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2024-02-20
If you are looking at an IB school, or you are already sitting in one, start with what the IB actually is. The International Baccalaureate, or IB, used to be…
2024-02-06
TestDaF is short for Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache, which means Test of German as a Foreign Language. You sit it to show that your German is good enough to s…
TOEFL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language. It is a standardized international exam, and what it measures is your English, not your subject knowl…
The SAT is a university entrance exam written by the College Board. You will see that name on everything connected to this test. They are a non-profit, found…
IELTS stands for the International English Language Testing System. It is an English exam for people who did not grow up speaking English. Universities, empl…
Goethe-Zertifikat The Goethe-Zertifikat is a German language exam. The Goethe-Institut writes it and runs it, and passing gives you a certificate that says h…
An Extended Project Qualification, or EPQ, is a research project you run yourself. You choose the question, you do the work, and you decide how to answer it.…
AP stands for Advanced Placement, and the idea behind it is simple. You take college-level courses while you are still at high school, and you sit an exam in…
2024-01-30
GRE stands for Graduate Record Examination. Educational Testing Services (ETS), a non-profit organisation in the United States, writes it and runs it. Everyo…
DSH is short for "Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang", which comes into English as "German Language Exam for Transitioning into Hi…
The ACT is a university admissions exam in the United States, so if that is where you are applying, this is a test to get to know. The name is short for Amer…
An A Level, short for Advanced Level, is a qualification you take in the United Kingdom in the two years before university. It sits inside the UK's gener…
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