College Admissions: Preparing to Test Your

For many would-be college students, testing is the most difficult part of the undergraduate application process.Applicants sit for hours taking tests. They answer questions about a number of subjects, sometimes providing answers both in writing and by saying them out loud.In some countries, a single test result can be the only thing college or university officials consider when deciding whether or not to admit a student.But that is not true everywhere. Ryan Griffin says that in the United States, test scores are only part of what school officials consider.Griffin is head of International Admissions at the University of Missouri, a public research university in Columbia, Missouri. He notes that many schools have changed their thinking about this part of the application.Griffin says a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities let applicants choose whether or not they w ………………………………