{"id":4885,"date":"2017-08-25T16:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T20:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/career.utk.edu\/?page_id=4885"},"modified":"2022-07-29T14:32:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T18:32:39","slug":"entrance-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/career\/students\/prepare-for-graduate-school\/entrance-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrance Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most graduate and professional schools require your scores on at least one standardized test for admission. Typically getting a minimum score is required for consideration for a program, but getting that score does not guarantee admission. We encourage you to find out about the average test scores of people admitted to a program you are interested in.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 603px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 118px\"><strong>Types of standardized test<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 463px\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gre.org\/\">Graduate Record Exam (GRE)<\/a> \u2013 most commonly requested for master&#8217;s and doctoral programs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mba.com\/us\/the-gmat-exam.aspx\">Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsac.org\/lsat\">Law School Admission Test (LSAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aamc.org\/students\/mcat\/start.htm\">Medical Admission Test (MCAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonassessments.com\/haiweb\/Cultures\/en-US\/site\/Community\/PostSecondary\/Products\/pcat\/pcathome.htm\">Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ada.org\/education\/testing\/exams\/dental-admission-test-dat\">Dental Admission Test (DAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ada.org\/en\/oat\">Optometry Admission Test (OAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonassessments.com\/postsecondaryeducation\/graduate_admissions\/mat.html\">Miller Analogies Test (MAT)<\/a><br \/>\nThe test center at UT can be reached at 865-974-0150 or <a href=\"http:\/\/noncredit.utk.edu\/\">http:\/\/noncredit.utk.edu\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ets.org\/toefl\">Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)<\/a> \u2013 English proficiency test for international students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 118px\"><strong>Test prep services<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 463px\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.varsitytutors.com\/practice-tests\">Varsity Tutors Practice Tests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/test-prep\">Khan Academy Test Prep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/\">Kaplan Test Prep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tntel.info\/resource\/test-and-career-prep\">Tennessee Electronic Library Test Prep<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>These are a sample of test prep services. 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