Word: toefl
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wake of the successfulcomputerization of both the Test of English as aForeign Language (TOEFL) and the GraduateManagement Admission Test (GMAT), ETS officialsseem primed for another smooth transition...
That's actually good to know. As a TOEFL and SAT tutor to several Japanese students who hope to attend American colleges, I am learning to develop more structured lesson plans; my students look at me blankly when I ask them if they'd prefer to review analogies or sentence completions at the beginning of the session. I'm not about to start "shaming" my students who perform poorly on a practice test, but I am beginning to understand why the student gets absolutely frustrated with himself (no girls being taught here--male chauvinism in Japan is a whole other...
CUSPEA and CUSBEA lasted for several years until the TOEFL exam was gradually introduced. Students then began to apply to American universities and colleges on their own, and in disciplines aside from physics and biology...
...same standard as American students for admission decisions, the acceptance rate for foreign applicants is consistently lower than that of the general pool of applicants. Considering that international applicants must overcome significant hurdles in applying to American colleges--even arranging to take the mandatory SATs, Achievements and TOEFL tests is a nightmare outside of this country--they must, by their very nature, be a very highly motivated and self-selected group of applicants. Consequently, foreign students should, if anything, be accepted at a higher rate than the general applicant pool, and thus their lower acceptance rate doesn't make much...
Knowles said that asking departments to screentheir TFs for language skills is no different fromthe requirements the College imposes onforeign-born undergraduates. These students mustscore at least 600 on the Test of English as aForeign Language (TOEFL) before they can apply toHarvard...