St. Joseph’s Private Language School
American Section
SAT Information
SAT Information:
Dear High School Parents
Welcome to another year at St. Joseph’s Private Language School – American Section.
As your child gets closer to their graduation, the SAT exams play a major role in your
child’s thoughts and actions. This letter is to give you some additional information that
will help both you and your child succeed in their quest for higher education at a
university of their choice.
First off, please be aware that the registration and cost of taking the SAT exam is solely
at the expense of the student’s family. St. Joseph’s School is not responsible for the
registration for exams nor obtaining the exam results – this responsibility lies
with you.
.‫ المدرسة غير مسئولة عن التسجيل لالمتحان او الدرجات وتقع المسئولية كاملة على عائق الطالب‬We will remind and assist within the framework of the school’s curriculum, but you and
your child must follow the Collegeboard’s and AMIDEAST’s rules and regulations.
Why take the SAT?
Both public and private universities of Egypt require the SAT exam for admission. The
Ministry of Education has released minimum scores for the class of 2015 as AT LEAST
a 1330 on SAT exams and 1000 for SAT Subject exams to be eligible for admission.
For the class of 2016, the scores required have increased to AT LEAST a 1440 on SAT
exams and 1100 for SAT Subject exams to be eligible for admission. Of course the
higher the score the better your child’s chances are of gaining admission to the school
of their choice. A perfect score is 2400 for the SAT and 1600 on the Subject Exams.
Schools often only have a certain number of places they can offer each year, so it is
essential that students continue to improve their scores and not just give up after
reaching 1330.
When to take the SAT?
The universities of Egypt will ONLY accept SAT results taken during the 11 th and 12th
grades. With that in mind, most 10th grade students first take the SAT at the end of 10th
grade. This gives the student an idea as to their weak points and strengths to help focus
of future exams. They then take the exam 3 -4 times during 11th grade, and another 3-4
times during 12th grade. If you and your child wants, they may take the SAT every time it
is offered until they get a 2400 (perfect score) – but the way the test is created, there
should be some time for learning in between taking the test.
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American Section
Student Accounts
See Ms Cyndy for assistance in setting up your student’s account with CollegeBoard.
There are some sections that are very important and cannot be changed if entered
incorrectly. In particular, it is very important that they enter their legal name, date
of birth, sex, address and signature exactly the same way as
their high school diploma / national ID card / passport will
read.
This can be done the beginning of grade 10, and Ms Cyndy will talk to the students
about the process. Students can opt to get a daily practice SAT question, as well as
have important reminders sent to parents’ email address.
All students are requested to give Ms. Cyndy their user name and password for safe
keeping. It is recommended that the user name and password NOT be the same as
their email account. Having the user name and password has helped many students
who left their information on their home computer when they were in Cairo or lost their
telephone and needed to print out their admission ticket.
SAT Registration
Registration is done online at – sat.collegeboard.com . A valid US Dollar credit card is
required.
The only acceptable forms of identification are a valid:
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Current national ID of the country in which the test center is located
Current passport
No other identification is accepted for entrance to the test center.
A national ID is only valid in the country of issuance. If you travel to another country to
test, you have to provide a passport as identification.
Available tests and test dates for the 2014-2015 academic year:
SAT Test Dates
11 October:
8 November:
Test Offered
SAT only
SAT Subject Tests in Literature,
Biology E/M, Chemistry, Physics,
Math 1, Math 2, US History, World
History and all Language with
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Registration Deadline
12 September
9 October
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6 December:
2 May:
6 June:
Listening exams. No other
language SAT Subject Tests will
be offered on this date. SAT will
not be offered on this date. (You
may not see the World History test
as an option at registration, but
you will have the ability to choose
to take it on test day.)
SAT only
30 October
SAT only
6 April
SAT and SAT Subject Tests in
8 May
Literature, Biology E/M, Chemistry,
Physics, Math 1, Math 2, US
History, World History, French,
Spanish, German, Modern
Hebrew, Latin and Italian. All
language exams are reading only.
No Language with Listening exams
will be offered on this date.
Please note that when you register, you may see all globally available test dates
showing as available for both SAT and SAT Subject Tests; however, you should only
select a test type and test date combination that is offered in your area or you will not
see any available test centers.
When completing the online registration, please remember:
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Photo Identification - As a security measure, the Collegeboard requires
students to upload a photo when they complete their registration. Please
check the Collegeboard website for requirements of photos.
http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/photo-requirements. Photos will be taken
the first weeks of school for ID cards. Students may use this photo or another
digital photo, but it must meet the Collegeboard’s requirements.
To fill in their high school code so that we receive a copy of the score report.
St. Joseph’s Private Language School’s Code is 648126
To indicate that they wish to receive a paper copy of their results (these
are then sent to AMIDEAST in Cairo for the student to pick up).
To indicate the test and test month. They must also know which school
they would like to take the exam at. All exams are given in Cairo or
Alexandria. Centers may change based on date of exam and when the
student registers.
 Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Students
should not wait until the last minute to register for the SAT
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Test Center Name
American Intl School Egypt-West
American Intl School In Egypt-Main
American University Of Cairo
B B C International School
Dar El Tarbiya American School
Dover American Intl School
Global Paradigm School
International School Choueifat
International School Choueifat-City
Menese American School
Misr American College
Nermien Ismail American School
New Generation International
Schools
Rajac American School
St Fatima Language School
St Peters School
The Egyptian Language School
The Modern Education School
Address - Cairo
Greens Compound 00000
New Cairo,Cairo Festival City 00000
Po Box 74 Gate 4 11835
Kilo One - Misr Belbeis Road 11491
24 Ismail Mohamed St Zamalek 11211
Misr Ismailia Desert Road 00000
Sector 8, Block K1 00000
New Fifth Urban Community 11511
Dreamland 12582
Km 29 Misr Ismailia Road 11511
20 Tunis Street 11511
El-Tagamoe El-Awwal *End Of Zaker
11511
27 km Misr Ismailia Road 00000
Code
54138
54136
54117
54121
54115
54125
54135
54118
54132
54113
54123
54126
Km 30 Ismailia Road 11511
66 Ismail El Kabany Street 11511
3 Abd Elrahman El Rafei St. 11341
New Cairo - Fifth Settlement 00000
St. 2 Area 1 Dst. 4, Tagammoa Khamis
11341
54127
54130
54129
54134
54124
54133
Test Center Name
Address - Cairo
Code
Kmb Alexandria,Cairo Agricultural Rd
Alexandria House Of English
21615
54137
Egypt Modern School
1 km After Abis Gate 00000
54108
El Prince St Off Moustafa Kamel St
Future American School
00000
54143
IEP at AASTMT
Gamal Abdel Nasser St, Miami 1029
54109
Kaumeya Language School
119 Gamal Abdel Nasser Street 21599
54102
Pioneers Language School
Mostafa Kamel Street 21599
54103
Old Ford Bldg, Victor Emmanuel St
Riada American School
00000
54111
Schutz American School
51 Schutz St Raml 21111
54100
Taymour English School
Km 7 At Abees Gate, 00000
54142
Other test centers may become available. Check website for current information.
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To send results to REQUIRED
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AMIDEAST (Washington DC)
 7898 AMIDEAST Alexandria Egypt
 7897 AMIDEAST Cairo Egypt
6134 Ministry of Higher Education (Egypt)
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Plus directly to the college of their choice
 0903 American University In Cairo
 7756 Ahram Canadian University
 5978 Delta University of Science and Technology
 6118 El-Asseel College
 4937 MISR International University
 4806 MSA University
 5347 Nile Academy For Science
 7209 Zewail University
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Print out and keep a copy of their registration form for reference for future
registrations.
****** Testing centers will not allow students to sit for the SAT without proper
student identification. Proper identification only consists of: A valid passport or
your National ID Card. Remember
that the name on all IDs must
match the SAT Admission Ticket.
Standby testing for the SAT Reasoning Test
Standby testing is no longer available. The Collegeboard has implemented an online
waitlist procedure for students who have missed the regular deadline. See the
Collegeboard website for additional information.
http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/how-to-register
Getting your test results
Approximately 3 weeks after the SAT exam, scores are available on the
http://sat.collegeboard.org website.
When test takers register for a test, by default they receive a student copy of the score,
provided they did not cheat or there are no problems that would hinder the arrival of
their scores to AMIDEAST. The Collegeboard sends students’ copies with an Egypt
address to the AMIDEAST office. This usually arrive one to two months after the test
date.
The copies sent to AMID East (Cairo or Alexandria) and the Ministry of Higher
Education are not accessible to test takers. The AMIDEAST copy is kept at AMIDEAST
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in case the ministry did not receive their copy and they want to verify a test taker’s
score.
When you are ready to apply to university, you need to go to AMIDEAST's office to pick
up your student copy and have it stamped. This should be done as soon as scores are
received at AMIDEAST. Don’t wait until the last minute in case you cannot find your
student copy. When you go to AMIDEAST, expect to pay LE 350 for receipt on the next
day and LE 420 for rush service (to be received at AMIDEAST before noon and you
receive it at 2:00 p.m.). Test takers stamp scores with the best section scores only. To
make sure that the tests are available at the AMIDEAST office, check by phone or email
Maggy Gamil mgamil@AMIDEAST.org and copy cairo-tcm@AMIDEAST.org.
AMIDEAST Cairo, Egypt
Address: 38 Mohie El-Din Abul-Ezz Street, Dokki, Giza
PO Box 417, Dokki - Giza, Egypt
Phone: +202-19263 | Fax: 02-33320413
Web: www.AMIDEAST.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AMIDEAST.EGYPT
Twitter: www.twitter.com/AMIDEAST_EGYPT
Students should not wait till the last moment because they fall into the trap of not finding
their scores at AMIDEAST . Please see Ms Cyndy if you fall into this problem area.
Take the "official" stamped SAT results to the university along with your admission
application.
Preparing for the SAT Reasoning Test
As part of St. Joseph’s desire for your child to be well prepared for the SAT Exam, 4
classes each week will be devoted to SAT preparation – 2 for Math, 2 for Critical
Reading / Writing. This is in addition to their other classes each week for English
(Literature, Vocabulary, Grammar and Writing), Math, Science, and Social Studies
courses where the students are practicing Critical Reading and Writing Skills.
The SAT is only one part of the admission criteria, class grades are also important.
Students are reminded that they should not neglect their other classes’ work in order to
study for the SAT. High School students will be allowed 1 day off after the SAT
exam to travel to Cairo and come back, but only upon presentation of SAT
Admission Ticket. Any other absences will be counted as un-excused and may impact
on the students’ final grade. Both the SAT and class grades are important.
Remember that 40% of the points required for admission to universities come
from your GPA and 60% from your SAT scores. If you study well for your classes,
you will also be studying for the SAT at the same time.
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Once again, I’d like to restate that St. Joseph’s Private Language School is not
responsible for either the registration or the reports of the SAT Exam. I will, however, be
glad to explain the process to either your child or yourself.
Sincerely yours,
Ms Cyndy
School Administrator, American Section
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