Indians still need to prove their English proficiency skills

Be it an application for MBA to a Business School or for Permanent Resident (PR), Indians still need to prove their English proficiency skills. And giving one test is not enough-while the b-school applications might require you to submit your TOEFL scores, a PR application requires IELTS -General Module and TOEFL is not accepted.

Just imagine that you have given IELTS-Academic Module and it is not accepted for the PR application (this needs to be checked, just an assumption)

So whatever be the case, I booked an appointment for IELTS at an expense of INR 7400. The well sought after date got full and hence had to take another one, which is just on the date I intended to clear off from Bangalore!!

Reply from TOEFL about the network link blunder

From: TOEFL MAIL
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:51 PM
To:
Subject: November 10, 2006 TOEFL iBT exam - case # ....

Dear ..:
We have received your email regarding the iBT TOEFL exam you had taken on November 10, 2006. Please accept our apologies for the problems that you encountered during your test, and the delay in responding to your complaint.
Due to the nature of your problem, two ETS specialists carefully reveiwed your examination. The investigation concludes that you had answered all questions in all sections.

The scoring was reevaluated and the scores you received are correct.

If you have any further questions, please contact us.

TOEFL Services

TRACKING NUMBER:..

TOEFL result out

Finally something good has come..104 in TOEFL and atleast 24 in each section. !!!

TOEFL done!

TOEFL done..but with troubles again..network failed..lets hope the scores have reached the ETS people
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From: .....
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:19 AM
To: 'TOEFL'
Subject: TOEFL iBT interrupted in middle

Dear Sir/ Madam
I had scheduled a TOEFL – iBT exam appointment on November 10, 2006 at ... at 7.30 PM IST. The exam was interrupted in the middle, because of some technical problem at the test centre, for approximately 10 minutes. However, I was able to complete my exam after the problem was corrected. I requested the centre in-charge, Mr. .... to give me in written that the test was interrupted in the middle for approximately ten minutes because of technical problem at their centre. But he refused to give anything in written.
My point of concern is that when my final scores are calculated, it should not happen that all answers have not been registered with you and that the final scores indicate some unanswered questions. Hence, I would just like to know, whether the answers to all the questions in all the sections in the TOEFL iBT have been registered with you. I answered all questions and did not leave any question unmarked. I chose to report my scores also.
My details as used for registration are as follows:
....

TOEFL IBT Test Order Details:
Start Time: 07:30 PM November 10, 2006
BANGALORE, KA, India
Appointment ID: ....

This appointment was a re-schedule of another technical snag because of which I was not able to take the exam then. Because of this reason, I am worried and hence am writing to you.

Waiting to hear from you at the earliest.
Yours truly,
..

TOEFL ransacked

TOEFL...trouble with me..paper cancelled due to technical trouble at centre...new date given.november 10, 2006
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From:
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:07 PM
To: 'TOEFL'
Subject: TOEFL iBT cancelled

Dear Sir/ Madam
I had scheduled a TOEFL – iBT exam appointment on October 1, 2006 at .. at 2.30 PM IST. The exam was cancelled because of some technical problem at the test centre. I reached the test centre before the allotted time, but the process didn’t start till late in the afternoon. After that I, along with around 60 other candidates, was told that there is some technical problem and hence the exam is cancelled.
I would like to know what measures will be taken by you, since first the incident has led to enormous wastage of time and mental harassment and second, upset my schedules in regard to my university application processes. In case exam re-schedule is the solution, I would be really thankful if some convenient date is given to me, after October 17, 2006 at any centre, other thank Almaz Software Solutions, since this centre has had the same problem once earlier also leading to the cancellation of the exam.
My details as used for registration are as follows:
..

TOEFL IBT Test Order Details:
08/22/2006 Start Time: 02:30 PM October 01, 2006
BANGALORE, KA, India
Appointment ID: ...........
Site ID: ....
ETS Order ID: ....

Waiting to hear from you at the earliest.
Yours truly,
.....

TOEFL: First stepping stone towards preparation: procuring books

Bought Princeton's TOEFL ibt book

TOEFL: The intermediatory info collection stage

• A visit to local Kaplan and Princeton centres: details of coaching offered, duration, some typical info abt TOEFL
• An extensive search on the net for TOEFL information
• Info on all the book availabe for TOEFL

TOEFL?

Why TOEFL?
GMAT..hence TOEFL