GRADUATE EXAMINATIONS

The major standardized examination for graduate is the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Other popular, and often required examinations are discipline specific. They include the General Management Admissions Test (GMAT) for business and related fields, the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

GRE

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a group of standardized, multiple-choice tests used by many graduate schools as part of the admissions process. The most important part of the GRE is the General Test, which is offered only in the Computer Adaptive format.

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GMAT

The GMAT is specifically designed to assess the verbal, quantitative, and writing skills of applicants for graduate study in business. However, it does not measure knowledge in any business area because many applicants to graduate business schools come from various educational backgrounds and careers. The GMAT is one measure of potential academic performance in graduate management education.

LSAT

The LSAT is a half-day standardized test required for admission to all 197 law schools that are members of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). It provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants. The test is administered four times a year at hundreds of locations around the world.

TOEFL

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a 2 1/2-hour multiple-choice exam which measures English skills of international students who wish to study in English at North American colleges and universities. The TOEFL exam may be taken as a paper exam or via computer.