<p>I have some questions about the new Toefl iBT</p>
<li>What’s a good TOEFL score for most selective colleges? 110? 115? 120?</li>
<li>Do you have to answer every question correctly to earn a perfect score?</li>
<li>How is the speaking section scored?</li>
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<p>I appreciate any response. Thanks.</p>
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<li>On the TOEFL website you can find an explanation on how the speaking section is scored.</li>
<li>I dunno.</li>
<li>Some of the most selective schools used to require a TOEFL score of 650 PBT, which would be about 115 iBT. A score of 100 should be fine though too as most colleges haven't established guidelines yet for iBT scores. After all, it is just a proof that you are fluent enough to do well in an academic setting.
Other tests, like the SAT, are much more important anyway.</li>
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<p>BTW what's a good score on IELTS?</p>
<p>Oxbridge required at least 8.0 and above
a good score would be 8.5 and above</p>
<p>Actually, MIT minimum score is 90, and recomended score is 100. I don't know about other schools, but I don't think anyone goes much higher than that.</p>
<p>I took the toefl three weeks ago and viewed my scores today.
I got a 115.</p>
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<li>don't know exactly... but assume 110+ if you're aiming high</li>
<li>yes (excluding the experimental section)
3.let me tell you one thing: don't worry about the speaking section. although you have about 20 sec to prepare, just talk. they want to hear that you can speak fluently about something. because I am an anomalous prepper I was memorizing the barrons 3500 list back then and somehow used the word "replete" instead of "deplete" more than once, an error I was slightly worried about. you know what? they didn't care. perfect speaking score.</li>
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<p>of course I memorized the list because of the october sat. not the toefl hahaha</p>
<p>hello, I am not getting a seat to do the iBT in my country. So is there a difference if I do the pbt instead? Will it affect my admissions?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hi, ei2kpi. I do not think that taking the pbt instead of the iBT would be a problem. Especially given the fact that in your country you cannot sit for the iBT. Actually, many colleges still have their Paper and Computer-based requirements on their pages. If you go on the web sites of the colleges that you are applying to, there must be some directions regarding TOEFL. I think that there you can find out which version the college prefers. I think that the majority of the institutions take into account the fact that the iBT has been introduced recently, so they do not require that particular version of the Toefl from all applicant.</p>
<p>Regarding the Speaking section, there are some instructions about what an applicant should do in order to get the highest mark. If you go to the TOEFL site, I believe you will be able to find out what is required from the speaker.</p>
<p>Oh, btw, most colleges require a score of 80+ on the TOEFL iBT. However, the more prestigious institution require scores above 100. So, i guess that a result of 105 + would be considered as good.</p>
<p>Some schools (like Brown and Hamilton) waive the TOEFL requirement if you score 600 or 650 or above on the SAT. If you do need to take the TOEFL, it is not that hard to get 110 or more on the IBT.</p>
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<li><p>What's a good TOEFL score for most selective colleges? 110? 115? 120?
It doesn't matter if you have a good score, it won't help you, but you need the minimum of 100 for most colleges, 110 for a few.</p></li>
<li><p>Do you have to answer every question correctly to earn a perfect score?
Not sure on that but I go a 118 because of a mistake in Reading.</p></li>
<li><p>How is the speaking section scored?
How well you can speak, proper English, clearly, and present a clear view on the topic, or how you are able to frame your own opinion or recall an event or incident in your own words.</p></li>
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<p>I think it depends. If you are from India , the TOEFL may not be a very important aspect for your application since English is the official language in your country. However, if you comes from Mongolia, it may be very important for you to get a high score. I did not have bias on Mongolians, just to illustrate the matter. Anyway, it is just a language test. Doing it over 100 is enough for all the schools, they won't reject your when you got 99 in ibt for score reasons.</p>
<p>The national language of India is Hindi, not English.
All Indians are req. to take the TOEFL unless the particular univ. has exceptions. For example, SCAD does not require Indians to take it at all because they know and recognize that we do a board exam for English. While Parsons says if you have a SAT score for Reading/Writing over XYZ you don't have to take it.
Some universities just make you take it and don't have exceptions. Read carefully.</p>
<p>I took the TOEFL iBT last Saturday, I thought I did fairly well. Maybe one or two wrong in CR, the listening and writing sections should be fine.
In the first question of the speaking part I had to speak for about 45 seconds. However, I froze after the first 15-20 seconds, just ran out of things to say and stopped speaking. The rest of the speaking questions should be fluent and on-topic.
In my defense, I thought the question did not deserve 45 seconds, it asked which factor I considered more important when applying to a university. The options were cost, location, and size. My answer was immediate and simple, the most important thing is cost. If I can't pay for the university, I can't attend the university. That's all, don't you think? Anyway, my answer was pretty short but concise, clear, and fluent (while it lasted).</p>