Higher education is an integral part of a student’s life and pursuing higher education in abroad countries has become a popular trend. As an international student seeking to study abroad, there are various admission prerequisites to consider.
Students who wish to obtain admissions to pursue your Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctoral degrees in an international university are required to take aptitude tests like GRE, GMAT or SAT. As a student with English as your second language, it is also important that you take English Language Proficiency Tests like IELTS, TOEFL or PTE. Depending on the choice of your destination for studies and your field of study, the tests required could vary.
IELTS
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is the world’s most popular high-stakes English-language proficiency test for study, work and migration, with more than 2.2 million tests taken each year.
IELTS assesses all of your English skills — reading, writing, listening and speaking — and is designed to reflect real life use of English — at study, at work, and at play.
The IELTS test is developed by some of the world’s leading experts in language assessment. It has an excellent international reputation, and is accepted by over 9,000 organisations worldwide, including schools, universities, employers, immigration authorities, and professional bodies.
TOEFL
TOEFL is administered by ETS and is a major requirement for non-native speakers of English who wish to pursue their higher studies in the US and some other English-speaking countries. In Nepal, TOEFL test is administered by different test centers as authorized by the ETS. Education Park guides the students aspiring to pursue studies in the English medium universities and the colleges to prepare for the TOEFL test. Education Park offers different versions of the TOEFL Test such as iBT (internet Based Test) and PBT (Paper Based Test). TOEFL is a six-week course two hours a day including the instruction and the lab work at Education Park. Education Park’s faculty closely mentor and facilitate the learning and the lab work of the students so that they get acquainted with the techniques and tactics to do excellent in the real test. Education Park also helps the students to register for the TOEFL Test.
SAT
The New SAT is scored on a scale of 200- 800 (for math, reading and writing) amounting to a total score of 2400 and is typically taken by high school juniors and seniors. The test is offered several times a year. Education Park caters to the need of undergraduate students preparing the N-SAT test for scholarships in the American schools. English and the Math sections of this test measures the reasoning skills of the students. Two different teachers address the need of the students in the two sections so that the students get solution to every query. The institute helps them in the materialization of the students’ aspiration to do excellent in the test including the surety of the students’ access to all the online and library resources.