hurray i did it

[tobeekulit]

Congratulations!
Tonight i too got the good news. I took the TOEFl Exam for Eight times (YES EIGHT TIMES !). I had to retake the test because my score in the speaking part was not sufficient to meet the NABP requirements eventhough I did very well in the other three sections. But finally on my Eight try, I had the courage to request for a rescore. My previous score was 24 ( fair-fair-good), with the help of a lot of prayers my score was changed to 26 (good-good-fair) , the funny thing is that the score for my third reponse was changed from good to fair. Anyway, my total score was bumped up from 109 to 111. And YES i finally made it! This just proves that our score (and even our future) would depend mainly on the person rating our response. Some people may rate our response as fair and some as good. Which also proves that our TOEFL scores would not accurately reflect our competency of the English laanguage. By the way, I'm also with the group (headed by KNOK) that advocates the idea of using IELTS as an alternative in assesing a candidates competency of the english language. And also looking into the required score of 26 in the speaking part for foreign graduates which we find too high and unfair, knowing that the average score of test takers whose native language is English is only 20. I just hope that NABP would be able to realize this fact.
Anyway, guys, if you do fail at your first attempt at the TOEFL Exam, Never give up. Never let this set-back dishearten you from chasing the American Dream. For the American Dream is alive and well!!!
Good luck to all and God bless!!!

Tobeekulit