What is VCAT®?
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Acceptance of Veterinary High Schools, shortened as VCAT®, was a standardized test specially used to evaluate the applicants for veterinary schools. The exam was used as one of the measuring instruments to determine the level of academic skills and knowledge of candidates in an effort to predict how successful they would be in postgraduate studies. VCAT® was similar to other standardized postgraduate tests, such as a test for the admission of the Faculty of Law (LSAT) that candidates use for legal school; The Medical College (MCAT) entrance test, which is intended for the Faculty of Medicine applicants; and Pharmacy College (PCAT) for future pharmacy students. VCAT® was eventually interrupted in 2003. The Psychological Corporation is the Pearson's Assessment & Information Group, which specializes in education tools. The Psychological Corporation veterinary test consisted of 300 questions with a selection with a selection that have given one one for each correct answerpoint. They were divided into five areas of testing: biology, general and organic chemistry, reading understanding, quantitative ability and verbal skill. There was another sixth section, but served as an experimental part of the test and was not scored.
Most VCAT® questions had at least four options that were marked and up to D. However, several of them had more than four. In general, testors used about three and a half hours, including lunch breaks and relaxation, to complete VCAT®.
The veterinary examination was offered two or three times a year in October and November with an occasional January offer. Test customers usually paid a fee of $ 50, D had to register for the test on the Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS). As in the Council for the Admission School (LSAC), VMCA gathered VCAT® scores as one of the components to create an effectiva reports on the application at veterinary schools. Other items of VMCAS messages include a university transcription and recommending letters that are standard components of any application to universities and universities.
In April 2003, Psychological Corporation announced that it will interrupt VCAT®. The test effectively ended on June 30, 2003 and provided the organization by June 30, 2008 support for the score tests to report rewriting up to 30 June 2008. Since 2011, MCAT veterinary schools or postgraduate record exams (GRE), the last of which is a general standardized test for postgraduate school.