10 Things You Absolutely Need to Know About the SAT

This post is sponsored by The College Board.

I thought I knew a lot about the SAT. I took it. My three kids took it, over and over.

I knew about buying test prep books and hiring tutors. I knew that you dropped off your kid early one Saturday morning, gripping a handful of #2 pencils and a calculator and often times still wearing their baggy flannel PJ bottoms. I knew that you nervously picked them up hours later and tried not to say, “How did it go?” before they even got in the car.

While y...