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These are survey responses from actual Magoosh students after they took the TOEFL.
May 31, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +7 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 91 |
| What was your reading score? | 24 |
| What was your listening score? | 24 |
| What was your speaking score? | 23 |
| What was your writing score? | 20 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | 18 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | 27 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 22 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 17 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Give me a lot of practice and some specifics advises to improve my strategy and my confidence. |
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May 31, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 95 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 22 |
| What was your speaking score? | 24 |
| What was your writing score? | 21 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
A detailed approach to each question type. And strategies for all questions |
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May 31, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 106 |
| What was your reading score? | 25 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 29 |
| What was your writing score? | 26 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh material was the only one I had, it gave me a fair idea of how the test was |
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May 31, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 94 |
| What was your reading score? | 25 |
| What was your listening score? | 27 |
| What was your speaking score? | 19 |
| What was your writing score? | 23 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Lots of reading and listening exercises were very helpful! I was able to practice every day, and build up my vocabulary. Also, I've learned to manage my time properly, so I answer all the questions in less time than expected! |
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May 31, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 101 |
| What was your reading score? | 27 |
| What was your listening score? | 21 |
| What was your speaking score? | 27 |
| What was your writing score? | 26 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
A lot!!! Thanks! |
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May 31, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +3 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 108 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 28 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | 26 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | 26 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 24 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 29 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
in speaking |
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May 25, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 110 |
| What was your reading score? | 29 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 29 |
| What was your writing score? | 22 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I used Magoosh TOEFL prep and followed the 1-month study plan for the TOEFL iBT test. Without Magoosh materials I would not have been able to score 110 points (R = 29, L = 30, S = 29, W = 22). Recap of the exam: Reading section - 4 passages. 80 minutes. I spent 25 minutes on the first passage because I read the passage before I started answering questions. This was a bad decision. For the next three paragraphs I changed my strategy and used the one that You proposed - go straight to questions. This was very helpful as I finished the other three passages in 50 minutes and had 5 minutes to check some of the answers that I was unsure of. Listening section - Two sets of 17 questions each. While practicing I answered the questions quickly, but during the exam I took my time to work through all the answers choices and find the best possible option for every question. 30 points prove that this was the right strategy. Speaking section - First independent speaking question was awful. I spoke for 30 seconds, had a 5 second mental breakdown/mute mode, and during the remaining 10 seconds I repeated what I said in the beginning. I told myself that this is not the way to perform and there are five more tasks ahead, so I regrouped and found my focus. The rest of the speaking questions went well and I had a good feeling about them. Even though I felt that I messed up one question the overall score for the speaking section was very good. Writing section - Magoosh materials for writing the integrated essay really helped me as they pointed out what exactly should I include and how the essay should be structured. Final essay was around 250 words with three body paragraphs and an introduction. I spent 1 minute thinking what to write, 15 minutes to write the essay, and 4 minutes to proofread. In contrast to the integrated one, the independent essay was not my cup of tea. The topic was something which I have not given much thought and I struggled finding content and examples. I aimed to write a five paragraph essay with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Probably two of the body paragraphs overlapped and it was difficult for the reader to follow the ideas because they were not well developed. I knew straight away that the independent essay was the weakest part of my exam. |
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May 24, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +10 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 94 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 22 |
| What was your speaking score? | 22 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | 20 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | 19 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 20 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I think magosh reading was very good, it helped me to improve my reading score very well |
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May 24, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 91 |
| What was your reading score? | 22 |
| What was your listening score? | 20 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 23 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It taught me useful techniques that I could use in the exam |
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May 24, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 116 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 30 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me a lot! I got exposure to all the different types of questions across all the sections. Their advice about reading the relevant part of the passage after reading the question helped me get through the reading section much faster. My performance in the listening section improved significantly through Magoosh's practice questions. |
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May 24, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 113 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 29 |
| What was your writing score? | 27 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
My only preparatory material was Magoosh. The mock tests were super helpful and the explanation for the answers was in great detail. |
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May 19, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 93 |
| What was your reading score? | 24 |
| What was your listening score? | 22 |
| What was your speaking score? | 22 |
| What was your writing score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh team helped me to become more confident about the TOEFL iBT by improving my understanding of the test. Very good lessons and comprehensive explanations to each practice question by Lucas Fink were very helpful for the preparation. Overall, I think that my TOEFL score would not be as high if I didn't know about Magoosh. My total score and the subscores are very good for my purposes. Thank you for your help! |
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May 19, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +4 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 109 |
| What was your reading score? | 27 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 28 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | 28 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | 28 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 23 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 26 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The practice questions and its clear explanation or sample answers were very helpful. It helped me to create strategy and effective approach in answering the questions especially in speaking and writing sections |
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May 18, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 100 |
| What was your reading score? | 25 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 20 |
| What was your writing score? | 26 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
My only preparatory material was Magoosh. So I think it helped me to get the good scores. |
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May 18, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 104 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 27 |
| What was your speaking score? | 27 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It was very helpful on the reading and listening part of the exam. I was able to learn where to look and how to better understand the article. |
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May 18, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 109 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 23 |
| What was your writing score? | 27 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It provided me with a good insight of the exam and plenty of practice material |
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May 17, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +5 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 120 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 30 |
| What was your writing score? | 30 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | 30 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | 30 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 27 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 28 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I mostly used it as a last-minute preparation for the speaking portion. The videos lessons were helpful in that they broke down the six tasks in detail for me, and gave good example answers. |
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May 17, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 100 |
| What was your reading score? | 27 |
| What was your listening score? | 25 |
| What was your speaking score? | 24 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Practice questions and explained answers to get familiar with TOEFL structure |
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May 17, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 106 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 26 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The strategies described in the videos helped a lot in structuring my asnwers in case of Speaking and Writing sections while the practice questions helped in securing better scores in Reading and Listening sections. |
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May 17, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +15 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 105 |
| What was your reading score? | 29 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 22 |
| What was your writing score? | 22 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | No idea |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | No idea |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | No Idea |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | No Idea |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It |
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May 16, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +6 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 111 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 27 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Speaking is all about practice, Magoosh is perfect for that. |
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May 16, 2017
| Score Improvement: | +12 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 105 |
| What was your reading score? | 29 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 27 |
| What was your writing score? | 23 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | 27 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | 26 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 19 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 21 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh speaking lessons are good. It helped me improve my speaking score. |
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May 14, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 100 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 23 |
| What was your speaking score? | 24 |
| What was your writing score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh is an excellent place for self learners who wants to crack TOEFL exam. it provided me with hand full of resources to practice with and the video lectures were very helpful. I would suggest people who doesn't have time to attend an institution to take the course, Magoosh site is the best place to visit. |
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May 13, 2017
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 100 |
| What was your reading score? | 27 |
| What was your listening score? | 24 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 23 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Practice makes perfect ! Mogoosh helped me by providing many sample tests. I had only 40 days to prepare to my TOEFL test and I got a very good score :). As a non- native speaker, the speaking part of the exam was the most challenging part, during the exam I was trying my best to speak like the instructor Lucas ! literally I had his voice inside my head ! and I got 26/30. Thank you Magoosh ! I am going for sure to register for the GRE preparation with you ! |
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