The August SAT Is Cancelled For Nearly Half Of Students

The College Board, the Manhattan-based nonprofit that administers the SAT college admissions test, said today that of the 402,000 students signed up to take it on August 29, at least 178,600 will not be able to do so. 

“As a result of local test centers deciding to close or reduce capacity due to covid-related health and safety measures,” says a statement posted on the College Board’s website, only 54% of locations have said they will be open and some of those are limiting capacity.

The statement links to a “test center closings page” where students can search for information on the location where they were expecting to take the exam. More testing locations could close in the next 11 days. Students should check both their email and the closings page daily until the morning of the tests.

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