The November 2026 SAT is on Saturday, November 7, 2026. Register by October 23 for the regular $68 fee, or by October 27 with a $38 late fee. Scores come out November 20. That's too late for most November 1 and November 15 early deadlines, but in time for most regular decision deadlines in January.
Use the checker below to test your own deadlines, then read who this date suits, how to decide on a retake after October 3, and a three-week plan to test day.
The November SAT has four dates that matter: October 23, October 27, November 7 and November 20. All registration deadlines end at 11:59 p.m. ET and apply to U.S. and international test takers alike.
| What | Date |
|---|---|
| Regular registration deadline | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Late registration, changes and regular cancellation | Tuesday, October 27, 2026 |
| Test day | Saturday, November 7, 2026 |
| Sunday testing (religious reasons only) | Sunday, November 8, 2026 |
| Last day to choose 4 free score sends | Monday, November 16, 2026 |
| Student score release | Friday, November 20, 2026 |
| Next SAT | December 5, 2026 (register by November 20, scores December 18) |
Registration is $68, plus $38 if you register late. International test takers pay an extra $43. Students who qualify for a fee waiver test free and don't pay late fees. If you need to borrow a testing device from College Board, the request was due 30 days before test day, so for November 7 that window has closed; for December 5 it closes around November 5.
Enter a college's deadline for test scores. We compare it with the November 20 score release and with every later SAT date you can still register for.
Regular registration closes October 23, 2026; late registration closes October 27.
In time. Scores come out November 20, 42 days before your January 1, 2027 deadline. That leaves time for the official report to reach the college.
Dates from College Board's test dates and deadlines and score release dates, checked October 14, 2026. "Tight" means fewer than 7 days between score release and your deadline. Colleges set their own rules, so confirm with each one.
November 7 suits seniors applying regular decision and juniors who are already prepared. It doesn't suit seniors who need a new score for a November 1 or November 15 early deadline. Our view, not a College Board rule:
Take it if your colleges' testing deadlines are in December or January and a higher score would move you into or above the middle of their ranges. November scores land about six weeks before a January 1 deadline, which leaves room for the official report to arrive.
Usually not for those applications. November 20 is after both November 1 and November 15. Some colleges accept a November score for an early application or let you self-report first; this varies, so read each college's testing page. A November score can still help your regular decision schools.
Take it if your practice scores are already near your goal and an early score frees your spring. Otherwise you lose little by waiting for December 5 or March 6, 2027, when you'll have more coursework behind you. Juniors who just took the PSAT/NMSQT can use those results, released in waves from late October, to decide.
October 3 scores come out October 16, which leaves one week to decide before the October 23 deadline (eleven days if you register late). Make the call with three questions:
If your colleges superscore, focus your three weeks on the weaker section; your best section score from October can still count. Check each college's superscore policy rather than assuming. You can estimate a new total from practice raw scores with our digital SAT score calculator.
Three weeks is enough to fix pacing and the two or three question types you miss most, not to relearn the test. Plan for about an hour a day on weekdays and a longer block on weekends.
| Week | Main goal | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 17–23 | Find your misses | One timed full-length test. Sort every miss by question type and cause (content, careless, time). Register by Oct 23. |
| Oct 24–30 | Fix the top 3 question types | Daily 20–30 minute drills on your 3 most-missed types. Review each wrong answer until you can explain the right one. |
| Oct 31–Nov 3 | Rehearse test day | A second full-length test in Bluebook at 8 a.m., with the 10-minute break. Compare your misses with week 1. |
| Nov 4–6 | Light review | Short mixed sets only. Complete Bluebook exam setup and get your admission ticket. Sleep on a test-day schedule. |
For targeted drills, start with our free SAT grammar practice for Reading and Writing, and use the score calculator after each full test to see which section moved.
The November SAT is the same digital, adaptive test as every SAT Weekend date: 98 questions in 2 hours 14 minutes, scored 400 to 1600. You take it in the Bluebook app on a laptop or tablet.
| Section | Modules | Questions | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and Writing | 2 | 54 (27 + 27) | 64 min (32 + 32) | 200–800 |
| Math | 2 | 44 (22 + 22) | 70 min (35 + 35) | 200–800 |
| Total | 4 | 98 | 2 h 14 min + 10 min break | 400–1600 |
Each section is adaptive by module: how you do in the first module sets the difficulty of the second. Time in one module doesn't carry to the next. A built-in graphing calculator is available for all of Math, and there's no penalty for wrong answers, so answer every question.
Finish Bluebook exam setup 1–5 days before the test and no later than Friday, November 6, or you won't have the admission ticket you need to get in. Then bring:
Arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time on your admission ticket. If you borrowed a College Board device, arrive by 7:15 a.m. to collect and set it up. Update your device's operating system and Bluebook a few days before, not the morning of the test.
Scores for the November 7 SAT release on November 20, 2026. College Board emails you when they're ready; your school sees them in the K–12 portal on November 23. Sunday testers on November 8 should check My SAT for their release date.
You get four free score reports if you choose the colleges by November 16, nine days after the test. Picking them before you see your score costs nothing extra and gets the report to colleges soonest, which matters if a deadline is tight. After November 16, each report has a fee. Not happy with the result? Registration for December 5 closes November 20, the same day November scores come out.
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