【Chat】about the TOEFL thing again...

[timothyhses 10]

remember, I'm the guy asking about TOEFL about a month ago?

anyway i took it on 8/28

and I got my scores back!!

total 111!

i know there must be people out there with better scores

but I'm pretty happy with mine for now :)

anyway, I would just like to thank the people who post comments last time

real helped me a lot :E so thanks you guys!!

[Shen TY 10]

Congratulation!

wow....111....

[I like it 10]

:E congrats!!!

[timothyhses 10]

thx, everyone!

[william60136 10]

congratulations!

i would like to take TOEFL and SAT in the future in order to study abroad.

can you share your experience of studying English and preparing for TOEFL with us?

btw, may i add you as a friend on facebook?

thank you =)

[愛力克斯 10]

Hey William,

I didn't take the TOEFL but I took SAT. SAT is just a matter of *a lot* of practice and vocab memorization, and TOEFL is the same. Read, memorize, read, practice, memorize, practice, memorize, then repeat from the beginning.

Be sure to start really early (10th grade or before), otherwise you'll run out of time very soon.

Good Luck! Feel free to ask me any questions about English, SAT, or studying abroad.

-Alex

[Sunriz 11]

I am so amazed of that high socres...with the person who is just a Senior High School student.

That's amazing .

[Krislih 10]

Congratulation, now... you must reveal HOW you got that score... Just kidding lad.

[愛力克斯 10]

No joke to Krislih's comment.

timothyhses, it would be nice if you can share your experience preparing for the TOEFL exam. It will help many students immensely.

[william lu 10]

thank you Alex! i want to study abroad, and i'm interesting in science and technology. i guess MIT is a good choice. i have some books of TOEFL and SAT, but i don't know which test is required. i heard that both are needed, so i bought both of them. if only one of them is required, does taking the other test help in application? besides tests, what should i need to prepare? it seems that AP is helpful, yet i don't know what's AP, and, does taiwan has AP?

[MikiRei 10]

Morgan Lai (if she's around) is at MIT. Ask her about applying there. I remember she posted some tips in one of her blogs?

[愛力克斯 10]

Hey William,

Morgan (MIT '13) was in a similar situation as you and she took both TOEFL and SAT. Different schools are different though, and you should call the school's administration to make sure. Some schools require international students to take TOEFL, but if not, you can just take SAT if you can do well on the SAT.

Outside of tests, you need several other things as listed here. You should really make sure that you stand out on your extracurricular activities -- a lot of students in Taiwan gets good GPA and SAT scores, but get rejected because they lack performance outside of school.

I've created a forum for discussions related to studying abroad. It's very new at this stage, but you should feel free to go there to drop off questions there and share your experience, both good or bad. Hope to see you there! (Of course, I'll answer questions in this forum too.)

[eric.tzeng 10]

111...

that is not bad you know

i havent got TOEFL yet

maybe later this year

[阿禧 10]

what ever alex said... hes freakin Harvard University GOD DAM

but TOFEL is stupid man~ i took IETLS

[freedommeans 1]

Congrats!