The Institutional SAT (ISAT) - What the heck?

<p>(I was originally going to post this thread in the SAT Prep forums, but I decided I would get better responses here from parents who may have encountered this test)</p>

<p>So, I currently attend Testmasters classes (a test prep course similar to Princeton Review, Kaplan, etc.) and was given a flyer that explained the concept of the Institutional SAT (ISAT). </p>

<p>I had originally thought that I was fairly educated on the nuances of all of the Collegeboard tests, but was shocked when I read this flyer. It claimed that scores were usually higher on the ISAT and it could be taken as a substitute for the SAT at many universities. (I would post the flyer if I could...)</p>

<p>Here is some information that Texas A&M provides on the ISAT:
<a href="http://www.tamu.edu/marshome/testingsite/PDFfiles/SATACT.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.tamu.edu/marshome/testingsite/PDFfiles/SATACT.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Does anyone know more about this test? Heck, there is no information about it on the Collegeboard website, either!</p>

<p>Even a google search turns up barely anything! (Google</a>)</p>

<p>The ISAT is the same test as the SAT except that it is administered onsight by the college or university where the test taker is interested in attending.</p>

<p>(OP here)</p>

<p>I was informed that the ISAT was a different test altogether from the SAT and still want to know more about it.</p>

<p>Does Collegeboard supply any information at all about it? </p>

<p>Does anyone have personal experience with it?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>printin, My neighbor’s son took an institutional version of the ACT at a college where he had at the last minute decided to attend. They wanted an ACT score and he hadn’t previously taken that test. The score was ONLY used internally by that school and was not available to other schools. It was administered in the same manner as a regular ACT. It appears that your info from Texas A&M is similar- the school uses the score for their own use and does not distribute scores to any other institution. Seems like an expensive way to take the exam when you consider that you pay a premium and only one school uses the results.</p>

<p>By the way, there was nothing in the flyer <a href=“http://www.tamu.edu/marshome/testingsite/PDFfiles/SATACT.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tamu.edu/marshome/testingsite/PDFfiles/SATACT.pdf&lt;/a&gt; that claimed that scores on the institutionally administered exams were higher than the regularly administered SAT or ACT.</p>