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5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">Registration<br> Deadline</font></td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">Late Reg<br> Deadline</font></td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">Details</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="font-size: 11px" width="43"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <span><strong>DEC</strong></span><br> <span><strong>7</strong></span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td> <span>Nov 8</span> </td> <td> <span>Nov 25</span> </td> <td><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/register" target="_blank">Register</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="font-size: 11px" width="43"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <span><strong>Jan</strong></span><br> <font size="3"><strong>25</strong></font> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td>Dec 27</td> <td>Jan 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