Entrance Exams - Which Entrance Exam?
Applicants are required to submit scores on standardized tests to the institution to which they're applying. Each program will require different tests. These tests are listed below with links to the official sites. The MCAT, LSAt and GRE still publish applications booklets which are available in Career Services.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) www.gre.org
The GRE is a general test that measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning skills that have been developed over a long period of time and are not necessarily related to any particular field of study. The General Test and Writing Test are/is offered only as a computer-based test. In addition, subject tests may be required by certain graduate programs. Stop by the Career Services office to pick up a GRE Bulletin with sample GRE test questions.
Miller Analogies Test (MAT) www.milleranalogies.com
The MAT is a high-level mental ability test that requires the solution of 100 problems (in 50 minutes) stated in the form of
analogies. The test items use different types of analogies to sample a variety of fields such as literature, fine arts, math, natural and social sciences. Many schools will accept the MAT in lieu of the GRE. Again, be sure to check with the institution to see if that is possible.
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) www.gmat.org
The GMAT measures general verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills that are developed over a long period of time. The GMAT will include verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing questions that you'll
answer on computer. You will have 75 minutes for 37 quantitative questions, 75 minutes for 41 verbal questions, and 30 minutes for each of the two analytical writing topics. Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving questions will be mingled within the quantitative section; and Sentence Correction, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning questions will be mingled within the verbal section. The GMAT does not presuppose any specific knowledge of business or of other specific content areas.
Law School Admission Test (LSAT) www.lsat.org
The LSAT is a half-day standardized test required for admission to all Law School Admissions Council members. The scoring
scale for the LSAT is 120-180.
The LSAT is designed to measure skills that are considered essential for success in law school: the reading and comprehension of complex texts with accuracy and insight; the organization and management of information and the ability to draw reasonable inferences from it; the ability to reason critically; and the analysis and evaluation of the reasoning and arguments of others.
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) www.aamc.org/students/mcat
The MCAT is designed to help measure specific science knowledge and its application in solving related problems considered important for the study and practice of medicine. Four separate scores are reported. Verbal reasoning, physical sciences and
biological sciences are composed of multiple choice-items. The writing sample includes two 30-minute essays.
The verbal-reasoning section tests in the areas of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to access the student's ability to comprehend, reason, and think critically. The two science sections, biological and physical, will assess biological and biologically-related chemistry concepts and physics and physically-related chemistry topics respectively. The problems consist entirely of science concepts assessing the knowledge of these topics to the solution of science problems. The writing section is designed for the test taker to take and develop a central idea, present it in a cohesive and logical manner and to express clear writing.