Hello all,

I have taken the TOEFL ibt and it didn't do as well as I expected.
I was now notified of my score: 106: 24 reading; 26 speaking; 28 writing and listening.

I am applying to HLS, Columbia, Stanford, Berkeley and GTown.
In some of these, I do not meet the specific reading requirement (25).

Should I retake the Test?

Thank you

regards

I'm in the same situation but I'm not going to retake it. I understand that you meant Harvard's 25 requirement in all sub-sections. I took my test more than a year ago and I got 108: with Speaking only 24. I could have re-taken the test for free but I didn't because I think it's not that necessary. Especially when I'm now doing an LLM in an English speaking country. That should be enough to balance the lack of that 1 mark.

But anyway, even if I got 25 in the speaking sub-section, it's not like Harvard is going to accept me!! But in your case, if you have the potential and high expectaton. Just retake it.

Did you study for your test (as I will be doing my test next week and I don't have the intention to prepare myself for the test)? thanks.

I would retake it if I were you.

I have purchased the ETS preparation book.

The test is easy. It's a matter of time management.

You'll be sharing the small class room with other students and it may occur that they will be talking while you're doing the reading/listening part so the conditions are not exactly perfect for concentration. In my case, 2 guys started the test before the schedulled time (!) so while I was doing the listening they were doing the speaking... Not good...

i think preparing for that exam even for a little, is very imp,

If you have extra time and money, take it again.
In general you don't need but just in case ...
I had slightly less TOEFL and got in CLS, people had more and didn't

Thank you all for the responses. These "application times" tend to get us quite nervous...

I have been advised that the issue wouldn´t be that relevant so I decided not to take the test again.

Best of luck to all of you applying for 2010/2011.

You have been advised by whom? Someone related to the admissions process??