<p>I feel a little silly asking this, but are international students expected to spell the American way on the SAT essay? I mean, would it be marked as an error if I wrote 'sceptic' instead of 'skeptic' or 'colour' rather than 'color'? Just wondering.</p>
<p>i don't know. i familisraised myself with the american spelling just to be sure.</p>
<p>no....... they are not penalised....... infact these spellings are not checked unless the mistakes are blatant...... </p>
<p>Check the sat policy on essay scoring</p>