If your career plans involve business, law, medicine, or other graduate degrees, more than likely a standardized test will be required. The following explains the major graduate school admissions tests. Test registration forms are available at the Career Development Center. On-line registration is now available for most exams.



The Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®)
The Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®) Program provides tests, publications, and services that assist graduate schools and departments in graduate admissions activities, guidance and placement, program evaluation, and selection of fellowship recipients. The GRE Program also assists students in their transition to graduate education through a variety of services and publications. Admissions tests offered include the GRE General Test, which measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning skills, and the GRE Subject Tests, which measure achievement in 14 different fields of study. After April 1999, the General Test will only be available on computer. A computer based testing demo is available at this site.

GRE News
Keep up with the latest newsworthy events and developments pertaining to GRE tests and services.

Changes to the GRE General Test
Learn about the major changes in the GRE General Test introduced in October 2002. Questions and answers address the NEW analytical writing measure, test content and structure, test preparation, test administration, scoring and reporting, test fairness, and score use.

GRE Analytical Writing Measure
Learn more about the GRE analytical writing measure, including descriptions of the two writing tasks, directions, sample essays, scoring criteria, and information on how to interpret analytical writing scores.



Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is a half-day standardized test required for admission to all 195 law schools that are members of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC or Law Services). It provides a standard measure of 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. Many law schools require that the LSAT be taken by December for admission the following fall. However, taking the test earlier-in June or September-is often advised. Most LSAC-member law schools in the United States will also require that you subscribe to the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS).

Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT®)
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT®) includes verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing questions that you will 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 are mingled within the quantitative section; sentence correction, reading comprehension and critical reasoning are included in the verbal section. A computer based practice test is available at this site.

Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a standardized, multiple-choice examination designed to assist admission committees in predicting which of their applicants will perform adequately in the medical school curriculum. The test assesses problem solving, critical thinking, and writing skills in addition to the examinee's knowledge of science concepts and principles prerequisite to the study of medicine. The MCAT is scored in each of the following areas: Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences, Writing Sample, and Biological Sciences. Nearly all U.S. medical schools require applicants to attempt the MCAT before applying for admission. Applicants should refer to the Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) to determine specific MCAT requirements. No on-line registration available.

California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST)
The purpose of the CBEST, which was developed to meet requirements of laws relating to credentialing and employment, is to assess and verify acceptable proficiency in reading, writing, and mathematics skills in the English language. The CBEST is not a measure of teaching skills or abilities. Instead, it measures more basic educational skills that are needed and used by professional staff members in schools that offer academic programs in kindergarten, grades one through twelve, and adult education.