... So I've just received my TOEFL score and am a tad disappointed: 26 Reading - 27 Listening - 24 Speaking - 24 Writing. Surely it's a decent score overall and that's actually enough to get me admitted into the Master's programmes I'm thinking of as they require only 100 (and that makes me a nice 101
) but I know I could definitely have scored higher.
My advice for anyone who'll take it:
-Reading section: Be really concentrated. It's not that hard since you just have to manage your time very carefully. I guess I personally wasted my points because I wasn't concentrated quite properly, maybe because I slept very little the night before the test.
-Listening section: Once again you need to focus; in my case some stupid examiner got into the classroom where we were taking it and I got distracted from a dialogue section that definitely cost me one or two questions.
-Speaking section: Manage your time well. I tried to conclude my speeches and in many cases I got cut at this point so I would presume I essentially lost points with that.
-Writing section: Be extremely concentrated on the first part since you'll basically have to write down everything afterwards (the Professor's speech on the passage that will not disappear while you'll be writing). Oddly I lost points on that part so I presume that I missed one idea from the Professor or something. The second part should not cause particular difficulty since it's an open essay and if you know how to write it shouldn't be very difficult.
I am not satisfied since I was hoping more for a R 29 - L 29 - S 25 - W 29 kind of result but anyway, I guess I'll have to take it again in the future if I apply for a very selective school.
And by the way the Thomson's guide thing is quite good in my view. Their tests are not way more difficult or easier than those of the d-day.
Good luck everyone!