<p>Hi, </p>
<p>so I was unaware when I submitted my common app for early decision that if you selected english as not your first language, you would have to submit toefl scores as well.</p>
<p>I have resided in the us for over 10 years and have a sat score over 2200 and act of 34. do you think that not taking/submitting the toefl will negatively impact my admission decision?</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
<p>Read the websites of the colleges and universities that you are applying to. Each of them will state very explicitly who must submit TOEFL scores. If the schools that you have been attending for the past 10 years have had English as the medium of instruction, it is extremely unlikely that any college/university in the US would require a TOEFL score.</p>
<p>How do the schools view your TOEFL score? Do they look at your TOEFL scores in lieu of your SAT reading/writing scores? or put more emphasis on your TOEFL scores/SAT reading scores instead???</p>
<p>The TOEFL is extremely important for students who have had fewer than five years of education in English-language schools. Some ESL professionals would recommend that you take it if you have spent fewer than EIGHT years in English-language schools. The TOEFL helps colleges/universities determine whether you are prepared for a full academic load, if you need to limit your academic courses while you continue to develop your English skills, or if you need to work on your English before enrolling in academic courses.</p>
<p>Each institution makes its own determination of the relative importance of TOEFL and ACT/SAT/GRE scores. In many cases, TOEFL (or another equivalent exam such as IELTS) will be waived if a certain ACT/SAT/GRE score is achieved. In other cases a decent, but not perfect TOEFL score will indicate to the admissions office that a marginal ACT/SAT/GRE score is probably due more to English language issues than to generic lack of ability.</p>
<p>You will need to ask each college/university that you are interested in how they weight the different exams.</p>