[trannghi7707]

Originally Posted by Utairus

frankly, my application needs at least 90 pts, so i think I have missed it. Now should be the time to prepare for the next one.

Just a bad day

where are you applying to ? why does it require such a high score to get in ?

[Utairus]

Originally Posted by trannghi7707

where are you applying to ? why does it require such a high score to get in ?

I tend to apply for scholarship in Business field of University of Queenland - Australia

Here's the requirements :

Criteria - Academic
• Complete an undergraduate degree from a recongised institution with a GPA of at least 8 out of 10 on the Vietnamese grading scale. Vietnames students with a qualification from Australia or another country are also eligible to apply.
• Students must have an IELTS of 6.5 in writing with a 6 in all other sub bands, or TOEFL equivalent iBT 90 overall with no sub band less than 21

[AndyMai]

Originally Posted by blackbuddha

I don't mean to discourage you but let's be realistic here. What is your desirable score? Is there a deadline for it? Does it serve any purpose? If you're not in hurry, striving for the best may be right. Otherwise, just achieve your goal and proceed to the next step. English is larger than just a score.

well english is larger than score but then it is the only way to know which level you are at..

[blackbuddha]

Originally Posted by AndyMai

well english is larger than score but then it is the only way to know which level you are at..

Before you actually use it 24/7, score does mean something. After that, it takes flair and genius to perfect your command.

[tranhieuamg]

Originally Posted by blackbuddha

Past a certain point, the result doesn't depend solely on your English command but your exam technique. That was my remark after talking IELTS. But of course top score requires a perfect combination of knowledge and skills.

Apart from that, I can't say anything else since I've never touched TOEFL materials.

what u got for ielts eh? talking about certificates does bring back memories as if it was just the other day I was sitting in the exam room

[blackbuddha]

Originally Posted by tranhieuamg

what u got for ielts eh? talking about certificates does bring back memories as if it was just the other day I was sitting in the exam room

I got 7.5 but I doubt if I could make it past 8.0 now .

[tranhieuamg]

Originally Posted by blackbuddha

I got 7.5 but I doubt if I could make it past 8.0 now .

yah dats what usually happens to people after years studying abroad. a friend of mine scored 7.5 before going to the uk, 1 year later he successfully managed to bring it down to 7. lying at home watching movies all days long got him good.

[blackbuddha]

Originally Posted by tranhieuamg

yah dats what usually happens to people after years studying abroad. a friend of mine scored 7.5 before going to the uk, 1 year later he successfully managed to bring it down to 7. lying at home watching movies all days long got him good.

I surmised the funny part was he actually improved his reading, listening skills and his vocabulary. However it was the writing part that ultimately brought him down.

Writing has always been the little bugger to me. Speaking depends on my mood, the weather, my meal before the exam and the examiner's face.

[tranhieuamg]

Originally Posted by blackbuddha

I surmised the funny part was he actually improved his reading, listening skills and his vocabulary. However it was the writing part that ultimately brought him down.

Writing has always been the little bugger to me. Speaking depends on my mood, the weather, my meal before the exam and the examiner's face.

in my case it's speaking that I dreaded most. guess I was too shy a boy at that time.

writing was on the other hand not that bad I guess, 1 thing I like about ielts over toefl. I recall writing a crap load of made up stories about my cousin traveling to amazon and doing mountaineering (not the Everest, some big boulder in australia I don't know where I got the name from) for the written exam back then. No idea why and how I could get away after bullshitting for a page or 2 packed with that kind of stuff, probably the examiner didn't even bother reading to the last line.

toefl however requires you to write about serious stuff, not my cup of tea. and somehow I often screw up the grammar whenever I got nervous.

[Satella123]

Whoa, from baby English in page 1 to fluent academic speaking in page 998... vOzers really ARE improving, aren't we? xD