<p>Hello,
share your TOEFL experience, please. I'm taking one tomorrow. I'm nervous a bit, but, surprisingly, not too much.
What were the most and the least difficult parts? What was your score? What did you do to calm your nerves?</p>
<p>The TOEFL was laughably easy. I literally finished after half the time was up (first to finish in a room full of university students) and got a 118.</p>
<p>It’s really easy.</p>
<p>How did you focus on listening? While I’m practising, I get bored during the lecture and my minds go away. It’s not that I don’t understand but it’s really boring to listen about drainage or art… Do you have any tips for that?</p>
<p>just make some notes. it was a piece of cake. i looked at the Princeton Review book for a couple hours the night before the test. wasn’t of much help. but i still got 114. TOEFL is really easy. i just watched tons of Sitcoms daily to prepare for speaking…haha…</p>
<p>i tried notes but still. while i’m writing, i miss some other points…</p>
<p>Just write down the main ideas and then go from there.
The listening part wasn’t that long (from what I remember) so it’s unlikely you will lose focus that quick. </p>
<p>Main advice is that if you make a mistake, just let it go and keep on. Worst enemy at a test is not knowing to move on. The nerves might even heighten your attention =P</p>
<p>Just rest well and take it as it comes, you’ll never know if it’s difficult or not until you are already over it.</p>
<p>I had that focus problem a few times. when the lecture was over and I essentially realised that i hadn’t been listening. Just stick with the main ideas of the talk, questions rarely are specific and you wont get tired as fast</p>
<p>That’s what confuses me most. I did some tests. Actually lots of them. And the tests from official ETS book are much easier than Barron’s or Logman’s. At first, I did ETS book and I felt absolutely positive because questions, as you said, weren’t specific. However, when I moved on to Barron’s I was surprised. Mainly because lectures were 7-9 minutes long (really, I could have almost fallen asleep) and also that questions were specific. They ask some questions about the subject of lecture. For example, in the lecture professor discusses 3 different types of something. And I have to mark what things are for which type. Are these types of questions included in test?</p>
<p>Generally, books by the test-setters are the most accurate as far as how similar they are to the real test. This is for both SAT and TOEFL. Practice with the ETS book and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>I had a problem with my computer before the test began for me, so I was delayed by an hour or more. With all that disturbance, I still managed to score a nearly perfect score (lost only two points in the first half of the test).</p>
<p>I got a >110 score, seem to forget what it was now…</p>
<p>Just had my test. I think I’ve failed with reading. I felt tension because of the timer. And couldn’t concentrate… Listening was fine. However, I think I did good in speaking and brilliant in writing. We’ll see. :)</p>
<p>My score’s reasonably high for a 16 year old, 108 
I find speaking the hardest, because I had a terrible flu at that moment. Listening was horribly boring, doodled all the way. Surprisingly I got a 28. Speaking: 24 
You might want to be physically prepared, like sleeping well and not getting cold. And perhaps reading Times and Newsweek to enhance your grammar and vocabulary.</p>
<p>My score’s reasonably high for a 16 year old, 108
I find speaking the hardest, because I had a terrible flu at that moment. Listening was horribly boring, doodled all the way. Surprisingly I got a 28. Speaking: 24
You might want to be physically prepared, like sleeping well and not getting cold. And perhaps reading Times and Newsweek to enhance your grammar and vocabulary.
Leegis, I felt the same. It turned out that I did well in reading and listening, so don’t be down! :D</p>
<p>Bit of stupid question, but I was just wondering: when you register for the test you already pick to which colleges you send your scores or is it done later?
I didn’t take the test yet</p>
<p>you have until 10pm on the day before the test to change the colleges, i think. Better finalise the colleges a few days until the test, you can’t change them after you have taken the test.</p>
<p>You get 4 free score reports when you sign up for the TOEFL. You can request additional score reports after the test, but you have to pay for them.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks!</p>