Which Programs Require the Casper Test? Casper by Profession (2026)

Which programs require the Casper test?

Casper is required or accepted by hundreds of programs that care about how you work with people, not just your grades. It is built and delivered by Acuity Insights and is used most heavily in health and people-facing fields, but the list keeps growing as more programs add a non-academic screen to their admissions.

The important thing to understand is that the test does not change from one profession to the next. A nursing applicant and a medical applicant sit the same kind of open-response situational judgement test, scored the same way. What changes is whether your specific program requires it, the centralised application service you apply through, and the deadlines. This page maps the professions that use Casper and links to a dedicated guide for each.

Casper test by profession

Medicine and pre-med

Medicine is where Casper started and remains the most common use. Many MD and DO programs in the US, and medical schools in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, require Casper as part of admissions, often alongside the MCAT or a centralised service such as AMCAS, AACOMAS or OMSAS. See our full guide to the Casper test for medical school.

Nursing

Nursing has the fastest-growing Casper demand. A rising number of BSN, accelerated and direct-entry programs use it to screen for the interpersonal skills nursing depends on. The process differs by country, so we have separate guides for the Casper test for nursing in the US and the Casper test for nursing in Canada.

Physician assistant (PA)

A number of PA programs require Casper, usually as part of an application through CASPA. Because PA admissions are highly competitive, a strong Casper result can help your file stand out. See the Casper test for PA school guide.

Pharmacy

Some PharmD and pharmacy programs in the US and Canada use Casper to assess the communication and ethics that patient-facing pharmacy work demands. Read the Casper test for pharmacy school guide.

Dentistry and dental hygiene

Casper is used by some dental and dental hygiene programs, frequently in combination with a centralised service such as AADSAS. Our Casper test for dental school guide covers what to expect.

Veterinary medicine

A growing group of veterinary programs require Casper, often through VMCAS, to assess the communication and resilience that veterinary practice asks of you. See the Casper test for vet school guide.

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy

Allied health programs, including physiotherapy and occupational therapy, increasingly use Casper to screen for empathy and collaboration. Our Casper test for physiotherapy and occupational therapy guide covers this group.

Teaching

Casper is used in teacher education, most notably for Initial Teacher Education in Australia, where it screens applicants for the personal qualities teaching requires. See the Casper test for teaching in Australia guide.

Other programs that use Casper

Casper is also used by individual programs across many other people-centred fields. If you are applying in one of these areas, check your program page, because adoption varies school by school:

• Optometry programs assessing patient-communication skills
• Speech-language pathology and audiology programs
• Social work programs screening for empathy and ethical reasoning
• Psychology and counselling programs
• Midwifery programs
• Dietetics and nutrition programs
• Public health and other graduate health programs
• Podiatry, chiropractic and other allied health professions

Casper by country

The same test runs in several countries, but the dates, fees and process differ. In the US and Canada, Casper is most common for medicine, nursing, PA, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary and allied health. In Australia it is used for the RACGP National Entry Assessment that selects GP trainees, and for Initial Teacher Education, with the full picture in our Casper test Australia guide. New Zealand and the UK use it for selected medical and health programs.

How to prepare, whatever your profession

Because the test is the same across professions, so is the preparation. Learn the format cold, build the habit of leading with empathy before you solve anything, lift your typing speed for the tight typed-response clock, and rehearse speaking to camera for the video section. Our complete Casper test guide walks through the format and scoring, the 9 competencies breakdown explains exactly what raters reward, and the 3.5-minute typed response strategy shows how to structure a high-scoring answer under pressure.