TESTS

Review the standardized test requirements for your designated PT institutions. If required by one or more of your designated PT programs, enter your GRE and TOEFL test dates and scores in the spaces provided. If you have taken a test more than once, select the button for each. Enter the month, day, and year for every GRE and TOEFL test you have taken or plan to take during the 2008-09 admissions cycle.

GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION (GRE)

If your GRE scores are available at the time you apply, you must enter your scores in the spaces provided. Arrange for the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send your official GRE scores directly to each of your designated PT programs by the application deadline, if required by the program. You are encouraged to take the GRE at least 6-weeks before the application deadline to ensure your designated PT programs receive your scores on time. A PT program may deny your application if your GRE scores arrive late.

GRE Test Scores - Self-report your GRE scores on the PTCAS application.

• GRE Verbal Score
• GRE Verbal Percentile
• GRE Quantitative Score
• GRE Quantitative Percentile
• GRE Analytical Score
• GRE Analytical Percentile

TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TOEFL) - NEW PTCAS CODE!

If English is not your first (primary) language, your designated PT programs may require you to submit official TOEFL scores DIRECTLY TO TOEFL CODE 5312 by the application deadline. Please visit the PTCAS Directory for specific requirements. If required, arrange for ETS to send your TOEFL scores directly to TOEFL code 5312 (code for the American Physical Therapy Association). ETS established the new TOEFL code for PTCAS applicants on September 1, 2008.

• Did you take (or do you plan to take) an Internet-based test (IBT), a computer-based test (CBT), or a paper-based test (PB) - Select type of TOEFL test

• Took Listening Test and Took Speaking Test - Select Yes, if you completed these optional TOEFL sections.

TOEFL Test Scores - Self-report your TOEFL scores on the PTCAS application.

• Internet-based (IBT) Listening Score
• Internet-based (IBT) Reading Score
• Internet-based (IBT) Speaking Score
• Internet-based (IBT) Writing Score
• Internet-based (IBT) Total Score
• Computer based Testing (CBT) Listening or Paper-based (P/B) Section I Score
• Computer based Testing (CBT) Structure/Writing or Paper-based (P/B) Section II Score
• Computer based Testing (CBT) Reading or Paper-based (P/B) Section III Score
• Computer based Testing (CBT) Essay Rating or Paper-based (P/B) TWE Essay Score
• Total CBT or P/B Score

OTHER TESTS

If applying to a PT Program that requires Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), SAT, ACT, or other test scores, arrange for the testing agency to send those scores directly to the institution. DO NOT SEND TO PTCAS. If you received college credit on a transcript for an AP or IB test subject, report the test credit as a course in the Coursework section of the application.