| TNN | Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 14:03 IST The College Board, New York-based organisation which runs the Scholastic Aptitude Test, has scrapped its subject tests and announced its decision to do away with the optional essay, thus making the main SAT 50 minutes shorter in duration. Representative image MUMBAI: The College Board, the New York-based organisation which runs the Scholastic Aptitude Test, has scrapped its subject tests and announced its decision to do away with the optional essay, thus making the main SAT 50 minutes shorter in duration. Candidates are admitted based on SAT scores for undergraduate admissions in the US and to 40 universities in India, private and deemed.