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Hi, I'm Steve and my company Fat Envelope Consultants offers professional support with the college admissions process. Your TOEFL score is definitely an important part of your application. There are other ways you can show your English skills, though, most importantly your application essays. According to TOEFL’s own conversion charts, 101-102 ibt is equivalent to 607-610 pbt. So your scores are roughly equivalent, although the pbt score is slightly better; send that one.

Hi, I'm Steve and my company Fat Envelope Consultants offers professional support with the college admissions process. You should take a timed practice test and see how you do. Are there full-length practice tests in your Princeton book? If so, do one of them. If not, practice tests are available at collegeboard.com. If you don’t do as well as you’d like, certainly consider coaching. It can really increase your score. Please contact me by email if you want to learn more about our coaching services.

Hi, I'm Steve and my company Fat Envelope Consultants offers professional support with the college admissions process. Generally, personal statements are a chance to show sides of your personality that aren’t evident from the rest of your application. If there aren’t any more specifications from the college, you can write about anything, really. Choose something you’re passionate about: someone who inspires you, for instance, or your favorite activity, or an event that shaped your life. There’s no “wrong” answer for these types of essays, as long as it displays an interesting side of your personality and is well-written

Hi, I'm Steve and my company Fat Envelope Consultants offers professional support with the college admissions process. That is true. Especially in an engineering field, the most important factors for graduate school are the grades you get and the research experience you gained (test scores are also important, but that’s another story). Would you have the opportunity to do better/more impressive research at UCSD? Although academics and research opportunities are the probably the most important factors, there other dimensions to your decision. Which school offers more activities that meet your interest (sports, clubs, etc.)? Which location do you like better? Which school has the better social scene (in your opinion)? If you haven’t done so yet, it would be worth it to take a visit to USCD, just to get an in-person feel for the campus.

Hi, I'm Steve and my company Fat Envelope Consultants offers professional support with the college admissions process. A school called WGU offers an online B.A. in Social Studies that leads to teacher licensure: see Teacher Certification - WGU - Online Teacher Certification Drexel also offers an online Bachelor’s Degree in education: Online Bachelor' s Degree in Education