<p>I am an international student who applied to Columbia College but forgot to take the TOEFL (yes I know...). How bad is this ? I got 760 at CR though, for what it's worth.</p>
<p>Call the admission office. Most schools would waive your TOEFL requirement seeing your CR score; I don’t know what will Columbia do, however.</p>
<p>Alright thanks !!
I tried to call them like 5 times since the begining of last week but no one would answer…
Anyway I’ll try again</p>
<p>don’t worry about the TOEFL - Columbia waives the TOEFL requirement if you have a score higher than 650. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks GuiltyBystander. Do you have any link to this info ? I looked on the website but ddn’t find anything. Maybe I didn’t look close enough though.</p>
<p>My native language is not English. Do I have to take an English proficiency exam?
To be considered for admission to Columbia, you must be comfortable with rapid and idiomatic spoken English. If your home language is not English and if your primary language of instruction has not been English for at least five years, you are required to take an English proficiency examination. Both of the examinations listed here are given all over the world, several times a year; you must take the examination no later than December of the school year in which you are applying:</p>
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<li>TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). You are urged to visit [TOEFL:</a> Test of English as a Foreign Language](<a href=“http://www.toefl.org%5DTOEFL:”>http://www.toefl.org) as quickly as possible for more information on this examination. A minimum score of 600 (paper-based test) or 100 (new Internet-based test) is necessary for admission to Columbia. Your score must be reported directly to Columbia by the testing service, using report code 2116.</li>
<li>IELTS (International English Language Testing System). You are urged to visit [International</a> English Language | Home](<a href=“http://www.ielts.org%5DInternational”>http://www.ielts.org) as quickly as possible for more information on this examination. A minimum score of 7.0 is necessary for admission to Columbia. Your score must be reported directly to Columbia Undergraduate Admissions.</li>
<li>If you have a 650 on the Critical Reasoning or Writing sections of the SAT, you are exempt from taking an English proficiency examination.</li>
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