They will continue offering 7 SAT dates, and will be discontinuing the January SAT.

I think this is a great decision by College Board for a couple of reasons. For one, it gives seniors another opportunity at the beginning of the school year to take the SAT before college applications. Also, more importantly, the August date will give seniors more time, and will eliminate the rushed feeling and the anxiety that comes with the fall test dates. Many early application deadlines for colleges are November 1st. For many students, this only leaves them with the early October SAT. While this test date is usually fine for early application deadlines, there is always the worry that the scores will not be received in time. However, now with the August test, students can patiently await their scores, and decide if they want to apply early or not.

In my opinion, the August SAT brings a bit more sanity back to the college process, as students will not feel as rushed. Also, for high school students, especially on the east coast, they do not begin school again until after Labor Day, so they will not have the pressure of school work, while preparing and taking the SAT.

I also do not feel that losing the January test date will affect most students. At this point, seniors should definitely be done taking the SAT or ACT. Most application deadlines have passed, and seniors should just be waiting to hear back from colleges. January also is usually a little too early for juniors to take the SAT, and they still have three opportunities before the end of the school year to take the SAT with March, May, and June.

We will see how all of this works in the end, but I think this will only be a benefit to our students, and I look forward to seeing how this (hopefully positively) impacts the college application process!

And just for planning purposes, here are the proposed SAT test dates for 2017 & 2018:

August 26th, 2017
October 7th, 2017
November 4th, 2017
March 10th, 2018
May 5th, 2018
June 2nd, 2018

Happy searching!

Joseph D. Korfmacher

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