A Diary of my Preparation for Higher Education

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Table of Contents

1. GRE
2. TOEFL

1 - GRE.md

2 - TOEFL.md

First Things First

• https://www.ets.org/toefl/test-takers/ibt/about/content/

Official videos on what to expect on the test. Go through all the videos here and you can try answering them.

Preparing your Study Plan

• https://medium.com/@janhavi71294/how-to-score-118-120-in-toefl-9633edea8d26
• https://yocket.in/blog/114-120-in-toefl-with-a-4-day-preparation-1432

I prepared for about a week, although the majority of my effort was only in the last 4 days. I attempted my TOEFL before my GRE, so I had to prepare from scratch. I have heard that TOEFL would be easier after you give your GRE, but I cannot comment on that right now.

Also, do not make a study plan that is longer than 15-20 days (unless English was not your first language in school). I believe that TOEFL is more of an English Talent Exam. Hence unlike the GRE, more prep ≠ more marks.

The majority of your preparation would just be getting familiarized with the pattern of the exam. There are no complicated/hard words that come on the TOEFL, so don't bother preparing from that point of view.

My study plan was as follows

• Reading: 0.75 days
• Listening: 0.75 days
• Writing: 0.75 days
• Speaking: 1.25 days
• Practice tests: 0.5 days
• Revision: a few hours before my exam

References I Used

I prepared in a section-wise approach (as mentioned above), and I spent the first 10-20% of the time watching videos on it. However you do it, check out the "About the Test" page at the official ETS site

Reading

1. ETS TOEFL Official "About the test"
2. TST Prep Videos (control F, search "reading", and see videos in chronological order)
3. TST Prep Test (you can hunt for the link in their videos)
4. ETS TOEFL Official Tests

Listening

1. ETS TOEFL Official "About the test"
2. TST Prep Videos (control F, search "listening", and see videos in chronological order)
3. TST Prep Test (you can hunt for the link in their videos)
4. ETS TOEFL Official Tests

Writing

1. ETS TOEFL Official "About the test"
2. TST Prep Videos (control F, search "writing", and see videos in chronological order)
3. TST Prep Test (you can hunt for the link in their videos)
4. TOEFL Resources Site and Videos
5. Carrie Ji and her Templates
6. ETS TOEFL Official Tests

Speaking

1. ETS TOEFL Official "About the test"
2. TST Prep Videos (control F, search "speaking", and see videos in chronological order)
3. TST Prep Test (you can hunt for the link in their videos)
4. TOEFL Resources Site and Videos
5. Carrie Ji and her Templates
6. ETS TOEFL Official Tests

Practice Tests I Used

1. https://www.toeflresources.com/
2. https://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/index.php