Admissions aptitude test — TCM Herbal Tutor minimum required scores
Level-1 admissions guidelines (updated 2012.04.13) — The HerbalThink-TCM software, available as a free download, includes an aptitude test for aspiring TCM herbalists, which is required as part of your admissions application. For instructions, follow the Lesson Plans within the Self-Study Reference module of the software.
The scores below supercede anything included within prior versions of the HerbalThink-TCM software; guidelines may change in the future.
The TCM Herbal Tutor module within HerbalThink-TCM starts you out at a score of "1.0" for each subcategory. These scores are not percentages.
If you are having any problems or questions regarding these guidelines, please contact us.
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Progress File — score category
Admissions guidelines
Syndrome identification scores according to syndrome category:
All Syndromes
>8.
Eight Principal Patterns
>20.
Fundamental Processes
>20.
Pernicious Factors
>20.
Organ Syndromes
≥1.
Cold-induced Feverish illnesses
≥1.
Virulent Heat illnesses
≥1.
Miscellaneous
≥1.
Syndrome identification scores according to symptom/sign category:
The scores below supercede anything included within prior versions of the HerbalThink-TCM software; guidelines may change in the future.
