To check your SAT scores, sign in to your College Board student account at studentscores.collegeboard.org on release day. Your newest score sits at the top of the page. Click See Score Details for your percentiles, benchmarks and your results in eight skill areas. College Board emails you when your scores are ready.
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Start 1-day free trial →Students 13 and older check scores with a College Board student account. Follow the steps on College Board's getting your scores page:
- Go to studentscores.collegeboard.org and sign in with your College Board student account.
- Find your most recent score at the top of the page. Click See Additional Scores to view older SAT scores.
- Click See Score Details for percentiles, college readiness benchmarks and your results by content area.
- Download your score report PDF. Keep it for planning, but colleges want official scores sent by College Board.
Our SAT test dates page lists every 2026-27 test date and its release date. For the hour scores post on release day, read what time SAT scores are released. Once you have your section scores, the Digital SAT score calculator estimates a score from your correct answers in each module, so you can see what a few more right answers would do.
When will your SAT scores be ready?
College Board says weekend SAT scores are typically online 2 to 4 weeks after the test. These are the release dates it has posted:
| SAT date | Scores out for students |
|---|---|
| November 7, 2026 | November 20, 2026 |
| December 5, 2026 | December 18, 2026 |
| March 6, 2027 | March 19, 2027 |
| May 1, 2027 | May 14, 2027 |
| June 5, 2027 | June 21, 2027 |
Source: College Board's score release dates. Scores post in waves on release day. College Board's score release post says some appear as early as 6 a.m. and all are generally up by 8 p.m. Our guides to the November 2026 SAT and the December 2026 SAT cover the full calendar for each date.
How do you check SAT School Day scores?
If you took the SAT at school, your counselor gets your score report first and may give it to you early. You can still check online with your student account if you are 13 or older. If you gave a mobile number during testing at a U.S. school, the BigFuture School app texts you when scores are ready and shows the same information as the PDF.
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For fall 2026 School Day testing, College Board lists these dates for students: October 22 (answers submitted by October 9), November 5 (by October 23) and November 12 (by October 30).
What is on your SAT score report?
Your report shows three scores, plus details that tell you what each score means. College Board's What Do My Scores Mean page lists them:
| Part of the report | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Total score | 400 to 1600 |
| Section scores | 200 to 800 each for Reading and Writing and for Math |
| Score range | How much your score would likely vary on a different test day under the same conditions |
| Percentiles | How your score compares with other students who took the same test |
| Benchmarks (in See Score Details) | Whether each section meets College Board's college readiness mark: 480 for Reading and Writing, 530 for Math |
| Knowledge and Skills | Your performance in 8 content areas, 4 per section |
| Career Insights Snapshot | U.S. students only: growing careers in your state linked to your scores |
College Board's benchmarks page says students who meet a section benchmark have a 75% chance of earning at least a C in a matching first-semester college course. To see where your total or section score ranks, use our SAT percentile lookup. For how the score is built, read what the SAT is out of and how it is scored.
How do you read the Knowledge and Skills section?
Look for the shortest bars. Each of the 8 content areas shows how many questions it had and what share of the section it covers. A bar shows how you did. College Board gives an example: 12 to 14 questions make up about 26% of the Reading and Writing section.
- Reading and Writing areas: Information and Ideas, Craft and Structure, Expression of Ideas, Standard English Conventions.
- Math areas: Algebra, Advanced Math, Problem-Solving and Data Analysis, Geometry and Trigonometry.
Turn those bars into a plan. On the free SAT study plan generator, click the number of filled segments for each area, or drop in your score report. A PDF is read inside your browser and is not uploaded. The tool then builds a week-by-week plan to your next test date.
Then practice the weak area by itself. The October 2026 Reading and Writing bank sorts questions into those four official domains. The October 2026 Math bank does the same for math. The June 2026 Reading and Writing bank is free with a free account.
Why can't you see your SAT scores?
Work through these checks in order:
- Check the date. Make sure today is your test's release date, and give it until evening. Scores post in waves until about 8 p.m.
- Check the account. College Board says you, a parent or a counselor may have made a second account for you. Sign out and sign in to the other one.
- Use Find Your Scores. This College Board tool checks your account details. You can update your address or school, or find a score with your test details and SAT registration number.
- Call College Board. Customer Service is at 866-433-7728.
What should you do after you check your SAT scores?
Decide two things: where to send the score, and whether to retake.
- Sending: Our guide on how to send SAT scores covers free sends, fees and Score Choice.
- Retaking: If you plan another try, when to take the SAT maps the next dates. A free account includes one full-length adaptive SAT section, so you can check your level before you register again. The SAT Question Bank hub groups the English and Math banks by test month.
How we built this page
We read College Board's pages on getting weekend scores, what scores mean, benchmarks, score release dates and its post on score release timing. The study plan and calculator details come from those TTA tool pages. All facts verified 2026-10-13.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will your SAT scores be ready?
College Board says weekend SAT scores are typically online 2 to 4 weeks after the test. Posted release dates: November 20, 2026 for the November 7 SAT, December 18 for December 5, March 19, 2027 for March 6, May 14 for May 1 and June 21 for June 5.
How do you check SAT School Day scores?
Your school counselor gets the score report first and may share it early. Students 13 and older can also check online with a College Board student account, and students who gave a mobile number at a U.S. school get a BigFuture School app text when scores are ready.
What is on your SAT score report?
A total score from 400 to 1600, Reading and Writing and Math section scores from 200 to 800, a score range, percentiles, college readiness benchmarks (480 Reading and Writing, 530 Math), Knowledge and Skills results in 8 content areas and, for U.S. students, a Career Insights Snapshot.
How do you read the Knowledge and Skills section?
Each of the 8 content areas, 4 per section, shows the approximate number of questions, its share of the section and a bar for your performance. Start your practice with the areas that have the shortest bars.
Why can't you see your SAT scores?
Confirm it is your release date and wait until evening, since scores post in waves until about 8 p.m. Then check for a second College Board account made by you, a parent or a counselor, use College Board's Find Your Scores tool, or call Customer Service at 866-433-7728.