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It's not a UNC class, and he won't be graded. The junior chemistry major is in an MCAT prep course at the Chapel Hill Kaplan Center. "It's more independent work than I initially expected," Spencer said. "You put in maybe 20 hours a week. It's pretty rigorous." The five-month class costs $1,849 and meets for three hours on Sundays. Spencer, who is planning to take the MCAT this spring, sits in a room with about 25 other students, bent over their thick textbooks as they listen closely to instructor Dan Verges. A first-year medical student at UNC School of Medicine, Verges said he took

The Internet-based TOEFL Test The TOEFL Internet-based test (TOEFL iBT) tests all four language skills that are important for effective communication: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The test helps students demonstrate that they have the English skills needed for success. TOEFL iBT also emphasizes integrated skills and provides better information to institutions about students’ ability to communicate in an academic setting and their readiness for academic coursework. The Computer-based TOEFL Test The computer-based TOEFL test measures English language proficiency in the following areas: Listening Structure Reading Writing. The Paper-based TOEFL Test The paper-based TOEFL test measures Listening Comprehension Structure and Written Expression Reading Comprehension.

Test Of English As Foreign Language is a Standardized test that evaluates the English Proficiency of people whose native language is not English. Nearly 2400 education institutes in the United States and Canada require TOEFL scores from each applicant. The test is also used by institutions in other countries where English is the language of Instruction. The TOEFL tests the ability to understand North American English. TOEFL test is administered as a computer based test in India. Computer Based TOEFL test The test is designed in such a way that it would be unlike any other test you would have taken at school

Free Practice Tests on Campus Feb. 17 Kaplan Test Prep and UA Admissions, in conjunction with ASG, will offer free GRE, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT, DAT, PCAT and TOEFL practice tests Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Universitys Mechanical Engineering Building. Participants will discuss the role these exams play in the graduate school admissions process and will receive customized score reports. Space is limited, and pre-registration is preferred. Source : dailyheadlines.uark.edu

Spoken English has become a part of TOEFL from Sep. 2005 Students planning to pursue studies in the United States and elsewhere, will henceforth be tested for Spoken English as part of ‘Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The official new TOEFL will be offered starting September 2005 at secure ETS test centers worldwide. The Education Testing Board (ETB) has overhauled the standard 40-year old Test in response to complaints that despite high TOEFL scores, many foreign students were unable to communicate effectively once they join American schools and universities. When the new version is introduced, test takers and English language instructors

Taking and analyzing practice TOEFL tests is only a part of comprehensive plan for TOEFL preparation. In addition, you should continue to work on improving your global level of English fluency, keep in good physical shape, and relax and enjoy American culture. Fortunately, there are many activities in which you can combine two or even all three of these goals. Below are some specific suggestions for activities to build skills for specific parts of the TOEFL: - Listening - Listen to the radio - Watch TV - Go to the movies - Use the telephone (in English) - Buy books on tape - Go to bars or restaurants and

There are many management students across the country keen to join international B-schools like Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg or Stanford. The way to get into these institutes is the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT), the computer based online test conducted by Educational Testing Service (ETS) under the aegis of global nodal body Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). To crack the GMAT, Indian students get coached at GMAT-prep institutes. MBAUniverse asked one of the leading GMAT-prep institute Jamboree about its assessments of the exam, the performance of Indian students in the exam and the kind of services it offers to students. A GMAT

MBA applicants should work for 4-6 years before they plan to get into a top international B-school. This was the advice offered by Mr Chad Troutwine, Founder of Veritas-Prep, a US-based leading GMAT-prep company while responding to a aspirant query on ‘AskMBAUniverse.com’, a new Expert-Q&A platform launched recently on the website. “The average amount of work experience at the top US MBA programs ranges from 4 years for Stanford to 6 years for Wharton,” said Mr Troutwine. “If you want to attend a top international B-school, I strongly suggest that you work for 4-6 years, gaining valuable leadership experience and industry-specific

The TOEFL test is developed and administered by the US-based “Educational Testing Service” (ETS). This implies that ETS sets the questions, conducts the test, and sends each examinee the score report. For the conduct of the test, ETS has appointed Testing Agencies in various countries, which act as franchisee for ETS. In India, this agency is the “Prometric Testing Services Pvt Ltd” which administers the test at 9 centres in the country: Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Trivandrum.

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