List of admissions tests

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

United States

econdary School

Admissions

*SHSAT - Specialized High Schools Admissions Test for New York City
*ISEE - Independent School Entrance Examination
*SSAT - Secondary School Admission Test
*HSPT - High School Placement Test

Mid-course

*California High School Exit Exam - California
*Connecticut Academic Performance Test - Connecticut
*Connecticut Mastery Test - Connecticut
*Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) - Florida
*Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) - Kentucky
*High School Proficiency Assessment - New Jersey
*Regents Examinations - New York
*Michigan Merit Exam - Michigan
*Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System - Massachusetts
*Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) [http://www.state.tn.us/education/assessment/] - Tennessee
*Ohio Graduation Test - Ohio
*Pennsylvania System of School Assessment - Pennsylvania
* Standards of Learning - Virginia
*Washington Assessment of Student Learning - Washington
*Advanced Placement Program

Undergraduate

*SAT - formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test
**SAT Subject Tests
**Former English Language Proficiency Test - ELPT
**PSAT/NMSQT - Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
*ACT - formerly American College Testing Program or American College Test
*TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language

Graduate/Professional schools

*Allied Health Professions Admission Test (AHPAT)
*Dental Admission Test (DAT)- (United States)
*GAMSAT - Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Test
*Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) - (US)
*Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
*Law School Admission Test (LSAT) - (US and Canada)
*Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
*Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) - (US and Canada)
*MOAT - for medical school
*Optometry Admission Test (OAT) - Optometry Admission Test
*Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT)
*Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT)
*UKCAT - United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test

English

*IELTS - International English Language Testing System
*TOEIC - Test of English for International Communication
*TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
*London Tests of English - A series of six exams from Pearson Language Assessments
*TSE - Test of Spoken English
*TWE - Test of Written English
*UBELT - University of Bath English Language Test
* Former ELPT - English Language Proficiency Test

Elsewhere

*Common Entrance Examination - For entry into public schools in the UK
*Eleven plus - For entry to grammar schools in the UK
*PSLE - Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Singapore
*OKS - Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Turkey
*UPSR - Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Malaysia

Undergraduate

*NAT - Catagory I - "National Aptitude Test", for admission in Engineering, Computer Science, Medical and Arts in most universities of Pakistan.
*IELTS - International English Language Testing System
*A-level - Standard means of entry to English, Welsh and Northern Irish universities
*Scottish Higher - Standard means of entry to Scottish universities
*Higher School Certificate New South Wales External Assessment
*Abitur - German High School final exam which determines university acceptance
*Baccalauréat - French High School final exam which determines university acceptance
*Selectividad - Spanish High School final exam which determines university acceptance
*Maturità - Italian High School final exam which determines university acceptance
*Psychometric Entrance Test (colloquially "The Psychometry") - Required for undergraduate entry to most universities in Israel
*Access programme - Alternative means of entry to UK universities
*International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
*Högskoleprovet - the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
*Examination for Japanese University Admission - Required for entry by foreigners into many Japanese Universities
*IIT-JEE,HSEE [http://hsee.iitm.ac.in] - Standard means of entry to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
*CEE - Standard means of entry to Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology(NSIT) and Delhi College of Engineering(DCE).
*BITSAT - Standard means of entry to BITS, Pilani
*AIEEE - Standard means of entry to the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) across India with some other colleges
*All India Pre Medical Test - Standard test for admission to 15% of Central Government quota merit seats in Government Medical Colleges in India.
*ÖSS - Standard means of entry to Turkish universities.
*Concoor - Standard means of entry to universities in Iran.
*UMAT - Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test, required for undergraduate entry to many Australian and New Zealand undergraduate-entry medical schools
*THEA - Texas Higher Education Assessment
*Vestibular - University entrance exams in Brazil
*National College Entrance Examination - Standard means of entry to Chinese universities
*College Scholastic Ability Test - Standard means of entry to South Korean universities and colleges
*HKALE - Standard means of entry to Hong Kong universities
*Leaving Certificate Examination - Standard means of entry to colleges and universities in the Republic of Ireland
*Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia - Malaysia Higher School Certificate (sic) is a test usually taken by students at the end of Form 6
*Matura - Austrian High School Final Exam - required for university admission
*MH-CET - Test for Graduate and/or Post-Graduate Studies in Maharashtra (India)
*TNPCEE - Test for undergraduate Engineering admissions in Anna University (Tamilnadu, India)
*EAMCET - Test for admissions into engineering and medical schools in the state of Andhra Pradesh(INDIA)
*Equivalent National Tertiary Entry Rank - Australian aptitude test for university admission
*STAT - Australian aptitude test for non-school leavers
*TKB - Test for undergraduate admissions in Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

Graduate/Professional schools

*GATE,JAM & JMET - Standard means of entry to the graduate courses at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
*History Aptitude Test (HAT) - (United Kingdom)
*BMAT - Biomedical Admissions Test (United Kingdom)
*Common Admission Test (CAT)- (India)
*Dental Aptitude Test (Canada)
*LNAT - National Admissions Test for Law (UK)
*Prueba de Selección Universitaria - (Chile)
*MH-CET - (Maharashtra-India)
*NAT - Category II - "National Aptitude Test", for admission in Graduate / Masters programs, Pakistan.
*GAT-GENERAL - "Graduate Aptitude Test", for admission in M.Phil and HEC Scholarship Schemes, Pakistan.
*GAT-SUBJECT - "Graduate Aptitude Test", for admission in PhD programs, Pakistan.

Language proficiency

Chinese

*Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì - Chinese Proficiency Test.

French

*TEF - Test d'évaluation du français
*TCF - Test de connaissance du français
*TFI - Test de français international
*DALF - Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française
*DELF - Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française

German

*Deutsches Sprachdiplom Stufe I and II- German as a foreign language
*DSH
*TestDaF

Japanese

*JLPT - Japanese Language Proficiency Test

Portuguese

*CELPE-Bras - Brazilian Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners

panish

*DELE - Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera, Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language.

External links

* [http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/Products_and_Services/Test_Preparation/ DMOZ listings of test preparation websites]
* [http://www.ets.org Educational Testing Service] developer of many of these exams