In Turkey, we as students hear a lot both of those words, SAT and YÖS. Both are exams that help us as foreign students to enter and register to the universities. First, we must get prepared for the exam, find where to apply, win the sufficient scores and then we will be able to apply to the universities. In this article, I am going to talk about what is YÖS, how do we apply for YÖS, which universities we can apply in, the dates and how hard is it? Also, what is the SAT exam, do the universities accept the SAT exam score, how many score is required in universities.
YÖS (Yabancı Öğrenci Sınavı)
The YOS exam is the entrance examination of foreign students at the Turkish universities. This exam will allow students to study subjects such as Medicine, Law, Psychology, Pharmacy, Mechanical engineering, Architecture and more in Turkey. It consists of 80 questions in most cases; 45 questions are called IQ questions; the remaining 35 questions are from mathematics. The registration is not complicated you need to enter the web site of the respective universities to register, sign with a valid e-mail address, valid passport uploaded to the system, and your account is ready to go. After the confirmation gets ready, you will assign the payment, and the registration to the YOS is successfully completed. The next thing that you have to do is following the system because they are going to send you the date of the examination day and you can do that from the registered e-mail address, once the date is specified you will be able to participate in the exam. If I want to talk about how hard is the YÖS exam I might say it varies from student to another, You can look at the YÖS exam questions and answer this question yourself, if that won’t help then you can find many institutions that get the students prepared for the exam. Examination results will only be announced on universities webpage using the applicant number and the password. The applicants getting at least 50 points from the Test of Basic Learning Skills can choose formal education. For the open and distance education programs of the Faculty of Open and Distance Education, the applicants have to get at least 30 points or more.
SAT
The SAT is an entrance exam used by most colleges and universities to make admissions decisions. The SAT is a multiple-choice, pencil-and-paper test created and administered by the College Board. The purpose of the SAT is to measure a high school student’s readiness for college, and provide colleges with one common data point that can be used to compare all applicants. College admissions officers will review standardized test scores alongside your high school GPA, the classes you took in high school, letters of recommendation from teachers or mentors, extracurricular activities, admissions interviews, and personal essays. How important SAT scores are in the college application process varies from school to school. Overall, the higher you score on the SAT, the more options for attending and paying for college will be available to you. SAT has two main sections; Math & English as an evidence for reading and writing, it takes around 3 hours, Each section of the SAT is scored on a 200 to 800 point scale. Your total SAT score is the sum of your section scores. The highest possible SAT score is 1600. Most colleges and universities will accept scores from either the SAT.
