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College Admissions Testing
- 1. College Admissions Testing JUKO 2013
- 2. SAT Reasoning Test (formerly known as SAT I) What? Who? When? How? www.collegeboard.org Where?
- 3. Why SAT? SAT isrequired by most US and many Asian universities (and in various countries for non-IB Diploma students) But what if the SAT is not my best friend? www.fairtest.org
- 4. SAT Score Choice CollegeBoard allows you to withhold scores from any test date ISM does not report SAT scores for this reason But what if a college requires all test scores?
- 5. SAT Subject Tests (formerly known as SAT IIs) What? Who? How Many? When?
- 6. Advice for SubjectTests Study – you can learn the material for them What is a good score? What if it’s not required? What if I can score well on more than 2? Score choice can be used on individual exams within a single test date
- 7. ACT (the Alternative College Test) What? Who? Why? When and Where? How? www.actstudent.org
- 8. TOEFL What? Who? Where and When? How? www.ets.org/toefl
- 9. Exemptions from TOEFL Checkindividual college requirements 650 on SAT Critical Reading English A1 HL (sometimes with a prediction of 5+) Entirety of high school education in a Western nation accredited school with instruction in English
- 10. IB Full Diploma generallyrequired in Europe and Australia Full Diploma students are exempted from the SAT requirement in Canada and at some Asian universities ISM reports predicted scores for all IB Diploma candidates All university offers are conditional
- 11. Advanced Placement Myth: UScolleges prefer AP to IB AP exams are offered at ISM for a wide scope of subjects If taken in junior year, you can submit AP scores as part of your application to US colleges US colleges do not expect ISM students to submit AP scores, unless the student has taken AP US History ISM courses do not line up with AP course material Please don’t sacrifice grades and health by studying for a bunch of AP exams
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