toefl CBT VS iBT

[akg]

Hi guys

which one is better to take toefl CBT version or the next generation toefl , so called, iBT version.


Which version is currently accepted by American dental schools.

Pls help me in this regard

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[D(M)ental]

Hi guys

which one is better to take toefl CBT version or the next generation toefl , so called, iBT version.


Which version is currently accepted by American dental schools.

Pls help me in this regard

Toelf cbt is no longer administered in the USA..ibt is the only option

 

[akg]

Toelf cbt is no longer administered in the USA..ibt is the only option

hey thankls man for the response


which one is better the ibt version or cbt version..

 

[D(M)ental]

hey thankls man for the response


which one is better the ibt version or cbt version..

You are welcome 😀
FYI I am female 😛
cbt is easy enough and i looked at the ibt and it doesnt look too bad inspite of the fact there is a speaking section and all.
Check out www.toefl.org there is a tour of the new format and stuff and it is easy to navigate

 

[Dushyant]

HI friends,
I gave my IBT on 24 june,and am witing for my result.
HAs anyone who took it the same day got their results???
????????????????????????????
Please PM me.
Thanks in advance.

 

[dentist79]

HI friends,
I gave my IBT on 24 june,and am witing for my result.
HAs anyone who took it the same day got their results???
????????????????????????????
Please PM me.
Thanks in advance.

Hey
Hope you reply to this....i am taking my iBT in august n i m clueless about it,can u give ur email or can u mail me at [email protected]
I hope u will be willing to share ur information.....
thanks waiting for your response

 

[chinnu96]

hi,
i took ibt on june 10th and also got my results. i scored 103 out of 120 which is good enough fr universities.jus do test papers from barrons ibt . always practice with cdroms not from the textbooks.if u have any more qs u r most welcome dont worry u can do it well.bye then.

 

[akg]

hi,
i took ibt on june 10th and also got my results. i scored 103 out of 120 which is good enough fr universities.jus do test papers from barrons ibt . always practice with cdroms not from the textbooks.if u have any more qs u r most welcome dont worry u can do it well.bye then.

good score your score 103 on ibt is equivalent to 250-260 on CBT , most of the american dental schools loook for 240-250 above score CBT version , as per the information i found in most of the dental school websites.

You are on safe side , chill out

pls share your experience , either in this thread or pm me


thanks

 

[akg]

You are welcome 😀
FYI I am female 😛
cbt is easy enough and i looked at the ibt and it doesnt look too bad inspite of the fact there is a speaking section and all.
Check out www.toefl.org there is a tour of the new format and stuff and it is easy to navigate

oops i'm sorry , thought a guy looking into the profile id D(M)ental , thought girls wouldnot choose such funny names.


anyway thanks for the response.

i have gone through the website , ibt seems to be little bit complicated and 30 minutes extended than CBT.

 

[akg]

HI friends,
I gave my IBT on 24 june,and am witing for my result.
HAs anyone who took it the same day got their results???
????????????????????????????
Please PM me.
Thanks in advance.

good luck for the result

pls share your expe and news about the score when you receive

thanks

 

[D(M)ental]

oops i'm sorry , thought a guy looking into the profile id D(M)ental , thought girls wouldnot choose such funny names.


anyway thanks for the response.

i have gone through the website , ibt seems to be little bit complicated and 30 minutes extended than CBT.

Hey no big deal
everybody thought of me as one of the guys most of the time 😉 😀
good luck with toefl

 

[dentist79]

hi,
i took ibt on june 10th and also got my results. i scored 103 out of 120 which is good enough fr universities.jus do test papers from barrons ibt . always practice with cdroms not from the textbooks.if u have any more qs u r most welcome dont worry u can do it well.bye then.

Thanks,for ur reply,it helps....how is kaplan(i just got one)

 

[shlo]

Hey guys
I am planning to take toefl soon and have no idea about where to study from........can somebody tell me if kaplan is better than barron's.....do these books have cd's with practice tests...coz i think doing the practice tests is very imp...if the books dont have cd's where can we get practice tests from..i just saw the ets site has some but is it worth to buy it???anybody who has already used it please shed some light....thanx....

 

[akg]

Hey guys
I am planning to take toefl soon and have no idea about where to study from........can somebody tell me if kaplan is better than barron's.....do these books have cd's with practice tests...coz i think doing the practice tests is very imp...if the books dont have cd's where can we get practice tests from..i just saw the ets site has some but is it worth to buy it???anybody who has already used it please shed some light....thanx....

hi

if you are taking the test in US , then,the only option you have is toefl iBT version.

for all info , prep material and practice online exams , writing skill assessments

login

www.ets.org


you shall find evrything you wwant

good luck

 

[shlo]

hi

if you are taking the test in US , then,the only option you have is toefl iBT version.

for all info , prep material and practice online exams , writing skill assessments

login

www.ets.org


you shall find evrything you wwant

good luck

hey akg
I have alreday seen that site......but i wanted to know if it is helpful buying that material.....I am in usa and have to take ibt..have u taken it....what materials did u refer???thanx.....

 

[reshfriends]

hey akg
I have alreday seen that site......but i wanted to know if it is helpful buying that material.....I am in usa and have to take ibt..have u taken it....what materials did u refer???thanx.....

i gave my exam and i think the toefl kaplan is better..do only the cd rest of the material is all crap..

 

[shlo]

Thanx
I just bought Barron's book for toefl..it also has model tests....I had used it before when i gave cbt..unfortunately the score is not valid anymore..so have to take ibt....thanx for the info tho....

 

[chinnu96]

hi
as per me if u keenly go through ets website u will find there r 2 more sites which offwr 2 more practice tests------- free-english.com and testden.com .jus check it out.

 

[akg]

hey akg
I have alreday seen that site......but i wanted to know if it is helpful buying that material.....I am in usa and have to take ibt..have u taken it....what materials did u refer???thanx.....

i think the material sold by ww.ets.org should be better, coz they are the people who conduct the exam , and they say that they are selling you materials prpeared out of old real toefl papers.

 

[kichamani]

I will be taking the TOEFL on July 29th, kind of nervous because of IBT, not good at typing and accent issues.

going thru the official ETS guide & princton but still not confident. Can some one please share your experiences.

thanks

 

[reshfriends]

I will be taking the TOEFL on July 29th, kind of nervous because of IBT, not good at typing and accent issues.
going thru the official ETS guide & princton but still not confident. Can some one please share your experiences.
hey dont worry its not that bad..just remain calm and talk slowly and clearly..
if they undersatnd u its more than enough..dont worry abt ur accent just let it be clear..
hey be prepared for all the disturbance around u .. thats the only issue..
all the best.u will do will

 

[dentaldoc81]

Hey everybody,
I recentlytook my exam and scored 107 with 27 in speaking. I just saw it in the ucsf application requirements that the min score for speaking section should be 28. How many of us will be able to fulfill that requirement. So what if we scored 27. Will our application be considered or will they say that we did not meet their requirements. How bad it would feel to have reasonably good nbde score but application was not considered because we did not meet the toefl requirements. That would be the worst thing i can think of.

 

[minali]

😡 you are right. even i scored 106 which is equivalent to around 270 in cbt with 26 in speaking section. i mailed to this university regarding this and they replied they wont be considering applications with lower marks than required. so what can we do now, take the test again which obviously will not guarantee that u will get 28.although the total score required by the university is b/w 95-100. 🙁

Hey everybody,
I recentlytook my exam and scored 107 with 27 in speaking. I just saw it in the ucsf application requirements that the min score for speaking section should be 28. How many of us will be able to fulfill that requirement. So what if we scored 27. Will our application be considered or will they say that we did not meet their requirements. How bad it would feel to have reasonably good nbde score but application was not considered because we did not meet the toefl requirements. That would be the worst thing i can think of.

 

[kichamani]

Thanks a lot reshfriends.

My main concern is the speaking part. Hope i would do better.

 

[small wonder]

😡 you are right. even i scored 106 which is equivalent to around 270 in cbt with 26 in speaking section. i mailed to this university regarding this and they replied they wont be considering applications with lower marks than required. so what can we do now, take the test again which obviously will not guarantee that u will get 28.although the total score required by the university is b/w 95-100. 🙁

hey...even i m facing the same situation n donno wht to do....i scored 100 with 27 in speaking but jus 21 in the writing section....am in a dilemma wht to do...should i retake the exam agn... i need to decide soon...pls help

 

[minali]

do take ur exam again. ucla has minimum requirement of 24 in writing section and ucsf requires 28 in speaking (i dont know anyone could get that). but do improve ur writing score. i am giving it again too.

hey...even i m facing the same situation n donno wht to do....i scored 100 with 27 in speaking but jus 21 in the writing section....am in a dilemma wht to do...should i retake the exam agn... i need to decide soon...pls help

 

[kichamani]

I will be taking my TOEFL on july 29th but really scared about the speaking part, more over i'm not that much familiar with typing. any ways i have no option.

CBT guys are lucky, I guess they don't have the speaking part.

It is really difficult to take 28/30 as required by UCSF but UCLA is reasonalble, their req are

* Writing: 25
* Speaking: 24
* Reading: 21
* Listening: 17
* Total minimum passing score: 87

hey...even i m facing the same situation n donno wht to do....i scored 100 with 27 in speaking but jus 21 in the writing section....am in a dilemma wht to do...should i retake the exam agn... i need to decide soon...pls help

 

[Ramzi]

I took the iBT 3 weeks ago, it's not easy but not difficult... but I think it gives an excellent assessment of your English language skills.. I thought I did bad in speaking section (I spoke for only 10 seconds then remaied silent in one of the questions) but my grade was good enough

reading: 29
writing: 30
listening: 30
speaking: 28

total: 117/120

good luck to all of you

 

[dentsh1]

I took the iBT 3 weeks ago, it's not easy but not difficult... but I think it gives an excellent assessment of your English language skills.. I thought I did bad in speaking section (I spoke for only 10 seconds then remaied silent in one of the questions) but my grade was good enough

reading: 29
writing: 30
listening: 30
speaking: 28

total: 117/120

good luck to all of you

Hei,

Congratulations. You are really very smart. I am so afraid of taking TOEFL. i am taking on 29th july. I haven't read that much. As i don't understrand how to do practice. Can you please give me good advice and good tips for getting good score like yours. i am not able to get as much score as yours, But, i want to get at least 110. I am really getting too much scared of this new TOEFL. I am little bit nervous about TOEFL. If i will not get good score this time i am gonna leave dental field . Please can you help me. You can also send me private reply too. Thanks a lot. Good luck for your admission wherever you want.

 

[Ramzi]

Hei,

Congratulations. You are really very smart. I am so afraid of taking TOEFL. i am taking on 29th july. I haven't read that much. As i don't understrand how to do practice. Can you please give me good advice and good tips for getting good score like yours. i am not able to get as much score as yours, But, i want to get at least 110. I am really getting too much scared of this new TOEFL. I am little bit nervous about TOEFL. If i will not get good score this time i am gonna leave dental field . Please can you help me. You can also send me private reply too. Thanks a lot. Good luck for your admission wherever you want.

You shouldn't be scared.. there is nothing terrifying about it.. In fact I didn't expect such scores, I thought I would get 110.. the most important thing is to take the sample test on the Toefl's web site, it should familiarize you with the real test's format.

regarding the reading section, try to get the main ideas quickly, do not try to understand every single phrase.. read the question first to know what to look for... it's very long.. try not to get bored!

Writing: use short clear phrases.. start your paragraph with the main idea then elaborate.. try to use some strong words to show that you have good vocabulary and try to limit your responses to the indicated number of words per each question.

Speaking: try to practice at home.. record your answers and hear them again.. when preparing your answer do not write your responses.. just try to write down key words.

listening: I think it was quite easy, take notes during listening.. and some practice would help you too..

hope this helps

Good luck

 

[kichamani]

Hi Ramzi,

Thanks for the detailed reply.

I'm also as scared as dentsh1 if not more.

I will also be taking the TOEFL shortly and practicing regularly but still have a fear about the new format.

Please follow this posting and help members like us who need your help and encouragement.

You shouldn't be scared.. there is nothing terrifying about it.. In fact I didn't expect such scores, I thought I would get 110.. the most important thing is to take the sample test on the Toefl's web site, it should familiarize you with the real test's format.

regarding the reading section, try to get the main ideas quickly, do not try to understand every single phrase.. read the question first to know what to look for... it's very long.. try not to get bored!

Writing: use short clear phrases.. start your paragraph with the main idea then elaborate.. try to use some strong words to show that you have good vocabulary and try to limit your responses to the indicated number of words per each question.

Speaking: try to practice at home.. record your answers and hear them again.. when preparing your answer do not write your responses.. just try to write down key words.

listening: I think it was quite easy, take notes during listening.. and some practice would help you too..

hope this helps

Good luck

 

[D(M)ental]

You shouldn't be scared.. there is nothing terrifying about it.. In fact I didn't expect such scores, I thought I would get 110.. the most important thing is to take the sample test on the Toefl's web site, it should familiarize you with the real test's format.

regarding the reading section, try to get the main ideas quickly, do not try to understand every single phrase.. read the question first to know what to look for... it's very long.. try not to get bored!

Writing: use short clear phrases.. start your paragraph with the main idea then elaborate.. try to use some strong words to show that you have good vocabulary and try to limit your responses to the indicated number of words per each question.

Speaking: try to practice at home.. record your answers and hear them again.. when preparing your answer do not write your responses.. just try to write down key words.

listening: I think it was quite easy, take notes during listening.. and some practice would help you too..

hope this helps

Good luck

Your scores are excellent!
And thanks for the tips 😀

 

[ITSME]

hi guys i took toefl cbt 10 months ago. i got a 277/300. i am planning to take up my ndbe in a couple of months. is my score ok, or will an ibt be expected out of me? plz guide me....

 

[Rojarose]

Hi All,

Minimum Speaking requirements for IBT TOEFL is no more 28 but only 24 for UCSF applicants.

I just called the UCSF and they confirmed that the policy has been changed last week and will reflect in the website in couple of days.

I think it is a great news to all who took TOEFL IBT and got less scores in speaking section.

I called UCSF several times for the past 2 months requesting them to reduce the miminum score limit and also requested many in the forum to do by sending personal msg but not many replied positively.

Unless we talk, nothing would work in this country.

It would be better if others also call UCSF @ 415 476 0589 and request them to update their website.

We should make sure, UCSF authorities are aware that many applicants will be affected bcoz of this TOEFL minimum requiremnt of 28 for speaking.

Hope you all would spend few mts of your time on this call and ensure that UCSF website is updated ASAP.

 

[dentist79]

Hi All,

Minimum Speaking requirements for IBT TOEFL is no more 28 but only 24 for UCSF applicants.

I just called the UCSF and they confirmed that the policy has been changed last week and will reflect in the website in couple of days.

I think it is a great news to all who took TOEFL IBT and got less scores in speaking section.

I called UCSF several times for the past 2 months requesting them to reduce the miminum score limit and also requested many in the forum to do by sending personal msg but not many replied positively.

Unless we talk, nothing would work in this country.

It would be better if others also call UCSF @ 415 476 0589 and request them to update their website.

We should make sure, UCSF authorities are aware that many applicants will be affected bcoz of this TOEFL minimum requiremnt of 28 for speaking.

Hope you all would spend few mts of your time on this call and ensure that UCSF website is updated ASAP.

Hi rojarose
great job,u have really done sm thing good,i just took ibt pretty much the same day utook,and definately cannot achieve what UCSF required.i wll call them and ensure to ask them in this context
besties