Adjusting to a new culture: My experience living in Germany

There’s a lot of excitement that comes with making an international move: booking the flight, confirming the details of the program or job offer, and the thoughts of living in another part of the world. People spend time packing their bags, saying farewell to friends and family, and planning for their studies or new job. […]
Taking TOEFL: Registration, Preparation, Test Day, and Scores

I took TOEFL on February 18th. It was a multi-step process, and in this blog post I share the necessary steps and what my experience was like. Registering for TOEFL I registered for my test on January 4th, and I chose to take it at a test center here in Santiago. At that time the […]
TOEFL Writing: Less Time, More Tasks

In the last part of this mini series about the new TOEFL we’re looking at the writing section. We’ll see what the previous writing section required, the new writing section, my thoughts, and how people can prepare. What was the old TOEFL writing section like? The former TOEFL writing section had two questions: Writing Based […]