got 50 score after rescoring

[tomrai]

Hi what did u tell them on the phone.did you mail them the rescoring form or fax?did you explain on the phone or with rescoring form?please reply.appreciate it.

I send the rescoring form by fax.I didnot explain anything on the phone or with rescoring form.I called ETS to know whether they received my fax or not .

Hope I answered your questions.

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Tomrai Im so happy for you!! I just came back from vacation and I got a very good news too. I also passed. I got 50. Thank God! Praise God! After I sent them the letter of my complaint that I told you. I passed the June 2 not the April 15 where I am more confident and I know that I answered the questions better. Anyhow, Im still grateful that I finally received 50.

 

I wanted to thank all the people here in the forum. From the bottom of my heart thank you. Thank you to the creator of the test magic. Thank you to the members.

 

Crystal clear [goodjob]

 

Congratulations Crystalclear!

would you please let me know what you did for complaint.

I got 45 in my last chance and I'm so upset.

Thank you for your help.

[litllebeardavid]

has somebody the question for 19th august please answer

[Crystalclear]

Congratulations Crystalclear!

would you please let me know what you did for complaint.

I got 45 in my last chance and I'm so upset.

Thank you for your help.

 

Hi. Thank you. This is the message with my complaint letter that I posted on the other thread entitled "May 13th result from the Philippines". I just copy and paste it here for you. Goodluck to you.

 

 

Hello everyone

To those who are thinking of writing a letter as a support for their rescoring request, I urge you to go ahead and try. It is true that ETS most of the time will not change your score just because they dont want to be questioned of making mistakes in rating your test. But, if you at least write them about yourself and show them in your letter how deserving you are to receive 50, there's still a chance that they will rate your test 50.

 

Me, myself had bad experience in taking TSE. I have taken this so many times but I've been getting 45. So finally, after I did everything... my part... like studying thoroughly for this test and studying all the review materials for this test and still getting 45, I wrote them a letter. I fought for my April test because I was very confident in my performance. That time, I was also scheduled for June so I also took June TSE. When I received their response, they said that my score for April did not change but you know what i got in my June test, 50. So to me, ETS did not pass my April test just so they will not be questioned on how inconsistent they are in rating a test but they still responded to me positively in rating 50 my June test because, I think, of the letter that I sent to them.

 

This is definitely a case to case basis. This probably my case and it would be different than yours but I think it's still better to highlight yourself to ETS raters. There are a lot of people taking this test and we all know that ETS doesnt rate our test thoroughly and fairly so make yourself known and be noticed especially if you know that you deserved the score that you need.

 

I shared my letter to some of the members here privately when I posted my message here before when I shared my experience. I asked whoever wanted to read my letter and use it as an example, i sent it to those who asked me.

 

But right now, i decided to post it here in open. Maybe, it will motivate you and urge you to go for it and write a letter as long as you have a chance. If you know that you deserved to pass TSE, fight for it.

 

Here's my letter:

 

Name

Registration #

Address

Tel. No.

e-mail add

 

Date

 

 

Educational Testing Service

Test Administration Services

P.O.Box 6163

Princeton, NJ 08541-6163

Attention: TSE Complaints

 

 

To Whom It May Concern:

 

I am writing regarding the result of my TSE taken on April 15, 2006. It was my ninth attempt for this test and I received the score of 45 again. When I received the scores of 40 and 45 during my first few attempts, I accepted it because I did not have the knowledge about the test. My preparation at that time was not adequate and I was unable to perform well on the test. In my recent attempts, I thoroughly prepared myself and studied extensively every review material available for this test. I studied thoroughly for this test but I still received the score of 45.

 

I grew up in a country where English is part of the school curriculum from elementary to college. English is a widely-used language in our culture. This has given me the advantage of being knowledgeable of the English language. In addition, I have been here in the U.S. for almost six yrs and have been exposed to English language. I do not have a heavy accent when I speak. Infact, it is barely noticeable and the evidence is in my recorded speech in the test. People have different tones of voice but I do not have a peculiar tone that is hard to understand. I was not speaking on the top of my lungs either during the test but loud enough to be heard and understood. I know I did not accomplish a perfect score of 60 because I made a few mistakes but I confidently feel that I reached and achieved the score of 50 in my April 20006 test.

 

In the past, I sent emails to your institution to ask for feedback about my past tests and to learn about the criteria of the test but I have not received any comment. I studied extensively for this test to reach the score of 50 and receiving the score of 45 again in my latest attempt made me feel that this is a no win situation for me. I dont know what to do now because even my fellow colleagues, patients, friends and family believe that I do speak English well. I have taken so many examinations before and succeeded. I passed the U.S. licensure exam for PT and the TOEFL/TWE the first time I took it. This means that I do understand the English language very well.

I would like to request your office to look into my case. There must be an error in the scoring of my test. I hope this time I will hear from you. I would appreciate an answer. I want to know if the recording under my name or registration number was in fact my voice. I would like to know how my test was evaluated and why there was no change in my score from my previous ttempts compared to my April 2006 tse where I answered the questions more competently. I have the right to ask for information concerning my application in your institution under the Freedom of Information Act in the USA. I have spent so much money because of this, not just by rescheduling over and over for this test but also by paying other institutions due to the delay in submitting this required test. This experience also has been psychologically tormenting and has caused so much anxiety and depression to my well being. I faxed a rescoring request form for this test on ____date___. Unlike other types of tests, TSE uses a subjective way of rating tests even though there is a guideline for it. For this reason, I would like to ask for your kind consideration in rescoring my test. Thank you very much for your time and consideration of this matter. Any suggestion or feedback regarding this matter would be greatly accepted.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Me

 

 

If anyone wanted to make this as a sample, you may do so but please dont copy and send it to ETS word for word. Your situation and experience would definitely different than mine. I hope this will help to those who are still have the chance to fight for their score.

 

Goodluck and God bless.

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Thanks crystalclear and good luck in your next steps.

[tse2008]

congratuation!

[solidfox]

i really want to pass too ,