For principals · Una, Himachal Pradesh

Your students already study for the SAT. Nobody has told them.

The algebra, the data and the English your teachers already teach are what the SAT tests. We would like one free period to tell your students it exists — and where it can take them.

40minutes — one period
₹0to the school or to families
8test dates a year, in India
1540our SAT mentor’s own score
Why we are writing

A student in Una and a student in Delhi sit the identical paper.

The only difference has been who was told it existed. According to College Board, more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the US and 65 other countries consider SAT scores in admissions. In India, 60 institutions use it too — Ashoka, Plaksha in Mohali, FLAME, O.P. Jindal, Shiv Nadar, NMIMS and more.

We opened the first SAT desk in the district because our SAT mentor did exactly that: he scored 1540 of 1600 — the 99th percentile of SAT test takers — studied abroad on it, and came home to teach it.

We are asking for one period. Nothing is sold, a teacher stays in the room, and the script is yours to read first.

The exam, in one screen

Two hours, fourteen minutes. One score.

The Digital SAT takes 2 hours 14 minutes of testing time. Reading and Writing has 54 questions in 64 minutes (two 32-minute modules); Math has 44 questions in 70 minutes (two 35-minute modules). In each section the second module is harder or easier depending on how the student did on the first.

Marked: 1540, our SAT mentor’s score — the 99th percentile (College Board user percentiles).

Score
Scores run from 400 to 1600 — two sections of 200 to 800 each. No marks are taken off for wrong answers, and College Board advises students to guess rather than leave a question blank.
Calculator
A Desmos calculator is built into the Bluebook testing app and can be used throughout the Math section. No calculator is allowed on Reading and Writing.
Attempts
College Board says students can take the SAT as many times as they want. College Board recommends taking the SAT at least twice — in the spring of Class 11 and the autumn of Class 12.
Which scores go
With Score Choice, students choose which test dates’ scores to send. Some colleges and scholarship programmes require all scores; some colleges “superscore”, using the best section scores across dates.
Results
Scores are released on dates College Board publishes, about two weeks after the test.
Fee
For SAT dates through December 2026, a student testing in India pays US$111 — the US$68 registration fee plus a US$43 international fee. Late registration adds US$38.
2026–27 dates
Open to students testing in India:22 AUG 202612 SEP 20263 OCT 20267 NOV 20265 DEC 20266 MAR 20271 MAY 20275 JUN 2027

Sources: College Board — test structure, scores, international calendar, fees, percentiles. Checked 24 September 2026.

Where it leads

One score. Many doors — some in Mohali.

In India — checked on each university’s own admissions page
  • Ashoka University · SonipatSAT optional; can support a firm offer
  • Plaksha University · MohaliB.Tech — a firm offer can come through the SAT
  • FLAME University · PuneSAT in place of its own entrance test
  • O.P. Jindal Global University · SonipatSAT 1100+ exempts its entrance test
  • Krea University · Sri CitySAT can take you straight to the interview
  • Shiv Nadar University · Delhi-NCRSAT considered in undergraduate selection
  • Mahindra University · HyderabadSAT as an alternative to JEE Main for B.Tech
  • NMIMS · 8 campusesSAT for selected undergraduate programmes
  • Bennett University · Greater NoidaSAT as a route to undergraduate admission, incl. B.Tech
  • Ahmedabad University · AhmedabadConsiders applicants who apply with SAT scores
  • Amity University · NoidaSAT for all undergraduate programmes
Abroad — how it is actually used
  • United StatesAccepted at nearly all four-year colleges; some, such as MIT and Yale, are need-blind for international applicants.MIT · Yale
  • CanadaOptional, and considered if the student chooses to send it.University of Toronto · McGill University · University of British Columbia
  • United KingdomAccepted together with AP exams — never on its own.University of Oxford · University of Cambridge · UCL
  • SingaporeNUS accepts the SAT with at least three AP courses; NTU accepts SAT 1250+ for its English requirement.NUS · NTU
  • AustraliaAccepted from international applicants alongside a completed school qualification.University of Melbourne · University of Sydney · ANU · UNSW Sydney

We tell students the truth about this too: in the UK and at NUS the SAT works only alongside AP exams, and aid for international students is competitive.

According to College Board, more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the US and 65 other countries consider SAT scores in admissions. College Board’s “SAT Acceptance in India” chart lists 60 Indian institutions that use SAT scores to admit Indian residents. Manipal, VIT, Christ, SRMIST and Symbiosis International are left off because their own pages did not confirm an SAT route for Indian students.

For your school

Why a school says yes.

  1. 1

    It costs your timetable one period.

    The session is forty minutes. Nothing about your syllabus, calendar or board preparation changes.

  2. 2

    Your students already study for it.

    SAT Math is the algebra, functions, data and geometry of Classes 9 to 11; SAT Reading and Writing is the reading and grammar your English teachers already teach. The SAT does not add a subject — it rewards the ones you teach.

  3. 3

    It widens the map for every student.

    One score is considered by 4,000+ colleges in the US and 65 other countries — and by 60 institutions in India, from Ashoka to Plaksha in Mohali. A student who never leaves the country still gains an option.

  4. 4

    It is something to tell parents.

    A school that shows its students the routes the rest of the world uses is a school parents talk about.

  5. 5

    Zero cost, zero risk.

    Free to the school and families; nothing sold; a teacher present; the script yours to read first. If it is not useful, you simply do not invite us back.

What the SAT testsWhere your students already meet it
AlgebraLinear equations, inequalities and systems — Classes 9 and 10
Advanced MathQuadratics, polynomials, functions and exponentials — Classes 10 and 11
Problem-Solving and Data AnalysisRatios, percentages, statistics and probability — Classes 9 to 11
Geometry and TrigonometryTriangles, circles, area and volume, trigonometric ratios — Classes 9 and 10
Reading and WritingReading comprehension, vocabulary in context, grammar and punctuation — the English syllabus, Classes 9 to 12
A taste of the teaching

Ninety-five seconds, and one trap.

An original question in the style of the Digital SAT. Try it — then see how we teach it.

Math · Advanced Math≈ 95 s on the real exam

The function f is defined by f(x) = x² − 6x + k, where k is a constant. In the xy-plane, the graph of y = f(x) touches the x-axis at exactly one point. What is the value of k?

For your students

The road from Class 9.

College Board recommends taking the SAT at least twice — in the spring of Class 11 and the autumn of Class 12.

Class 9

Hear about it

Know the exam exists and what it rewards. Read every day; get the algebra right.

Class 10

Build the base

Finish the core Math the SAT tests; start timed reading. A first diagnostic shows the starting point.

Class 11

First real sitting

Prepare in the autumn and winter; sit the SAT for the first time in the spring.

Class 12

Best score, then apply

A second sitting in the autumn — as College Board recommends — then applications with the best score.

What we offer your school

Three offers. You choose.

1

“The SAT, explained” — a 40-minute session

Classes 9 to 12 · one period

What the exam is, when to sit it, what it costs, where it leads — in Hindi and English, with the official dates. Every student leaves with a printed “SAT at a glance” card.

Free to the school and to families
2

A free diagnostic for any student who asks

Individual students, at our desk

A short diagnostic and an honest read of where the student stands, with a written plan — target score, test date, weekly schedule. The student keeps the plan whether or not they ever enrol.

Free
3

An SAT track for your school — designed with you

If your school wants more

A regular batch for your students — at your school or at our desk, around your timetable. We sit down with you and design it; nothing is decided without you.

Agreed with the school, in writing
Our undertakings
  • Nothing is sold in your school.No fee is mentioned in front of a class, no forms are circulated, no phone numbers are collected during the session.
  • You may read the script first.The forty minutes is written down, minute by minute, and sent to you before we arrive.
  • A teacher stays in the room.Any teacher or the principal is welcome to sit through the whole session. We would honestly prefer it.
  • Every figure has a source.Every date and number we say about the SAT is from the College Board or the university that publishes it. We will show you where.
How it would work
  1. 1
    You tell us a date

    A single WhatsApp message or the form on /sat/schools — a period, a class, a day.

  2. 2
    We send the script

    The full session, in writing, for you to read or change.

  3. 3
    We arrive early

    Twenty minutes before the period; a classroom and a board are all we need.

  4. 4
    Forty minutes

    The session, with a teacher present. Questions answered in the room.

  5. 5
    The card stays

    Every student keeps a printed SAT-at-a-glance card.

  6. 6
    A written note

    A short summary to the school of what was covered and what students asked.

Who will stand in front of your students

Three people. No franchise.

SAT mentor

Scored 1540 / 1600 on the SAT. Studied abroad. Came home to teach it.

A student from this district, on the identical paper a student in Delhi or Boston sits. He went abroad on it, came back, and opened the first study-abroad desk Una has had. He teaches the SAT and IELTS here — from the inside of the exam.

Teaches: SAT · IELTS · study-abroad applications
Founder

NIT Hamirpur alumnus. Thirteen years teaching in Una.

He founded Vision Success and has taught in this town for over thirteen years. He is the reason batches are capped at fifteen: if he cannot tell you which chapter each student is stuck on, the batch is too big.

Teaches: Mathematics · JEE · NDA · Class 11–12 boards
Physics

Physics — and the part of life where money is the physics.

He teaches Physics as a story about how the world behaves, and the money side of a career — what a degree costs, what it returns, what a scholarship is genuinely worth.

Teaches: Physics · financial literacy · the economics of a career decision
Founded & led byAn NIT Hamirpur alumnus
SAT mentorScored 1540 / 1600; studied abroad
Teaching since13+ years in Una
Defence record7+ students now serving as officers
Medical record50+ MBBS admissions
Batch sizeNever more than 15 students
SAT deskThe first in the district

All of it is verifiable, and we would rather be checked than believed.

The ask

One period. One date.

Tell us the school and a possible date. We will confirm, send the script, and put everything in writing.

Classes
What you would like

We use this only to arrange the session. Or WhatsApp Tarun directly: +91 62833 27481

What principals ask

Questions, answered plainly.

What does it cost the school?
Nothing. Free to the school and to families. No fee is mentioned in front of a class, no forms are circulated, no phone numbers are collected during the session.
How much of our timetable does it take?
One period. The session is forty minutes. Nothing about your syllabus, calendar or board preparation changes. We arrive twenty minutes before the period; a classroom and a board are all we need.
Does it take anything away from the syllabus?
No. SAT Math is the algebra, functions, data and geometry of Classes 9 to 11; SAT Reading and Writing is the reading and grammar your English teachers already teach. The SAT does not add a subject — it rewards the ones you teach.
Who is behind it?
Vision Success, Una. Our SAT mentor scored 1540 of 1600 on the SAT, studied abroad on it and came home to teach it. The institute was founded by an NIT Hamirpur alumnus who has taught in Una for over thirteen years, and batches are never more than fifteen students. Any teacher or the principal is welcome to sit through the whole session. We would honestly prefer it.
What if none of our students is interested?
Then nothing follows, and nothing is owed. The diagnostic is only for a student who asks, and every student still leaves with the printed card. If it is not useful, you simply do not invite us back.
Is anything sold to students?
No. No fee is mentioned in front of a class, no forms are circulated, no phone numbers are collected during the session. A regular SAT batch happens only if your school asks for one — designed with you, and agreed with the school, in writing.
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