Services and Fees

Check out what the SAT® offers, and how much it costs.

Register Next Tests:
3/13 , 5/1

Acceptable Forms of Payment

  • Credit cardAmerican Express, Discover, Visa or MasterCard accepted. (Credit cards are not accepted in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, or Togo.)
  • Check or money order Make checks payable to The College Board. Orders received with checks drawn on non-U.S. banks will be returned.
  • Other Bank drafts, international money orders, UNESCO coupons (for international registration only).

DO NOT SEND CASH.

We reserve the right to collect payments electronically by check. Checks returned to the College Board for insufficient funds will be represented electronically, and your account will be debited for the amount of the check, plus the state-allowed penalty fee.

Refunds

Test and registration fees (including late fees and telephone re-registration fees) cannot be refunded, even if you cancel your test scores or are absent on test day.

The following fees are refundable only under specific circumstances:

  • The Question-and-Answer Service or Student Answer Service are refundable only if your order has not yet been fulfilled or if you missed your test date (for example, you were absent or you had to take a makeup test).
  • Additional score reports that you ordered at the time of registration are refundable only if you are absent.

If you ordered QAS and your order was not fulfilled (for example, because you had to take a makeup test), contact us to find out if you are entitled to a refund. Refunds are processed beginning six weeks after the test date.

Additional Fees

Fee More Information Amount
Register by Phone Available only if you've registered previously $12.50
Change Fee Test type, center or date change $22
Late Fee Charged if registering after regular deadline but before late registration deadline $23
Standby Fee To be paid at test center on day of test $38
International Processing Fee For students testing in countries other than the United States and U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico $26
Additional fee for testing in India and Pakistan Additional surcharge for students testing in India and Pakistan $23

Receive your scores by phone

Service Notes Fee
Scores by phone

Scores by phone are released according to the same schedule as online scores. This service does not send scores to colleges any earlier.

To get your score by telephone, call Customer Service during standard business hours. You will need your test registration number (printed on your Admission Ticket), your birth date, a credit card number and the card's expiration date.

 $12.50 (per call)

Verify your scores

Service Notes Fee
SAT Question-and-Answer Service Provides the test questions from the specified test you took, the correct answers, scoring instructions and a form used to order a copy of your answer sheet $18 Fee waiver available
SAT Student Answer Service Provides a list of question types from the specified test you took; whether you answered the question correctly or incorrectly, or omitted the answer; and level of difficulty $12 Fee waiver available

Note: These are refundable only if your order has not yet been fulfilled or if you missed your test date (for example, you were absent or had to take a makeup test).

Service Notes Fee
Multiple-choice score verification When hand scoring of a multiple-choice score is requested, your entire answer sheet will be manually reviewed—you cannot request verification of scores for a single section on the SAT or just one of several SAT Subject Tests taken on the same date. Regular Users $50
Fee reduction available
Essay score verification We determine whether there was an error made in the scanning or processing of the essay scores assigned by essay readers. If an error is found, your adjusted score is automatically reported and your fee is refunded. Regular Users $50
Fee reduction available

Send scores to colleges

Service Notes Fee
Additional score report request Four reports are included free with every registration. The fee applies after the fourth report during registration, or any report made outside of the registration period. $9.50 Fee waiver available
Rush reporting service Rush reporting sends your score reports by first-class mail or electronically, depending on how each institution receives scores, within two business days after your score reporting order has been completed. Remember colleges may take additional time to retrieve or process your scores once received. $27
Additional reports are $9.50
Retrieval fee for archived scores If you want to retrieve old test scores, you should request archived scores. You can request archived scores by mail. $21
(additional fees may apply)

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