yes, just about 2-3 days after my GRE i took the date for my TOEFL.....17th aug .....which is 14 days after my GRE.....i should have been crazy or overconfident....but had no choice.....no suitable center available for 25th n the next date after 25th was 12 sep....so had to...
but neways TOEFL is really easy.....the easiest nut to crack of all
these foreign exams....it has 4 sections --> reading - listening - speaking - writing.
reading- u get 3 passages n den questions on dem n questions as simple as "what does apparently mean in this passage?" and an obvious answer which can be given even widout readin da passage...
listening- u listen to lectures or conversations and answer questions based on them.....very easy again
speaking- thts one section tht is difficult....u rly need courage to speak....n more than courage quickness in thought....coz u only get 15 seconds to prepare and hav to speak for 45 seconds.....man it is tough....but u look at the sample high level answer and u get relaxed....coz we mumbai university students are mostly way better than the ppl in these sample answers....all u need to do....jus speak nethin related to the topic....forget right or wrong....forget framing the speech....jus fill up the 45 seconds....but ur english n grammar should be good....thts wat toefl is really all about....eng n grammar rather than content...
writing- well most of u know by now tht i m vry good at writin ....so didnt prepare at all...but it is neways easy....so dont worry
for all those who hav given their GRE all u need to do for TOEFL is jus give 1 or max 2 practise sections of readin n listenin.....bliv me it is more than enuf...speakin requires some rpactise....4-5 tests of speakin...thts it....u dont hav to study nething....n rly this is one xam whr u r not much tensed...u hav nothin to study since the 1st day, neither on the last day
on the d-day....well wasnt a d-day actually....was jus a normal day.....had my test at 4 30pm..sick time....but no option....so got up late....reached the center at 3 30 ...my center was at karrox, shoppers pt....jus opposite andheri station....den waited....till 5 15....yeah it started late....in da meanwhile though all da test takers had a gr8 chat goin....all of dem talkin abt themselves...all were from different fields...well all others were girls n only one boy, me...[:D]....one girl was jus in her 12th wanting to pursue bio-tech....one was from medical field....one 4m commerce....another was an engineer but senior to me by one yr...
finally i entered at 5 15 and started by 5 30....den all sections went on smoothly....reading was a bit tougher than in da practise tests but still nothin compared to GRE....but still got me tensed a bit ....coz in TOEFL evry question is imp...and u have to score high on readin n listenin coz speakin u cant say...n even writin
but neways was decent on da whole....did speak well....though fumbled....a test of 4 hrs+ ....gets a bit boring....but a gr8 experience overall
Yes, at 9 30pm i had finally finished all of these tests ....all da headache now gone...i had gr8 food at McDonalds....den went home wid content n happiness.
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