<p>I'm a domestic student, but my parents were both born out of the country. We don't speak English at home, and naturally my critical reading scores have been lower on practice SATS when compared to math (high 600s vs. high 700s). Should I take the TOEFL, or will colleges understand my situtation and not penalize me for the low verbal score?</p>
<p>i bet there are tons of students out there just like you.
i don't think colleges will consider you as a ESL since you have been in the US forever and received all the former education here. btw, i think the bottom line is that if you have lived in the US for 4 years or more, you can't take TOEFL no matter if you speak English here.</p>
<p>Will even if I have no choice, would colleges expect my verbal to be higher, or would they consider my situation and give me some slack?</p>
<p>At high 600s I don't think your scores are affected by not speaking English at home. A lot of kids who only speak English dream of scores like that.</p>
<p>Trust me, not speaking English at home affects it. Its like trying to take a math test without ever doing any problems (or at least, not as frequently as you should).</p>
<p>Yeah but once again you're doing much better than most kids who DO speak English at home, no college would buy that.</p>
<p>mathwiz, I am sorry to say this but you are so greedy. I am in the same situation as you except my gap is 380v/750m, and I am not complaining. So just shush and work with what you got.</p>
<p>ive only been in the US for 3 years and 8 months now. im a junior, do u think i should take/or will they allow me to take the toefl
this sux my CR score is really low</p>
<p>dude, are u serious? there are like millions of students out there who dont speak english at home. i am one of them. do u really think colleges will rgrant all these kids to take teh toefl just b.c they dont speak english at home? cmon...be logical, which im assuming u are since your sn is "mathwiz."</p>
<p>besides, a high 600 is a perfectly acceptable score.</p>