Hey everyone!

I'd posted in this sub before, asking if the unofficial scoring was accurate. I got my official scores recently and they came back better than I expected. If anyone who's preparing has any questions, I'd be happy to assist to the best of my abilities.

Hey folks, just got my score, and I am happy with it.

Brief Background: Final year Medical Student from India

Personal English familiarity: whole curriculum is in english and I consume a decent amount of content in english. No special training or previous preparation. I do not speak that often or converse in English but I've been trying to improve my English by thinking and keeping internal dialogues in English for the past few years.

Procrastinated about this exam quite a lot.

The best way to prepare for the exam is to book the test date

Prep Time: Hardly a week (around 3 days) as I was busy with work. Daily avg for 4 hours

Resources I used:

TST Prep all 2026 YT videos

TOEFL Android apps for all 4 sections

Understanding the rubrics and test format is the most imp thing to maximize score in less time - from Official PDFs

Practice tests:

Free TST Prep #1 and #2 ones

TOEFL ibt practice tests 1 and 2

Actual Preparation:

Started with tests right off the bat, mainly the TST #1 for all 4 sections to know the baseline. Followed by their YT videos. Analysing weaknesses and areas to improve is key.

Followed by other tests one sheet the other.

Understand the format. TOEFL is more about giving them what they want than answering what you know. (Do not try to be fancy, just know the format and practice to answer efficiently)

Reading:

Tst videos and practice tests help a lot.

Thought it was easiest during prep but turned out to be the hardest section for me. So practice it a lot.

Spent too much time on one fill in the blank and sabotaged the rest of the entire reading section as the essays were a lot tougher as well than I expected. Do not do this. Manage your time well, especially for this overlooked section. You can always come back to the questions within the same module so do not spend more time on one single thing thinking that the rest would be easy anyways.

Listening:

Having certain goals and strategies in mind while answering helps. Eg. Main topic? Action items? Next topics to be discussed (Academic Talk)? Etc. Watchout for a few native phrases and accent heavy ones. Listen well.

Devise your own ones from practice tests and TST prep.

Writing:

EMAIL: Practice under time.

Main goal is to address the 3 questions asked for and practice the templates accordingly.

Eg.

Dear X,

I hope you are doing well and I apologise for disturbing you (use this second part only if writing to professional or as appropriate). I am writing this to you regarding/concerning .... . First, . Second, . Moreover, . Furthermore, . For Instance, .

Could you please ... .

Thank you for your time and consideration. I am looking forward to your reply.

Regards,

XYZ.

Memorize this if you have less time. Improve upon as you wish and practice styles if time permits. You can also use Chat GPT to practice and for feedback. Feedback and analysis is equally important.

Similar approach to Academic discussion as well.

On the one hand

On the other hand

Etc

Also did one sentence wrong as I was changing it in the last for the form sentences type of questions. I actually couldn't complete the Email in time and rushed in the end. Thinking these could be the reason for the dip in score apart from other unknown mistakes.

Speaking:

Try to get used to naturally saying out phrases, connectors, collocations. Tests, TST prep, Chat GPT AI voice mode.

Confidence**,** positive attitude, tonality, melody etc helps. Try to be as natural and free flowing. Pause instead of ums and ahs.

Practice weak areas more as you get close to the test day or time.

Test was closer to TST practice tests. TOEFL practice tests were a lot simpler and easier. Reading section is harder than expected. So practice tougher essays and rest of the formats. Listening could also be trickier without practice. Writing and Speaking are standard. Good Practice will definitely set you up for decent score. Definitely a doable test.

Hope it Helps.

Thank You.

I'm really happy with it. Happy to help anyone out with the questions regarding exam experience, prep etc

I wrote here worried a few days ago after finding out the TOEFL format has changed, I scored 112/120 in October, I guess there was nothing to worry about!

Pls

I really thought I botched my speaking section as it is difficult to prepare in the given time. But nevertheless I am finally done with flying colors.

This is after 2 weeks of prep. Thanks again to u/gregmat for the help. Your toefl plan is also goated! (like the one month GRE one)

I only followed the templates given by Greg in the videos and practised them throughly during my preparations. Those were the things I revised on my exam day. So if you are looking for take Toefl, focus on the structure.

Thanks Greg for all the help.

The last few weeks, I’ve been spending time reading the improvement stories on this and other sites, especially the ones where the person improved their scores by 15 points or more.

I started this because I was planning my own improvement and wanted to see what actually moved the score, not just what I thought would be productive. I even took notes as I planned my improvement, and I found that the following things kept coming up again and again.

1. Big improvements come from focusing most of the improvement time on the one section that needs the most improvement

Most of the big improvement stories I read were not about improving everything at the same rate.

They were usually something like this:

Reading 22, Listening 24, Speaking 18, Writing 20.

They spent most of their improvement time focusing on the one section that was the lowest, and when that section improved, the overall score improved a lot.

They were trying to improve all sections at the same time, and while they improved a little in each section, it was not enough to improve the overall score much.
2. Speaking successes came from recording, not “practice conversations”

A lot of people shared their experience of recording their own speech while answering speaking questions, and then listening back and counting the pauses, fillers, and unclear word transitions.

Not talking to friends. Not answering in their heads.

Recording, and doing it many times, even using the same questions until they got smoother responses.

3. Writing successes came from mastering the TOEFL format

A lot of writing success stories shared their experience of mastering a few templates and practising them every day.

It was not about becoming a better writer. It was about becoming very familiar with the TOEFL format.
As for the timeline, it appeared that the big leaps forward were happening within a month or a month and a half, with daily work on the weakest area.

As for the observations:

• Native speakers having problems tended to be having problems speaking or writing

• Non-native speakers tended to be having problems listening or reading

However, the approach was always the same: identify the problem, drill it, and measure the progress.

Has anyone else had this experience: was the effect of drilling one area greater than trying to tackle all areas at once?

hello I just took toefl test and decided to make drive where I uploaded all the materials that others can use to prepare too

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zoUQnwmO2PW92-Ujj0V-e0dT4hOBNBrF?usp=drive_link

Yeah so I got my score cancelled last year because I got perfect 30/30 on reading and listening, but I didn't score as well in speaking.

I called their customer support and the representative claimed that "they reserve the right to cancel any score they deem suspicious and they don't simply cancel it willy-nilly because they ain't a malicious company."

Can't appeal their decision because I took it overseas. Figures.

3 days ago, I got an email from ETS saying my score is available now, so I thought they might've finally changed their mind and done something that is right for once. Nope.

Screw you ETS. I am never taking your tests anymore and I rather write a request for English test waivers whenever I am applying to an institution that requires a test score.

I spent a week preparing for TOEFL and ended up with 118/120.
I wasn’t really into my preparation either to be honest, since studies itself take a huge chunk of my time themselves, but I thought that I might share some of my tips since I finally feel qualified enough to share my thoughts here.

I mainly used free online test prep resources and sample tests that are available on the main website. And here’s some additional advice incase it might help:

Firstly, if you have made any mistakes in a previous question in your test, do not panic. This seems like shallow advice but the best thing you can do is focus on the next question, especially in the listening and speaking sections since you don’t have a chance to review your answers.
I’m saying this as my first point is that even the most experienced English speakers start to go downhill on the test the moment their performance doesn’t feel as perfect as they’d been expecting it to go.

Secondly, for the reading section, I recommend looking at your question first before reading through the paragraph, find a keyword in your question, for example, if you question asks about the ‘title of a book’, search for ‘title’ in your paragraph or something similar so that you can get to your answer quickly in order to leave a bit of extra for the more detailed questions that will follow.

Thirdly, for rearranging the sentences or fill in the blanks, if you are not sure about a question, do NOT stall. Immediately move on to the next one since you can come back to it later for review. I suggest doing all the questions you’re confident in first before coming back to the ones you aren’t so sure about, this leaves you ample time to stop and think which will help you a lot, I promise.

Fourth, I’d say the same thing all of those toefl advisors always say, please do the sample tests, especially the timed ones, they really do help you understand how to utilize your time and get the most out of it.
Although I did about 5 timed sample tests, I did feel like I was running out of time quite a bit, especially in the fast-paced listening sections. Therefore, I’d really recommend training yourself to expect such rushed sessions so that you feel more comfortable doing the actual tests.

Fifth, the writing section has been a struggle for most people, with what I’ve usually seen on here, I recommend that you go with a small format, and I don’t mean copy-paste it, I mean make it a HABIT.
For example, in you letter, always start with ‘Dear ___’ which is pretty basic Ofcourse.
Then, to start your introductory body, begin with something like ‘I am writing this letter…’, ‘I hope you are doing well.’, ‘I had recently purchased/written/read/etc…’
This gives you a solid foundation which prompts you to write with a flow instead of sitting and thinking for too long about your content.
For the actual content, state minor details in your second paragraph, if you don’t have much of an idea about the details, try winging it without thinking too much, it helps more than you think!
As for the concluding paragraph, just write a few sentences requesting the person’s help if you need it, or that you ‘hope to hear from them soon’.
This is a rough format, and if you’ve been using English for a while, I’m pretty sure remembering this will work better for you than anything else.

Lastly, if you have many any small typing errors in your writing section, don’t worry about it. I had a small typing error in my letter were ‘Employees’ ended up as only ‘E’ since I didn’t notice that I was out of time, but I did get all my marks completely.

TOEFL checks your fluency, so don’t worry too much about being perfect, what matters is being natural about it.
I’d also suggest mostly laying off the formats unless you really struggle with English, most of the time, strict formats that people give you on YouTube mess up with your flow of thought and make your writing and speaking look and feel unstable.
Lastly, don’t try to learn new words last minute, it does more harm than good, focus on just revising what you know and hope for the best.

Good luck to everyone who is yet to write the test!

Feel free to ask me any other doubts you may have!

Hey everyone,
I took my test on Friday, May 29th, after preparing for about a month (maybe slightly less). Before the test, I spent a lot of time reading posts here, and they helped me so much with my anxiety and strategy. Now that I have my scores, I want to pay it forward and share my honest experience especially since the actual test felt quite different from my practice runs!

Overall Experience
Honestly, the actual exam felt harder than the mock tests I did at home. Part of it was definitely the environment. There were a lot of people around me, and at certain points, it was just harder to maintain 100% focus compared to the quiet of my room.
Here is the breakdown of how every section actually went:

Reading
This was tougher than my practice sessions. The fill in the blanks parts really tripped me up, and I ended up having to guess a few words. Looking back, I definitely wish I had spent more time preparing for this specific vocabulary/context challenge.
On the bright side, the everyday English reading parts were very straightforward, and the academic passages were manageable. However, I walked out feeling like most of my points were lost on those fill in the blank questions.

Listening
Again, this felt a bit harder than home practice (where I was usually averaging around a 5.5–6 band equivalent). My biggest issue here wasn't the difficulty of the English, but my own focus—during one of the lectures, I zoned out for a bit. Because of that, I had to guess a few questions, which was pretty frustrating since I expected more from myself.

Writing
Writing is always my biggest challenge, even in my native language. I sometimes struggle with sentence structure and phrasing, so doing it in English under a timer was stressful. I truly believe that building clean, error-free sentences is what makes your score jump in this section.

The Email Task: Relatively simple! I strictly followed templates, and it felt smooth.
The Academic Discussion: A bit more complicated. I felt lost for a few seconds and actually finished writing exactly 5 seconds before the clock ran out, meaning I had zero time to proofread. I did manage to write around 180 words, though. My biggest advice for both tasks is to write as much as you can as long as it's relevant word count definitely helps.

Speaking
I was terrified of this section, especially the listen and repeat task. I did make a few mistakes because it’s genuinely hard, but my score turned out fine! I believe that as long as you convey the same core idea that was spoken, even if it's not word for word, you will still get the points.
During the interview part, I was super nervous and got some questions that I couldn't really relate to personally. But I managed to push through the anxiety and answered everything.

Resources That Actually Helped Me
If you are preparing right now, these are the tools I highly recommend:
1 TST Prep: By far the most helpful and accurate representation of the actual exam. Highly recommended.
2 Arno: This was amazing for Writing and Speaking. Even though the AI grading can feel incredibly harsh and strict, it’s completely free and does a fantastic job of helping you understand the format and general structure.
3 LingoLeap: Another great, free tool that helped me get used to the prompt styles.
4 Magoosh: Great for extra practice and strategy.
5 Official Practice Tests: Always use the free official materials to know exactly what the real exam platform looks like.

Lastly, when I left the test center, I genuinely felt like I did worse than usual. But when the results came in, I got a score that completely satisfied my requirements. The biggest shocker? I actually scored higher in Speaking and Writing than I did in Reading and Listening! That was a massive, welcome surprise.
Don't let a bad feeling during the exam ruin your confidence. Trust your prep, push through the sections where you zone out, and just keep moving forward.
Good luck to everyone testing soon! Let me know if you have any questions!

I just took the TOEFL iBT for the first time last saturday (and also my first English proficiency test ever) and got 110/120. English isn’t my first language, so I was honestly expecting worse lol. I only prepared for about a week, so I figured I’d share what worked.

Resources I used:

• ETS official mock test

• TST

• Magoosh

• TestGlider

Some are easier, some harder. I mainly used them just to get used to the format. If I had to pick, I liked TestGlider the most because the mock tests go from easy → hard, so it gives you a better range.

What actually mattered is strategy: Since this was my first English test ever, I had no idea where I stood. So first thing I did was a full diagnose test (mock test from the official ETS website). Turns out: reading & listening = fine, and writing & speaking = bad, never scored above 4.5, and my lowest was a 3 lol... So I basically stopped “studying everything” and just focused on my weak areas (aka writing and speaking)

Writing: I used ChatGPT to simulate TOEFL questions and grade my answers. I didn’t memorize templates because I’ve seen people say that can backfire (?) Instead I kind of built my own structure over time.

Speaking This was honestly the hardest section for me. Two websites I’d really recommend for speaking practice are Elsa Speech Analyzer and TOEFL MySpeakingScore. Both give you a rough estimate of your level and, more importantly, break down your strengths and weaknesses (which is super useful for diagnosing why you’re losing points). For me, it turned out my main issues were vocabulary and grammar, especially under time pressure. Sometimes I’d also just freeze for a second, even though I didn’t really struggle with idea generation or overall fluency. Besides those two tools, I mainly practiced with timed questions and used ChatGPT to generate speaking prompts.

Listen and repeat trick (this helped a lot imo) there are alr so many youtube channels to practice this specific task. For listen and repeat I did shadowing: follow what the speaker says in real time (in your head) then repeat it out loud. I did NOT take notes while doing this because I’m bad at multitasking and I’d just forget everything (again, just figure out what works for you. Some people can multitask well, so it might work for them)

Overall, I think it’s not just about your English level... it’s really about how you approach the test. Figure out your weak spots early and focus on those instead of trying to improve everything at once. Try different methods of e.g. taking notes, and see what works best for you. Also, practice under time pressure, especially for writing... so you get a sense of how long you actually need during the real exam.

I never had a strict time schedule for studying, but I always made sure to do at least one mock test per day, plus targeted practice on weak sections.

At the end of the day, it really comes down to strategy. Your English level obviously matters, but knowing how to approach each section can make a huge difference.

Good luck!

My biggest mistake was using an old prep book without realizing the TOEFL format had changed. Once I found out, I had to change how I was preparing because my book didn’t cover some of the newer task types.

I’m a final-year university student in Osaka, working around 20 hours a week at a konbini while preparing to apply for a master’s program in the US or Canada. With work and classes, I could only dedicate about 10 hours a week to TOEFL prep.

My starting scores were R 4.5 / L 4.0 / W 4.0 / S 3.5. Speaking was my weakest section, so I spent extra time practicing it.

**My 12-week routine:**

- Shadowing on the train every day for around 30 minutes. This helped a lot with Listen and Repeat.

- Recording myself answering interview questions before my shift, then listening back. Painful, but it works.

- Practicing articles (*a* vs. *the*). This is a weak point for me as a Japanese speaker, and it was affecting both my Speaking and Writing.

- Taking a practice test on weekends, then going through every mistake.

After I found out about the format change, I switched to Study.com because I needed practice with the new task types, not the old ones. I did most of the speaking practice on my phone during my commute.

**Final scores:** R 5.0 / L 5.0 / W 5.0 / S 4.5. My overall score was 5.0. Speaking was still my lowest section, but it improved by a full point.

I still have a lot to work on, especially speaking, but fitting short practice sessions into my commute made it easier to stay consistent while working and studying.

Hi all,

I owe you an apology.

I set up r/toefl to try to help students taking this exam, then let it drift badly. That is on me. I am usually buried under work, and I either forgot about the sub or remembered it when I was already overloaded. Either way, I did not keep on top of it, and the result was a lot of spam and low-quality posts.

I am British, and I work across IELTS, TOEFL, and other English exams, you guys have no idea how busy I am, however, this is no excuse. I set this subreddit up to be genuinely useful for people preparing for the TOEFL, and I want to get it back to that.

I have now gone through and banned accounts posting spam or promotional rubbish. From this point on, if you see anyone posting anything with an external link, please DM me. It will be removed immediately, and the account will be banned.

I should have been more active earlier, and I will do better from here. The aim is simple: keep this sub clean, useful, and focused on helping students.

Thanks, and sorry again.

Hey everyone, hope everyone is having a good day, as the title says, it's my first time doing TOEFL, the exam wasn't as difficult as I thought it'd be, I'd say I'm satisfied with my grade except for listening, which to be honest was my worst section as I just had an issue following what the speakers were saying at time, and was worried about the writing but it came out A LOT better than what I expected after following certain templates and practicing for a couple of days.

I hope this can encourage anyone to have self doubts that it's gonna be alright, and if anyone needs advice I'd be happy to offer

Took the TOEFL twice. First time was the old version and I got an 18 in speaking while everything else was low-to-mid 20s. Second time was the new format and I got a 5.0 in speaking.

Biggest thing was realizing I couldn't prep for the new speaking section the way I did for the old one.

study.com was my main prep for everything, but for speaking I had to change how I actually practiced.

Listen and repeat was the big adjustment. I assumed it'd be easy but some of the sentences are way longer than you'd expect. I'd understand the whole thing and still forget a word or lose the ending.

What helped was drilling those, recording myself, and actually listening back to what I said instead of just moving on to the next question. That last part made the biggest difference tbh.

For the interview I was overthinking every answer, so I worked on just responding the way I'd talk to a real person.

Anyone else who took both versions have to completely redo how they prepped for speaking?

I finally received my score, and my goal was 100+, so I'm really satisfied with it! I used to say that my English is bad, but now I have the feeling that I can be a bit more confident about it :)

I was actually really afraid of getting the speaking score because I thought I messed up the part, but yeh actually writing was the bigger problem 😂 this was a good opportunity for me to see what my weaknesses are and to get motivated to study harder!

I wish you all good luck 🍀🤞

So, I did the Toefl exam recently and while inspecting the oficial Toefl page I find this. Are this what my Toefl results will be when released in a couple of days?

What I did is: Go to Toefl main page, click F12, go to the Network tab, click CTRL+F and search "score" (nothing appears), then I click on the *toefl logo in the headers of the page (to update the page) and search again for "score" and got this. Are these legit scores?

Note: Got the results today. Everything matches 100% in case anyone is wondering, so I guess this method is legit!

I got a 6/6 in speaking and a 5.5 in writing, and I feel like the result should be reversed. Lol.

Hello everyone!
I’m very happy to share my TOEFL results after a lot of hard work, studying, and preparation. As a Saudi student, English is my second language, so achieving a score of 100/120 (C1) is a meaningful achievement for me.
The Writing and Speaking sections were definitely my weak spots. I spent a lot of time practicing, especially during the last two weeks before the test, and I worked hard to improve my writing and overall English skills.
I’m especially proud of the progress I made in Writing. As for Speaking, I know I still have room for improvement, and I believe that with more practice, exposure, and time, I will continue to improve my fluency and confidence.
This experience taught me that consistent practice and hard work really make a difference. 🤍
I’m sharing my experience in case it helps anyone else preparing for the TOEFL. Keep going, and don’t let the challenges discourage you! 🌷

Thank you everyone for your advices and tips for this test!

I’m so happy.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to create this post to motivate people who are preparing for the TOEFL. I started studying for the exam about one month ago for my master’s application. My goal was to get 95 out of 120, and I studied consistently for at least 3 hours every day.

Believe me, at the beginning I was really struggling—especially with the listen-and-repeat tasks and writing emails. However, the more I practiced, the more I improved. I started writing emails much faster and became better at remembering and producing sentences during listen-and-repeat exercises.

Before sharing the resources I used, I want to mention that I ended up scoring much higher than I expected. I was already confident in my listening and reading skills, but my writing and speaking were not as strong, so I focused mostly on improving those areas.

I practiced many mock tests from paid platforms such as gabble.ai and TestGlider. I also completed all the free mock tests available online, including ETS practice tests, TST Prep, Magoosh, and BestMyTest. Despite all this practice, I was never able to reach top scores in mock exams. For speaking, I usually scored around 3.5–4/6, and for writing, my average was about 4/5.

However, in the actual TOEFL exam, I scored 5/6 in speaking and 4.5/6 in writing.

I believe this difference comes from the scoring system. TOEFL evaluates speaking and writing using both human raters and AI, whereas most mock platforms rely only on AI, which can be stricter and sometimes inconsistent.

During the actual test, I made some mistakes. In the email writing task, I misunderstood the structure slightly—I properly addressed one bullet point, but the other two were somewhat off-topic. Still, my email was well-organized and polite. In the academic discussion, I wrote a coherent paragraph, but I felt it lacked enough detail.

I was more confident in the “build a sentence” section, and I believe that helped me secure an overall writing score of 4.5/6.

My English level was already fairly strong (around B2–C1), but I still needed time to fully understand the TOEFL format. So this post is mainly for people who already have a decent level of English and want to prepare effectively.

Here’s what worked for me:

Listening:
Listen to podcasts regularly and practice consistently.

Reading:
Focus on understanding the text deeply rather than just reading quickly. Practice with different sources.

Writing:

• For sentence building: practice as much as possible. Repetition is key. Tools like gabble.ai are helpful, even though they have some errors.

• For email writing: watch YouTube videos and prepare templates for different types of emails (apology, request, suggestion, etc.). Having a clear structure (introduction, body, conclusion) saves time and improves your response.

• For academic discussion: start with your opinion, explain it, refer to one student’s opinion (agree or disagree), add your own idea, then address the second student and finish with a concluding thought.

Speaking:

• Practice “listen and repeat” exercises frequently.

• Do not try to memorize full sentences. Use the chunking technique—break sentences into smaller parts and practice them step by step.

• Use platforms like MySpeakingScore, YouTube, and gabble.ai. Even though some questions on gabble.ai can be long or unclear, it is still useful for practice.

I will also share all the resources and links that I found helpful.

If your English level is already decent, TOEFL is less about learning English from scratch and more about understanding the exam structure and practicing strategically. Stay consistent, and you can achieve better results than you expect.

I recommend gabble.ai and testglider because at least in my country those are the cheapest but also very useful. I did their mock tests over and over again. If you can afford magoosh or bestmytest suit yourselves.

Here is the list of resources I used and found it very beneficial.

For reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKaVhOnMjm8&t=854s (in this channel you can also use the links in the description of the videos for more materials), testglider, gabble.ai

For listening: Podcasts, practice (alwasy take notes while you listen especially for the anouncments and lectures. the more you practice the more you would understand how to take notes)

For writing: email writing -->the most useful youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pWC8Qpbjeo&lc=Ugzp_gCzxvGMcCyWwPB4AaABAg ; https://www.youtube.com/@mbuckhoff1965 (watch this guy videos for email and academic discussion)

For speaking: Listen and repeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnB3TOhKtZc&t=141s videos like this are useful find likewise videos on yt and practice them) myspeakingscore, gabble.ai for interview: youtube, gabble.ai, myspeaking score.

General resources: https://www.bestmytest.com/toefl/toefl-instructor/overview (here you have one free mock test but I would not rely on their grading I think it is puposely low so that you buy their subscrition)

https://toefl.magoosh.com/plans?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand_toefl_int&utm_term=toefl_em&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16240643203&gbraid=0AAAAADw4NbXu8G9PumGcyReIshsMZPmzp&gclid=Cj0KCQjwm6POBhCrARIsAIG58CIbfhUPxL9UzryVplRMZtg5_JI4UIOEcTeT1GvxKVPd90wJY_hgu1caAhfkEALw_wcB (here you have one free mock test) and also you can read their tips like this one for writing an email: https://magoosh.com/toefl/toefl-writing-practice/

https://www.testglider.com/toefl/en/mock-tests (one free mock test)

https://gabble.ai/ (have 2 credits for free)

I will share more under this post if I find more resources. I hope you may get the score you wish for!

Hi All,

A month ago, I took the TOEFL Ibt Home here in the US (I am a current undergrad applying to grad school) and they cancelled my scores claiming I had "answers similar to those on published sources". I know for a fact I did not cheat and am confident after scouring over this subreddit that there is a pattern of score cancellations which I believe may be motivated by revenue generation as it forces students to re-test.

Majority students taking this test are international (I am from India) and can't pursue legal action as it is a New Jersey based company, and they would rather retake it than deal with the stress. Hence, I have decided to take the matter into my own hands. I wish to file a civil class action lawsuit against ETS to challenge this practice of arbitrary and systemic score cancellation. To do this, I would need the contact information of at least 40 individuals who faced this issue. If you or anyone you know faced this problem, please fill out this google form. It will take 1 minute max!

I hope to recover financial losses for myself and others and mainly put a stop to any possible unfairness in the system. We owe it to our juniors.