Step Two - Take the GRE, GMAT, or MAT
To gain unconditional admission, you must have an acceptable score on the appropriate entrance entrance exam {Graduate Records Exam (GRE) 850-verbal and quantitative, GMAT - 450, or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) 33.
For your convenience Troy administers the MAT. Information about the MAT, and how to register for the test follows. Students interested in taking the GRE can register on line and find details regarding the exam at http://www.gre.org/ttindex.html. Information on taking and registering for the GMAT is found at: http://www.gmat.org/
What is the Miller Analogies Test?
Where to find additional information
Testing Information - Norfolk Area
Testing Information - Washington Site
What is the Miller Analogies Test?
The MAT is a high-level mental ability test requiring the solution of problems stated as analogies. It consists of 100 partial analogies that are completed in 50 minutes. Fluency in the English language, a broad knowledge of literature, philosophy, history, science, mathematics, and fine arts, and the ability to reason out relationships may contribute to the performance on the MAT
An analogy states that two things are related to each other in the same way that two other things are related to each other. The equation for an analogy is written in the form A:B::C:D, which can be read as "A is to B as C is to D".
In the MAT, one term in an analogy has been replaced with four options, only one of which will correctly complete the analogy. An example of a MAT analogy is: PLANE:AIR::BOAT: (a. submarine, b. fish, c. water, d. pilot)
To answer an analogy item, you must select the option (a, b, c, or d) that creates a valid analogy.
The option that correctly completes the above analogy is c. water. The relationship is that a PLANE travels on AIR, and a BOAT travels on WATER.
In The Miller Analogies Test Candidate Information Booklet, Section VII. Sample Analogies and Annotated Answers contains fifty analogies typical of those you will encounter when you take the MAT. Answers with explanations are given after the fifty analogies.
Where to find more information about the MAT
More information about the MAT can be obtained at the following Web site: http://harcourtassessment.com/haiweb/Cultures/en-US/dotCom/milleranalogies.com.htm
