<p>Ok so, my first language is not English and I marked it so in my Penn application. Penn’s website is confusing, in one section it says I MUST take the TOEFL but another section says that I’m only “encouraged” to do so since I attend an American high school…</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’m screwd or nor. Did any non-native speaker get accepted without taking the TOEFL? Please leave a message if this is your case</p>
<p>I am a non native speaker and I didn't take toefl but I also take AP English so I don't know if that helps.
I think you don't need the toefl if you went to an american highschool unless you came here like two months ago and don't know how to communicate freely in english.</p>
<p>You don't have to take toefl if you attend school in the US, generally for at least two years, but it could help your application if you have a low reading and writing score.</p>
<p>^^ ditto to that. if you are confident with your scores, it's not necessary to take the test since it's quite expensive. </p>
<p>i took ap eng and got a 5, got 700+ on sat reading/writing, but still took the toefl just to be safe.</p>