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Prepare a Personal Device
Follow these instructions to make sure your personal device meets all requirements for the SAT, PSAT-related assessments, and digital AP Exams. Start at least 30 days before test day in case your first choice doesn’t meet requirements.
Personal Device Policies
- You can’t test on a personal Chromebook or a phone.
- SAT Weekend: You can use your own device or a school-managed device.
- AP Exams, SAT School Day, or PSAT-related assessments: If you’re testing at the school you attend, your school will let you know if personal devices are an option. If you’re testing at a test center or a school you don’t attend, you can use your own device or a school-managed device.
30 Days Before Test Day: Device Check
If you have any problems, refer to the FAQs below for troubleshooting tips.
- If you’re unsure whether your device meets requirements, try the following steps anyways and Bluebook will check most specifications for you.
- If you don’t have a Windows device, Mac laptop, or iPad that meets requirements, use a school-managed device or request a College Board device for SAT Weekend at least 30 days before test day.
- If someone else had to download Bluebook for you, you’re not the device administrator, which could cause problems on test day. Find out what to do.
- Open Bluebook.
- Click Test Your Device and follow the instructions to fix any problems.
- SAT Weekend and AP Exams only:
- Sign in to Bluebook with your College Board account.
- Check all test information on your homepage.
- Make sure you know your College Board account credentials; Bluebook won’t save them.
- SAT School Day and PSAT-related assessments only:
- Your school will give you a sign-in ticket to sign in to Bluebook; you don’t need a College Board account to take the test.
- Ask your school about next steps for student readiness.
- Practice using Bluebook on your testing device and try out any accommodations you’re approved for.
- Take your device somewhere out of range of your school or home network and connect to Wi-Fi.
- Check your device to make sure all required settings are applied.
5 Days Before Test Day: Device Prep
- Connect to the internet.
- Open Bluebook. It may need to perform an update.
- Click Test Your Device again to make sure your device still passes all checks.
- Check your device again to make sure all required settings are still applied.
- If you haven’t already, follow the instructions above for your test.
- SAT Weekend only: Complete exam setup. Follow the instructions in the email we send you 5 days before the test.
- Charge your battery.