The function of standardized tests is to give colleges a way to evaluate all their applicants on an equal level. Comparison of grades received in courses or on exams is not always enough because different schools have different academic standards. An admissions counselor at a university has no way of determining how challenging the calculus or economics course you took was. By comparing your score on a standardized test to the score of another student who took the same standardized test, the counselor has a better idea of how the two of you compare.

Most standardized tests are designed to measure a student’s skills, rather than a student’s amount of knowledge. The questions in these tests evaluate your ability to solve problems, not your knowledge of facts (such as important historical dates, or parts of the human anatomy).

Most of the US colleges and universities require that all their applicants take one or more standardized tests. These tests include the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), GRE (Graduate Record Examination), and GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). Additionally, applicants who are not Americans are required to also take the TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language).

International students applying for an undergraduate program (bachelor’s degree) will be required to take the TOEFL and the SAT tests. There are also many schools that will. Graduate students applying to an arts or science program will be required to take the TOEFL and, usually, the GRE. Graduate students applying to a business program will be required to take the TOEFL and, usually, the GMAT.

Universities in UK doesn’t require students to under go GRE for the admission into science or other masters programmes but some top business schools like London school of business might require students submit GMAT scores . IELTS or TOEFL scores are accepted as a proof of English language efficiency (remember students with very good marks like 65% and above marks in English in their 10th and 12th standard might get an English requirement waiver)

Universities in Australia also follow the same pattern as their counter parts in UK in terms of standardized tests. students doesn’t require to under go GRE for the admission into science or other masters programmes but some top business schools like Melbourne business school require students to submit GMAT scores . IELTS or TOEFL scores are accepted as a proof of English language efficiency for University admission purposes (remember students with very good marks like 70% and above marks in English in their 10th and 12th standard might get an English requirement waiver) but to be able to apply for a Australian student visa one needs to have an IELTS score of at last 5 bands.