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Accepted International Students at KSU

Hey,

If you are accepted as an international Student at KSU in one of the following programmes, please share your High School and SAT score in the comments ( And if you will, you can also tell in the dms)

- Computer Engineering

- Computer Science

- Electrical Engineering

- Software Engineering

Thank you very much!!!!

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u/No_Application3095 — 4 days ago
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1380 on PT11 the day before my SAT after scoring 1440 on PT7. Am I cooked? (motivate me!!)

So my SAT is literally tomorrow (June 6) and I just took Practice Test 11 today and got 1380. I'm kind of freaking out because my trajectory was going so well before this.

Here's my whole journey:

  • Practice Test 4 (May 2): 1250 this was my baseline. I had an 8-month study gap and had never taken the SAT format before
  • Practice Test 5 (May 21): 1340 (+90) completed all KA foundation units
  • Practice Test 6 (May 29): 1410 (+70) completed all KA medium/advanced R&W units + learned SEC grammar from James Lu SAT
  • Practice Test 7 (June 3): 1440 (+30) completed all KA math units + learned Desmos

So I went from 1250 to 1440 in about 32 days which I'm honestly proud of. But then today I took PT11 and got 1380 which is even lower than my PT6 score.

I think what happened is that I was taking it too lightly and didn't pay much attention to time management. Like I know the strategies and all the rules but I just wasn't fully locked in today. Also I've been studying intensively for weeks and I think mental fatigue played a role as well.

My question is: do people generally perform better or worse on actual test day compared to practice tests? And is it normal to score lower on a practice test taken the day before when you're mentally drained? Should I trust my PT7 score (1440) more since I was fully engaged for that one?

Any motivation or advice for someone taking the test tomorrow would be really appreciated. I feel like I know the material but that PT11 score has shaken my confidence a bit...

u/No_Application3095 — 1 month ago
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Hey everyone. I'll keep the background brief and get straight to the data because I know that's what's actually useful here.

My situation:

  • Pakistani student, applying for a university scholarship that requires SAT
  • Just finished high school with 95.3%
  • Have been completely disconnected from studying for the past 6–8 months
  • Found out about the SAT requirement recently, registered for June 6; so I have roughly one month
  • Took SAT Practice 4 on Bluebook: cold, zero prep...

My scores:

Section Score
Total 1250 / 1600
Reading & Writing 600 / 800
Math 650 / 800

Score details:

  • R&W: 38/54 correct (16 wrong)
  • Math: 30/44 correct (14 wrong)

The specific problem I noticed is time:

This is my biggest issue right now and I want to be honest about it.

In both R&W modules, I was only able to attempt 22 out of 27 questions each. The last 5 questions in each module went unanswered because I ran out of time.

In Math, the last module (which I assume was the harder adaptive module since I did okay in the first one), I could only get to around 14–15 questions out of 22 before time ran out. Again, unanswered...

So realistically, my "true" score with proper time management could be probably higher than 1250, but I need to fix the pacing before I can find out.

What I think my weak areas are based on the Knowledge & Skills breakdown:

Looking at the bar charts on my report, R&W seems more inconsistent across domains than Math. Math feels more like a time issue. R&W feels like a mix of both.

For R&W specifically: Craft and Structure and Expression of Ideas look weaker on my bars compared to Information and Ideas and Standard English Conventions.

For Math: Advanced Math and Geometry/Trig look shakier than Algebra.

What I'm asking:

  1. For people who started around 1200–1250 and pushed to 1450+, what was your single most impactful change?
  2. Time management on R&W specifically: how do you pace 27 questions in 32 minutes without rushing? Any module-level strategy?
  3. Is one month realistic to go from 1250 to 1450+ with focused daily prep? And what does "focused" actually look like i.e hours per day, resources?
  4. For the harder adaptive Math module, is it purely about speed or are there question types that eat time disproportionately? Which ones should I triage?
  5. Khan Academy vs. other resources: is Official Digital SAT Prep on Khan Academy genuinely enough or do people supplement with something else?

Any tips, roasts, or personal experiences welcome. The University's minimum is low but admissions are competitive based on SAT + high school scores. I want to go in with the strongest score I can get in this window.

Thanks in advance..!

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u/No_Application3095 — 2 months ago
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I'm an international applicant for the Bachelors scholarship at King Saud University and King Abdulaziz University through the Study in Saudi portal (open April 19 – May 21, 2026).

I noticed that a SAT requirement was added to the program details after the portal opened. The problem: the May 2 SAT registration closed on April 17, before the requirement appeared. The June 6 SAT is after the May 21 deadline. No international applicant who hadn't already taken the SAT has any realistic way to comply.

KSU and KAU has never required SAT for international bachelor's applicants in previous cycles. I've already emailed the Deanship of Admission of King Saud University and also visited the university in person, met with the Dean and Vice Dean, and submitted a ticket on the Study in Saudi portal. The consistent response is "it's from the Ministry."

I'm writing here because this likely affects hundreds of applicants from Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and beyond. If you're affected, I'd encourage you to:

  1. Email darcare@ksu.edu.sa or info@kau.edu.sa with your concern
  2. Submit a ticket on studyinsaudi.sa
  3. Comment here so we can understand the scale of this issue

Happy to share the full letter I sent if anyone wants to use it as a template. Is anyone else navigating this?

u/No_Application3095 — 2 months ago