III. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to complete the passage.

American high school students (1) ____ want to study at a college or university have to take a standardized (2) ________, e.g. the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) or the ACT (American College Test). Students from countries outside the US who are not (3) ________, speakers of English must also take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). Each college or university decides (4) ________ the minimum score it will accept, though test scores are never the only factor taken into account. Students (5) ________ directly to between three and six colleges in their last year of high school. Each college has (6) ________ own application form and most include a question for which the student must write an essay. The student also has to send a (7) ________ (an official list of all the subjects studied and the grades received) and letters of (8) ________.

American high school students (1) ____ want to study at a college .......