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Entrance exams
SUNY Oswego - Career Services
- Career Communities
- Major And Career Exploration
- Resumes and Cover Letters
- Networking, Personal Branding and LinkedIn
- Job and Internship Searching
- Graduate School
- Online Career Tools
- Affinity Group Resources
- Compensation Negotiation
- Events
- Graduate Outcomes
- Information for
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- Connect with us
Entrance exams: You took the SAT or ACT for entrance into college. If you want to go to graduate school, you may need to take another entrance exam.
Graduate school entrance tests are field-specific:
- LSAT - Law School
- MCAT - Medical School
- GMAT - Business School
- GRE® - Graduate School
- MAT - Graduate School
- DAT - Dental School
- PCAT - Pharmacy School
- OAT - Optometry School
The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is the most common entrance exam for most other fields.
GRE:
The GRE General Test is, essentially, the SAT for grad school - it measures your overall scholastic ability, specifically verbal and quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills. Read about the GRE revised General Test. Tutorthepeople.com test preparation. Their top-scoring, highly-experienced GRE tutors will help you improve not only your test scores, but your understanding of the material. They have a history of helping students raise their scores on the GRE, as well as most other major standardized tests. Their GRE tutors tailor each GRE prep course to match the student’s learning personality. Chegg.com has free resources for the test preparation. They also suggest some strategies for the GRE Test Day.
LSAT:
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a half-day, standardized test administered four times each year at designated testing centers throughout the world. The test is an integral part of the law school admission process in the United States, Canada, and a growing number of other countries. 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.
In the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and some other countries, the LSAT is administered on a Saturday, except in June, when it is generally administered on a Monday. For Saturday Sabbath observers, the test is also administered on a weekday following Saturday administrations.
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. Tutorthepeople.com LSAT test preparation. Do not let the LSAT be a hurdle to your legal career. Tutor the People’s individualized approach to tutoring can help you achieve the score you deserve. Every student has the ability to succeed, they just need to recognize and strengthen their own capabilities. That’s where they come in. At Tutor the People, their tutors instill the core principles in reasoning, logic and critical analysis which form the blueprint to each student’s unique angle to test taking. Chegg.com has a free practice test. They also have an article entitled: 5 Tips to LSAT Success.
MCAT:
The Medical College Admission Test® (MCAT®) is a standardized, multiple-choice examination designed to assess the examinee's problem solving, critical thinking, writing skills, and knowledge of science concepts and principles prerequisite to the study of medicine. Another helpful resource can be found through Gold Standard Multimedia Education. They have a number of options for MCAT test preparation, including free resources such as a free practice test, free summaries for the sciences (Biochemistry, Physics, Chemistry, etc.), as well as paid programs with as many as 16 full-length MCAT practice tests which include official AAMC exams on our website www.MCAT-Prep.com
Tutorthepeople.com has test preparation materials. Their tutoring philosophy is to focus on the individual student. A top-scoring, experienced private tutor will help you master the material included on the MCAT, either in-person or online. From improving your scores on the CARS section to helping you dissect complex MCAT biochemistry problems, their MCAT tutors have a proven track record of helping students receive acceptances to top medical schools.
Tutor the People’s expert team of medical students and doctors will help you every step of the way to ensure your best chance of acceptance through private tutoring that is tailored to your needs.
Chegg.com has some free test preparation resources for the MCAT. They also offer an article entitled: The Best Way to Study for the MCAT.
GMAT:
The GMAT is the Graduate Management Admission Test, a standardized test required by the vast majority of business schools because it provides a measure of an applicant's academic ability. The GMAT test does not include any questions that gauge your business knowledge. The GMAT test is computerized and administered six days each week, 52 weeks per year. While the exam can be taken at virtually any time, it can only be taken once per 31 days and 5 times per year.
Tutorthepeople.com has test preparation materials. Tutor the People will match you with an expert private GMAT tutor who can help you raise your scores and master the material.
Test prep resources
- Educational Testing Services, writer of the GRE, offers free test prep materials including online tips and downloadable POWERPREP software that includes: practice tests, practice questions with explanations and charts and reports that show how your score compares to those of other GRE test takers. SeePrepare for the GRE revised General Test and, if needed, the Test Practice Booklet for the GRE Psychology Subject Test.
- The Kaplan Online Prep for the GRE has on demand prep courses. See GRE Psychology at a Glance.
- The Princeton Review GRE Online Courses let you prepare on your own schedule, at your own pace.
- Chegg.com has some free resources to help you prepare. They also have an article with some Last Minute GMAT Tips.