<p>Hi guys!</p>
<p>Do you also have a problem signing up for a test at ets.org? I always get a message to try later! It sucks!</p>
<p>Gery</p>
<p>It works fine here (up to selection of the test center, didn't try any further).
Just keep trying. In a week or so it will work again ...</p>
<p>Up to selection of the test center work for me too! When I select a test center I get a "try later" message.</p>
<p>"In a week or so it will work again " What? I need to sign up for the March 7th test!</p>
<p>It's better if you contact your testing center directly through the telephone. The ETS site's unreliable at best.</p>
<p>I tried again and got the point when I was asked to select the score recipients. It really seems to work for me.
The last time it didn't work I couldn't access my profile for about two weeks... As k_twin suggested, don't rely on it.</p>
<p>Today I called them (the TOEFL support center in Nederland) and they can not register me too! :(</p>
<p>ETS sucks. sucks sucks sucks.</p>
<p>gery, I had that problem in December when I was trying to sign up for TOEFL. In the end, I just gave up and didn't take it ;)</p>
<p>it has always been like this. always. be prepared and allow for a couple more days/weeks before the latest registration day.</p>
<p>ETS sucks even worse in TOEFL registration that in SAT registration.</p>
<p>SAT registration is great - i don't understand why Collegeboard can't buy the TOEFL exams too! Sending scores to more than 4 colleges is a pain too!</p>
<p>Probably because the TOEFL is more expensive to create and administer and less students take it than the SAT.</p>
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Native speakers of English who take the test often find themselves with mediocre results, even in multiple choice questions. Ideally, a test for English proficiency should be simple and straightforward for a native speaker. Instead, such tests often focus on obscure rules of grammar and "proper" uses. For example, the use of "can" and "may" does have a formal rule, but native English speakers not only ignore the formal use on most occasions, they are never confused when another speaker switches the two.
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<p>I found that on wikipedia about the TOEFL. What do you think about that?</p>
<p>(P.S. Sorry for hijacking your thread)</p>
<p>yeah... its sucks... i did have all does problem, probably contacting the test center is the best choice</p>
<p>If you are asking about SAT v/s TOEFL then these are the results:)</p>
<p>TOEFL sucks- 35,500 Google results
SAT sucks - 1,550,000 Google results</p>