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| 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 f...

Synopsis The subject tests were 20 multiple-choice standardised tests offered by the Board for individual subjects, taken typically to improve a candidate’s credentials for college admissions in the US. Representative image (This story originally appeared in on Jan 21, 2021)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 admiss...