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These are survey responses from actual Magoosh students after they took the TOEFL.
Nov 24, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 101 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 23 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It helped me to familiarize with the type of questions and the timing. Especially the "taking notes" part is really important. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 108 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 22 |
| What was your writing score? | 28 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It was, as I had already experienced with the GRE prep material, crystal clear in its explanations, and beautifully broke down everything that I needed to do to adequately tackle every single question. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 117 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 29 |
| What was your writing score? | 30 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I would like to thank the entire Magoosh team for the wonderful course which helped me organize my 1 month of time. The lessons were well organized and explained each section in detail and also the different types of question in each section. The difficulty level of the practice questions was extremely close to the questions on the actual test. Solving all the questions helped in being well prepared for the test and also boost my confidence. Moreover, whenever I had a doubt, I always received a quick response. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 106 |
| What was your reading score? | 24 |
| What was your listening score? | 27 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 29 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Number of days of prep: 5 days TOEFL Prep Material Used: Gave GRE on Nov 6, 2016 and end of that day, I purchased 'Magoosh TOEFL - Premium - 1 week plan' just 6 days before my TOEFL exam. I was a Magoosh GRE Premium user. So, Magoosh team was generous in providing me with a decent discount for TOEFL Premium. Magoosh was my MAIN prep material. I have been through Magoosh GRE Premium program before and I can't stress enough for their quality standards and totally the best product with very competitive pricing. Other than Magoosh TOEFL premium material, I also skimmed through 'Official TOEFL guide', 'Introducing Magoosh’s Guide to the TOEFL iBT' and 'Magoosh's TOEFL Writing Template'. Quick Background w.r.to my exposure to English Language: I am a non-native English speaker. But, my classes in school and undergrad courses were all taught in english. I also have 4.5 years of work experience in software industry where in I get to collaborate - in English - minimum once a week, with colleagues from U.S, U.K and New Zealand. Magoosh TOEFL Premium Material - General: Even when I only had 5 days for TOEFL prep, instead of following Magoosh's 1 Week plan, I followed Magoosh's http://magoosh.com/toefl/two-week-toefl-study-plan/. Magoosh videos on 'Format of the TOEFL' and 'Detailed information on each section' helped me understand the TOEFL exam better and hence I skipped the Mock Tests in the 2 week study plan which provided me time to cover most of the TOEFL Premium material (videos and practice questions) which was important for me. Having said that, I am not suggesting skipping 'Mock Tests' is okay. For some, it will be really important to give 'TOEFL Mock Test' at the start of their prep for them to understand their strong and weak areas for effective usage of their limited prep time. Magoosh TOEFL Premium Material - Reading: I watched initial set of videos but mostly concentrated on practicing reading questions. 'Practice Reading' section trains you nicely with the format of the questions that you will see on the exam day. 20 minutes per reading task is ideal and should move on to the next reading task if that time-limit is crossed. But, if you practice enough to finish a single reading task comprising of 14 questions in 15 or less minutes, you should be able to tackle more difficult reading sections on exam day within time. There is also one more important tip to remember. Even when I aced through the 'reading tasks' in Magoosh practice question set, and completed them within 18 minutes/task, I was still running out of time on test day and that affected my score (24/30). When I started reading, the test takers on my left and right were doing their listening section (headphone volume was loud enough for me to hear clearly their listening sections) and a few near-by test takers were already into their speaking section. Magoosh warned me about this and suggested preparing for TOEFL with external noise preferably in english. Example: Turn on TV and set some English channel while you prepare for TOEFL. Magoosh TOEFL Premium Material - Listening: Great material and practice questions. Prepared me best for the actual listening section. Magoosh TOEFL Premium Material - Speaking: Their material covers all subsections of the TOEFL speaking section, their format with sample tasks, sample answers and more importantly sample structure for you try the speaking tasks. You will have limited time to prepare and speak. Some tasks give you 15 seconds for prep and 45 seconds to speak; some 20-30 seconds to prep and 60 seconds to speak. Their material will guide you to spend those precious minute(s) wisely to get great scores. Checkout https://toefl.magoosh.com/grading-your-answers to understand how your speaking section will be scored. This was very helpful. Magoosh TOEFL Premium Material - Writing: Again, similar to speaking, has enough detail on format, sample questions, sample answers, awesome explanations and sample structure. I never thought I will be able to prepare for TOEFL writing section so quick. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 98 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 24 |
| What was your speaking score? | 23 |
| What was your writing score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Good set of questions to practice. The videos were helpful to understand the various types of questions in the exam. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 112 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 27 |
| What was your writing score? | 28 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
it really helped me a lot |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 110 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 26 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It helped with my preparations, the detailed explanations of every section along with the practice material was unparalleled. Thanks to Magoosh, I knew what to expect on the test day. :) |
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Nov 23, 2016
| Score Improvement: | +6 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 111 |
| What was your reading score? | 29 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 27 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Allows you to insert yourself directly into what the test is going to ask and gives you the freedom neccesary to use the tools according to your skills and background. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 114 |
| What was your reading score? | 29 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 27 |
| What was your writing score? | 29 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I had just 3 days to prep for the toefl so I mainly focused on familiarizing myself with the structure of the toefl and did about 2-3 hours of practice per section. I found the videos in the listening and speaking section really helpful. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 101 |
| What was your reading score? | 25 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Help me to understand the types of questions and its difficulty levels |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 108 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 29 |
| What was your speaking score? | 24 |
| What was your writing score? | 29 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | - |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The questions from every section helped me to practice for my test, but also the video lessons aloud me to know more about the format of the test, and how to be more prepare for it. |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 100 |
| What was your reading score? | 21 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 29 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Learn the types of questions available on the test |
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Nov 23, 2016
| Score Improvement: | +7 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 102 |
| What was your reading score? | 27 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 22 |
| What was your writing score? | 27 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
a lot |
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Nov 23, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 91 |
| What was your reading score? | 21 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 23 |
| What was your writing score? | 23 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Yes |
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Nov 22, 2016
| Score Improvement: | +5 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 115 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 27 |
| What was your writing score? | 28 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh provided me with a comprehensive and organized way to prepare for specif sections of the test, and that proved to be really helpful! |
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Nov 22, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 104 |
| What was your reading score? | 28 |
| What was your listening score? | 28 |
| What was your speaking score? | 24 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | - |
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How did Magoosh help you?
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Nov 22, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 113 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 27 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh really taught me what kind of questions to expect from the test and gave me a lot of confidence in that aspect. |
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Nov 22, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 119 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 30 |
| What was your speaking score? | 29 |
| What was your writing score? | 30 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped by providing a study plan and structure which enabled me to prepare for the TOEFL in a relatively short period. |
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Nov 22, 2016
| Score Improvement: | +10 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 103 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 22 |
| What was your writing score? | 25 |
| 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? | 28 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | 18 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | 20 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
yes |
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Nov 22, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 103 |
| What was your reading score? | 26 |
| What was your listening score? | 26 |
| What was your speaking score? | 28 |
| What was your writing score? | 23 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me in practicing writing and speaking skills without which I wouldn't have achieved this score. |
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Nov 17, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 112 |
| What was your reading score? | 29 |
| What was your listening score? | 27 |
| What was your speaking score? | 30 |
| What was your writing score? | 26 |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous reading score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous listening score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous speaking score? | - |
| If you took the TOEFL before, what was your previous writing score? | - |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh did provide me tons of challenging questions that allowed me to easily handle even the most difficult ones on the test day. Also, the video lessons were very helpful in order to understand TOEFL structure in detail and to learn a number of insightful strategies to succeed in time constraints scenarios. |
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Nov 17, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 90 |
| What was your reading score? | 21 |
| What was your listening score? | 19 |
| What was your speaking score? | 26 |
| What was your writing score? | 24 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It really helped me to understand the toefl exam and the way it is conducted. Maghoosh is really a good program which helps a lot to get used to the toefl test. I am glad that I was a part of Maghoosh. Thank you Maghoosh and team. |
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Nov 16, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 92 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 23 |
| What was your speaking score? | 18 |
| What was your writing score? | 21 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me to understand the structure of the test and to develop my abilities for taking it. |
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Nov 16, 2016
| What was your overall score on the actual TOEFL? | 100 |
| What was your reading score? | 30 |
| What was your listening score? | 22 |
| What was your speaking score? | 23 |
| What was your writing score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me with many strategies in all the sections. |
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