Standard Entrance Examinations Each standardized test has it own bulletin, a brochure that explains everything you need to know about the test, how much it costs, where you can take it, when you can take it, etc. You can find these test bulletins in your local U.S. Overseas Educational Advising Office or you can request one from the organizing test service. Each bulletin contains test registrations forms. In order to fill these out, you must know where you want to take the test (the bulletin contains test centers worldwide), when you want to take the test (each may be given only a few times a year), which test you want to take (see below), which schools you want to receive your "official scores," (the schools you are applying to) and how you can pay for the cost of the test (personal check drawn on a U.S. bank, credit card, money order, etc.). After sending in the registration form, you should receive an admissions ticket shortly afterwards in the mail confirming your registration. When you go to the test, you should bring your admissions ticket, two identification cards (at least one with a photo), your "Photo File Records" (these two forms come with your admissions ticket), and several pencils with erasers. Which test do you want to take? Undergraduate or Graduate? English Proficiency Tests The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is the most common English proficiency exam and is a two-hour test consisting of three sections: listening comprehension, structure, and vocabulary and reading comprehension. Listening comprehension scoring ranges from 24 to 68, structure and written expression from 20 to 68, and reading comprehension from 21 to 67. To compute your composite score, average your three scores and multiply by 10 (composite scores range from 200 to 677 points). Top undergraduate and graduate schools look for scores of at least 550 and 600, respectively. For more information about the TOEFL, including centers and dates in your home country and the US, write or call the Educational Testing Service: TOEFL/TSE PO Box 6151 Princeton, NJ 08541-6151 USA Telephone: (609) 951-1100 Source: The Princeton Review's International Guide to the U.S.A. by Ian Jacobs and Ellen Catskill, Random House, 1996 Top of page Home | Learn | Mentors/Hidden Treasures | Hotline | Join Us | Member Log-In Mission | Services | Community | Team | Site-Map | Terms of Use ©2000 StudentOasis. All rights reserved.