List of admissions tests - Definition and Overview

This is a list of standardized tests that students may have to take for admissions to various schools:

Secondary School

Admissions

• SSAT - Secondary School Admission Test
• Eleven plus - For entry to grammar schools in the UK

Mid-course

• HSPA - New Jersey
• Regents - New York
• MCAS - Massachusetts
• TCAP (http://www.state.tn.us/education/tsachhome.htm) - Tennessee

Undergraduate

• SAT - formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test
• ACT - formerly American College Testing
• TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
• A level - Standard means of entry to UK universities
• Access programme - Alternative means of entry to UK universities
• Högskoleprovet - the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Required for entry by foreigners into Japanese Universities.
• UMAT - Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test, required for undergraduate entry to Australian and New Zealand medical schools.

Graduate/Professional Schools

• AHPAT - Allied Health Professions Admission Test
• BMAT - Biomedical Admissions Test
• DAT - Dental Admission Test
• GAMSAT - Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Test
• GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Test
• GRE - Graduate Record Examination
• LNAT - National Admissions Test for Law
• LSAT - Law School Admissions Test
• MAT - Miller Analogies Test
• MCAT - Medical College Admission Test
• OAT - Optometry Admission Test
• PCAT- Pharmacy College Admission Test
• VCAT - Veterinary College Admission Test

Language Proficiency

• TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
• TSE - Test of Spoken English

External links

• DMOZ listings of test preparation websites (http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/Products_and_Services/Test_Preparation/)
• Educational Testing Service (http://www.ets.org) developer of many of these exams
• Test Preparation (http://www.testmagic.com) TestMagic Test Preparation.
• gmat (http://www.mba8.com) China Gmat Center