{"id":20945,"date":"2017-06-20T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20945"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:01:14","slug":"too-many-acronyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20945","title":{"rendered":"too many acronyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>So im planning to apply to U of T and want to study criminology. To do so, I need to take an English Proficiency Test, like TOEFL or ?ELTS, because i went to high school in germany and english is my second language. And my question would be if i, as an international student, would have to take the SAT? Or would it be enough to show my high school diploma from germany and the results of the english proficiency test?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>yes, you&#8217;ll need to do an english proficiency test and then have the results sent to the university. as for another standardized test (like the SAT),<a href=\"http:\/\/future.utoronto.ca\/apply\/requirements\/international-high-school-secondary-university-or-college-post-secondary\"> you don&#8217;t have to send those results in unless you took them.<\/a>\u00a0if you did take the SAT, you&#8217;d have to have the results sent electronically from the testing authority. you can check out the specific admissions requirements <a href=\"http:\/\/future.utoronto.ca\/apply\/requirements\/international-high-school-secondary-university-or-college-post-secondary\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>i hope this helps!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20946\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/giphy-14.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi \ud83d\ude42 So im planning to apply to U of T and want to study criminology. To do so, I need to take an English Proficiency Test, like TOEFL or ?ELTS, because i went to high school in germany and english is my second language. And my question would be if i, as an international student, would have to take the SAT? Or would it be enough to show my high school diploma from germany and the results of the english proficiency test? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! yes, you&#8217;ll need to do an english proficiency test and then have the results sent to the university. as for another standardized test (like the SAT), you don&#8217;t have to send those results in unless you took them.\u00a0if you did take the SAT, you&#8217;d have to have the results sent electronically from the testing authority. you can check out the specific admissions requirements here. i hope this helps! xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-international-students"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi :) So im planning to apply to U of T and want to study criminology. 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