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Edwin Kotchian
Edwin Kotchian is a MAT tutor and freelance writer who has contributed to a variety of test-prep material.
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Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-26-2022
The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is an aptitude test used for admission to graduate programs. Although it's lesser known than the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), many universities base their assessment of potential students on the MAT score, and the test has been around for more than 50 years.Knowing how the test is structured, how to best plan your study regiment, and how to decipher and share your test results will help you earn a place in the program of your choice.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
You don’t have to be a snobby art critic to do well with art content on the MAT. To make the right connections on the Miller Analogies Test, you just need to know the major developments, works, and people of art history.
Start by brushing up on your knowledge of art and art techniques by studying these terms and their definitions.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Excelling on the MAT requires mastery of just one type of test question: the analogy. However, the analogy will be used to test your knowledge on a wide variety of subjects. Here are a few preparation tips for tackling this test:
Have a baseline.
Take an official MAT practice test, which you can purchase online.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Approximately two weeks after taking the MAT test, you will receive an Official Score Report. You will see two important scores, each of which is determined based on the number of questions you answered correctly:
Scaled score.
This is a standardized score based on how many answers you got right and the difficulty level of the test form.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The MAT tests your ability to solve analogies that are constructed from a wide variety of knowledge categories. Here's what you can expect when taking the MAT.
The MAT has exactly 120 questions, covering the following categories: general knowledge, humanities, mathematics, language, natural science, and social science.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Here are some tips for what to do – and what not to do – in the final weeks and days before you take on the MAT (Miller Analogies Test).
You'll need to do more than hit the books to get into grad school; getting physically and mentally prepared and feeling organized on test day can go a long way toward your success with the MAT.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Luckily, you don’t need to be a scientist to do well with MAT science analogies. To do well on the chemistry part of MAT, you just need to know the basics of chemistry and the periodic table, a chart that organizes all the known elements according to their properties. Instead of memorizing the whole table, memorize just the following terms.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Mass, velocity, acceleration — yep, it’s time to review all the physics you learned in high school and prepare for the MAT (Miller Analogies Test). For the MAT, getting familiar with physics doesn’t entail learning any complicated equations. You just have to remember some physics terms and learn about some famous physicists.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Whether you love the intricacies of politics or loathe them, you need to brush up on political science knowledge for the MAT. When studying for the MAT, you may find that’s interesting to learn more about what makes the wheels of government turn.
Political science deals with governments and politics, as well as with the systems involved with these entities.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
To properly prepare for the MAT, you need to familiarize yourself with basic science terminology, including scientific measurements. Brush up on your knowledge of measurements by studying these terms and their definitions.
Ampere: Unit of electrical current
Beaufort: Scale that measures wind speed
Bit: Unit in computer engineering; 1/8 of a byte
Byte: Unit in computer engineering; 8 bits
Caliber: Diameter of a bullet or shell
Carat: Measures diamonds or gold
Celsius: Temperature scale on which 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling
Centi-: Metric prefix; 1/100
Cord: 128 cubic feet of timber
Curie: Unit of radioactivity
Deci-: Metric prefix; 1/10
Decibel: Logarithmic unit that measures sound
Fahrenheit: Temperature scale on which 32 is freezing and 212 is boiling
Fathom: Used for measuring depth; 6 feet
Furlong: Unit of distance; 1/8 of a mile
Hectare: 2.