Last week i took TOEFL iBT , in Sofia, Bulgaria. The name of the center is "SS Cyril and Methodius Foundation". Don't you ever go there. You'd better go to another city if you are from Bulgaria. Back in 2005 or 2006 i took the old TOEFL in other test center/ Fullbright/ and the room was nicely organized.
The exam started like 40 min later, and the environment was very distracting. I am not going to complain about the noise that the participants in the room made.
The problem was that after the start, the two proctors started talking at such level that i couldn't focus at 100%
After that one of them left.
Than, all of a sudden, two girls entered the room-they weren't participants in the exam,they just chatted 2-3 minutes with the proctor and then left
I was going back and forth to correct my wrong answers, so I left 1-2 qs unanswered, no more time left for them.
Then two other guys came and started talking with the proctor... in my 10 min brake i saw that they were doing some work that was absolutely not related to the exam.
for $180 they should at least give us good environment. My scores during the preparation was around 100 points and above./reding 90%, listening 90%+, speking 80%, Writing 75-80%/, but now I expect less than 90 points because of the conditions. I need at least 90 points or I am going to retake it.
Now I sent the same feedback to ETS, and in 2-3 weeks they said there will be some response for my case. If they do not do anything, I will go to the local CUTOMER DEFENCE Comission, and they will do their job. Did anyone of you had situation like mine, did you infrorm ETS , and what did the do about it.
Thanks