Academic & Quantitative Literacy (AQL)

The AQL test assesses your ability to understand, interpret and evaluate texts, plus basic quantitative reasoning.

The AQL consists of two sections: Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy.
Academic Literacy: vocabulary in context, inferences, text structure, rhetorical functions, communicative purpose.
Quantitative Literacy: interpreting tables, graphs, percentages, ratios, simple algebra and basic statistics.
You have 3 hours to complete 105 multiple-choice questions.

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