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 Dental
Admissions Test (DAT)
Graduate
Management Admissions Test (GMAT)
Graduate
Record Exam (GRE). To schedule a testing date in Salisbury Contact:
Sylvan Learning Center, 410-341-4100. You will need a credit card
to do this over the phone. Go onto the GRE's
website for further information and registration dates
Law School
Admissions Test (LSAT)
Medical
College Admissions Test (MCAT)
Miller
Analogy Test
Optometry
Admissions Test (OAT)
Pharmacy
College Admissions Test (PCAT)
Teacher
Testing (PRAXIS)
Veterinary College Admission Test
(VCAT)
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 ental Admission Test
(DAT)
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This test is designed to provide dental schools with common measures
for comparing the qualifications of applicants. The exam measures general
academic aptitude, comprehension of scientific information, and perceptual
ability. The test is offered exclusively on computer and consists of a battery
of four distinct tests: Survey of Natural Sciences, Perceptual Ability, Reading
Comprehension, and Quantitative Reasoning.
American
Dental Association.
Kaplan's
Dental Admissions Test (DAT)-Clear information about this test.
 raduate Management/Business
Admissions Testing
Sites (GMAT)
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The Graduate Management Admission Test is designed to help
business schools assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in
business and management. It measures basic verbal, quantitative, and writing
skills and is available year-round at test centers worldwide. Of the
several thousand graduate management programs worldwide, nearly 1,700 use the GMAT and more than 1,000 require it. Starting Jan. 1, 2006 Sylvan Learning will
NOT be giving the GMAT. In Salisbury contact PAS on Mt. Herman Road.
SU
Students Only: Log onto
LearningExpressLibrary to gain entrance to test preparation for GMAT-see
sign-on instructions above.
GMAT Prep Course:
UMBC often offers prep courses, this tends to be the closet site to SU.
For information call: 443-543-5400 or check out the web site.
Education
Testing Services Network-Very good site with information on the GRE, GMAT and the Praxis
Series. Registration, test dates, test explanations, etc. Also,
information on many other college programs.
Graduate
Management Admissions Council-Info on the GMAT, sample questions, practice test and
registration information.
Kaplan
GMAT-Kaplan's
site that gives information concerning the computer adaptive test & other info.
Peterson's.com-Very
good site.
raduate
Record Exam Testing Sites (GRE)
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The Graduate Record Examination (GRE*) General Test is designed to provide
graduate schools with common measures for comparing the qualifications of
applicants. The exam measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning
skills that have been developed over a long period of time and that are not
related to any specific field of study. To schedule a testing date in Salisbury for the General (only) GRE, Contact:
Sylvan Learning Center, 240 Tilgman Road, 410-341-4100. You will need
a credit card to do this over the phone. Check and cash must be in
person. Call at least one week ahead to get the times you want.
Some graduate schools also require the subject exam. The GRE
Subject Testing is only given in paper and pencil format. Go to GRE's
website for further information and registration dates
SU
Students Only: Log onto
Learning Express Library to gain entrance to test preparation for the GRE. See
sign-on instructions above.
GRE
Fact Sheet-Hints from the SU Career Center.
GRE Prep Course:
UMBC often offers prep courses, this tends to be the closet site to SU.
For information call: 443-543-5400 or check out the web site.
Education
Testing Services Network-Very good site with information on the GRE, GMAT and the Praxis
Series. Registration, test dates, test explanations, etc. Also,
information on many other college programs.
GRE-Graduate
Record Examine-Inclusive ETS site for all areas of GRE.
GRE
Test Preparation Workshop for Campus Educators-Very good information
and learning materials.
Kaplan
GRE Information-Easy to follow site from Kaplan.
MyGRETutor-Free
GRE practice tests, tutorials, hundreds of
practice questions, and a vocabulary tutor, all at no cost.
Peterson's.com-Very
good site. Take some practice tests.
Testpreview.com
--Free Practice Tests, including ACT, GMAT, GRE, MAT, Praxis and more.
 aw School Admissions Test
(LSAT)
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The LSAT is a half-day standardized test required for
admission to all 198 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 worldwide.
Princeton Review is now offering a review course in Salisbury. You can register online at
www.princetonreview.com/LSAT
or Call directly (410-243-1945) and you can enroll over the phone. The
course code is 206800021. UMBC often offers prep courses, this tends to be the
other closest site to SU.
For information call: 443-543-5400.
 Law
School Admissions Council-
SU
Students Only: Log onto
LearningExpressLibrary to gain entrance to test preparation for LSAT.
See sign-on instructions above.
Law
School Admissions Council-Comprehensive LSAT information. Go to"related
links" to link to law schools in US.
Kaplan
LSAT Site-Explains the LSAT and gives test
dates, registration info, etc.
LSAT Prep Courses:
GetPrepped
Kaplan
PowerScore
Princeton
Review-Princeton Review is now offering a
review course in Salisbury. You can register online at
www.princetonreview.com/LSAT or Call directly (410-243-1945)
and enroll over the phone.
TestMasters
 illers Analogy Test (MAT)
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The MAT is a high-level
analytic ability test requiring the solution of problems stated as analogies.
Most of the analogies on the MAT are verbal analogies, and a few are
quantitative. The test consists of 100 partial analogies to be
completed in 50 minutes. The MAT is intended to assess ability to
recognize relationships between ideas, fluency in the English language, and
general knowledge of literature, philosophy, history, science, mathematics,
and arts.
Miller
Analogy Test-Basic information concerning the Millers Analogy Test.
Includes a brief description of the test and provides a phone # for more
information.
Millers
Test Breakdown-Good info on test.
Kaplan
Site for Millers-Great information and tells you how to register and where.
edical School Testing Sites
(MCAT)
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The (MCAT is
the entrance exam required by the great majority of medical schools in the
United States and Canada. Designed by the Association of American Medical
Colleges, the exam is administered twice a year, in April and August. It is a
full day exam composed of four sections, Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences,
Writing Sample, and Biological Sciences.
SU
Students Only: Log onto
LearningExpressLibrary to gain entrance to test preparation for
MCAT. See sign-on instructions above.
Kaplan-Kaplan's site that lists info on MCAT registration, practice,
test dates, etc.
Princeton
Review MCAT Test Prep-Lot of detailed information.
MCAT
Prep-Excellent practice test and other links from College Park.
The MCAT Professor-Professional
editors and MCAT tutors who have identified the key concepts necessary to do
YOUR best on the exam.
 ptometry Admissions Test
(OAT)
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Just
like the LSAT, MCAT and other professional-school admission tests, the OAT
attempts to weed out those who, most likely, can not withstand the rigors of
graduate coursework. It evaluates general academic ability and scientific
knowledge. The OAT is offered twice,
usually in Feb. and October.
Frequently
Asked Questions About The Optometry Admission Test (OAT)-Variety of information concerning this
test.
University
of California School of Optometry Admissions Requirements-Good
example of timelines needed for Optometry School admissions.
 harmacy College Admission
Test (PCAT)
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The PCAT is a
specialized test that helps identify qualified applicants to pharmacy college by
measuring general and scientific knowledge necessary for the commencement of
pharmaceutical education.
Pharmacy
College Admission Test Information-All you need to know about
the PCAT.
Kaplan's
Pharmacy Testing Site-Easy to follow site.
 eacher Certification Testing
Sites
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All
candidates applying for an initial teacher certificate, except those meeting
requirement #2 on the Maryland Certification Information web page, are required
to present qualifying scores on the Praxis I Academic Skills Assessments and the
appropriate Praxis II Subject and Pedagogy Assessment, where required.
SU
Students Only: Log onto
LearningExpressLibrary to gain entrance to test preparation for
PRAXIS-see
sign-on instructions above.
Education
Testing Services Network-Very good site with information on the GRE, GMAT and the Praxis
Series. Registration, test dates, test explanations, etc. Also,
information on many other college programs.
Maryland
Teacher Certification and Testing Requirements-Excellent explanation
concerning Praxis testing for teaching certification in MD.
 eterinary College Admission Test
(VCAT)
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Veterinary College Admission Test
(VCAT)-Very inclusive site.
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