What’s a Good TOEFL Listening Score? How Is It Calculated?

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Listening is an important part of the TOEFL, and if you want to get into your top schools, you’ll need a solid score on this section. But what’s a good Listening score? What TOEFL Listening score should you be aiming for?

In this guide, we’ll explain how the TOEFL Listening section is scored, what a good Listening score is, how you can figure out what score you need on this section, and how to calculated the number of questions you need to get right with out TOEFL Listening score table.

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What’s a Good TOEFL Reading Score?

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If you’re taking the TOEFL soon, you might be curious about what kind of TOEFL Reading score you’ll need to get in order to do well on test day. What is a good TOEFL Reading score overall? And what’s a good Reading score for you specifically?

In this guide, we’ll explain what a good TOEFL Reading score is using percentiles and then teach you how to set your own TOEFL iBT Reading score goal. Then, you can use our TOEFL Reading score calculator so that you can estimate the number of raw points you’ll need in order to hit your goal score.

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Average TOEFL Score: What Is It? Is It Good for Colleges?

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Those taking the TOEFL often want to know how their scores compare to the average TOEFL score. But what is the average TOEFL score? Is your score higher than, lower than, or the same as this average? And even more importantly, is an average score high enough for admission to university?

Here, we’ll explain what the overall TOEFL average score is and then look closely at how this average changes for different groups of test takers. Additionally, we’ll discuss whether an average score is high enough for admission and teach you how to find minimum TOEFL scores for schools.

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TOEFL Score Percentiles: What Do They Mean for You?

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After you take the TOEFL, you can use your score to figure out your TOEFL score percentile, which shows how your TOEFL scores compare with those of other test takers. But how important is your TOEFL percentile to schools? And how do TOEFL percentiles change based on different groups of test takers?

We’ll answer these questions and more in this guide by looking at TOEFL percentile charts for various groups of test takers. After we go over the charts, we’ll discuss the importance of your TOEFL iBT percentile to schools and explain how knowing your percentile can benefit you.

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TOEFL Total Score: Do You Need a Maximum Score?

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After taking the TOEFL, you’ll get four section scores and one total score on your TOEFL score report. But what exactly is the TOEFL total score? What kind of scoring scale does it use and how important is it to schools?

In this article, we’ll explain the total TOEFL score and discuss whether it’s possible to attain the maximum TOEFL score. After, we’ll go over the importance of your total score and give you step-by-step instructions on how to set a TOEFL total score goal.

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TOEFL Requirements for Colleges: What Score Do You Need?

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Many colleges and universities in the US have stopped requiring SAT and ACT scores. But what about the TOEFL? Are there still TOEFL requirements for universities? The answer is yes—many US schools require international applicants to submit TOEFL scores. But the exact TOEFL score you’ll need for admission ultimately depends on where you’re applying.

In this article, we explain what good TOEFL scores for colleges are and give you a list of 64 popular US schools and their minimum TOEFL score requirements. We also teach you how to find minimum TOEFL scores for US universities and how to set a TOEFL goal score.

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