read student reviews
these are survey responses from actual magoosh students after they took the toefl.
jan 17, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 107 |
| what was your reading score? | 28 |
| what was your listening score? | 28 |
| what was your speaking score? | 23 |
| what was your writing score? | 28 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
reading: i learned how to handle unknown and uncomfortable topics, manage time and extract ideas from passages correctly very fast. listening: taking notes while listening, distinguish between important and unnecessary information, answer those indirect"implication" type questions where the answer isn't directly given in the conversation...like "what did the professor mean when he say....?". speaking: how to take very short notes, speaking by following templates, keeping track of time while speaking without losing the flow etc. the app that records voice and plays back did help me talk loud and clear, that i struggled to do earlier. writing: the videos did help. mostly for the 1st writing task. learned how to relate topics of the passage to the lecture and then write them in a structured way without missing any significant information. |
|
jan 8, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 106 |
| what was your reading score? | 30 |
| what was your listening score? | 28 |
| what was your speaking score? | 24 |
| what was your writing score? | 24 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
it helped me with the speaking session, mostly with the videos explaining the test. |
|
jan 7, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 93 |
| what was your reading score? | 23 |
| what was your listening score? | 25 |
| what was your speaking score? | 23 |
| what was your writing score? | 22 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
i understood the structure of the test which helped me a lot. magoosh helped me to prepare for each sections, and eapecially for the reading, speaking and writing sections. i think it it was really useful to have a time limit for each practice test |
|
jan 5, 2018
| score improvement: | +7 points |
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 98 |
| what was your reading score? | 27 |
| what was your listening score? | 27 |
| what was your speaking score? | 20 |
| what was your writing score? | 24 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous reading score? | 22 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous listening score? | 28 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous speaking score? | 20 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous writing score? | 21 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
to be familiar with the test. |
|
jan 4, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 105 |
| what was your reading score? | 30 |
| what was your listening score? | 28 |
| what was your speaking score? | 18 |
| what was your writing score? | 29 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
i think without magoosh, i certainly would not have got a score of 105. practice questions and video explanations are really helpful. so when i took my actual toefl test, i was able to do well. |
|
jan 3, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 95 |
| what was your reading score? | 28 |
| what was your listening score? | 24 |
| what was your speaking score? | 19 |
| what was your writing score? | 24 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
i am pretty much happy with how magoosh help me to achieve current score. the learning material is very structured, thus easy to follow. |
|
jan 3, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 102 |
| what was your reading score? | 24 |
| what was your listening score? | 23 |
| what was your speaking score? | 29 |
| what was your writing score? | 26 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh training was very helpful for me, especially for the speaking section. the replay feature helped me discover my blind spots. i had completed almost all the speaking practice questions. training with magoosh helped me achieve a score of 29 in the speaking section. |
|
start your toefl prep today
your purchase comes with a 7-day money back guarantee.
there's no monthly charge or hidden fees. pay just once.
jan 3, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 107 |
| what was your reading score? | 28 |
| what was your listening score? | 29 |
| what was your speaking score? | 22 |
| what was your writing score? | 28 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
reading and listening was really helpful. the writing and speaking exercises were really good but not scored. |
|
jan 3, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 117 |
| what was your reading score? | 30 |
| what was your listening score? | 30 |
| what was your speaking score? | 27 |
| what was your writing score? | 30 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous reading score? | na |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous listening score? | na |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous speaking score? | na |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous writing score? | na |
|
how did magoosh help you?
specially the speaking sections and practice were very useful! |
|
jan 3, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 118 |
| what was your reading score? | 30 |
| what was your listening score? | 30 |
| what was your speaking score? | 29 |
| what was your writing score? | 29 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
the questions are very similar to the real test. |
|
jan 3, 2018
| score improvement: | +15 points |
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 103 |
| what was your reading score? | 28 |
| what was your listening score? | 26 |
| what was your speaking score? | 22 |
| what was your writing score? | 27 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous reading score? | 24 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous listening score? | 23 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous speaking score? | 20 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous writing score? | 21 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magician helps me a lot! i purchased a one month premium but i only started to use it a week before my toefl test due to my procrastination... but i got a boost! i really appreciate that you gave me two days extension so that i could finish my preparation! thank you so much! |
|
jan 1, 2018
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 107 |
| what was your reading score? | 25 |
| what was your listening score? | 29 |
| what was your speaking score? | 26 |
| what was your writing score? | 27 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
provided structured study material |
|
dec 30, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 116 |
| what was your reading score? | 29 |
| what was your listening score? | 29 |
| what was your speaking score? | 29 |
| what was your writing score? | 29 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh helped me in developing a sound test strategy and provided ample questions for practice. the strategies for speaking and writing section were immensely helpful. |
|
dec 30, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 93 |
| what was your reading score? | 21 |
| what was your listening score? | 25 |
| what was your speaking score? | 24 |
| what was your writing score? | 23 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh helped me in understanding the test pattern and how to best answer the questions in a week. |
|
start your toefl prep today
your purchase comes with a 7-day money back guarantee.
there's no monthly charge or hidden fees. pay just once.
dec 30, 2017
| score improvement: | +6 points |
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 102 |
| what was your reading score? | 24 |
| what was your listening score? | 27 |
| what was your speaking score? | 24 |
| what was your writing score? | 27 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous reading score? | 25 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous listening score? | 24 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous speaking score? | 22 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous writing score? | 25 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
by providing more test preparation materials and support than ets |
|
dec 29, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 107 |
| what was your reading score? | 29 |
| what was your listening score? | 27 |
| what was your speaking score? | 23 |
| what was your writing score? | 28 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh helped me practise reading and listening. i also went through a few speaking and writing topics. gave me a good idea about the format of the test. |
|
dec 29, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 105 |
| what was your reading score? | 23 |
| what was your listening score? | 28 |
| what was your speaking score? | 29 |
| what was your writing score? | 25 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
with good number of exercises, timed tests and study videos |
|
dec 29, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 114 |
| what was your reading score? | 29 |
| what was your listening score? | 29 |
| what was your speaking score? | 30 |
| what was your writing score? | 26 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
great guidance and practice |
|
dec 29, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 117 |
| what was your reading score? | 29 |
| what was your listening score? | 30 |
| what was your speaking score? | 30 |
| what was your writing score? | 28 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh helped me a lot with the speaking session. i like the way the lecturer make notes and organize ideas. |
|
dec 26, 2017
| score improvement: | +113 points |
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 118 |
| what was your reading score? | 30 |
| what was your listening score? | 30 |
| what was your speaking score? | 28 |
| what was your writing score? | 30 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous reading score? | 29 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous listening score? | 28 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous speaking score? | 29 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous writing score? | 29 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
i was working now, so it was not possible to spend a lot of time studying. i had to use the little time pockets that i had effectively. magoosh helped me with that because i could study from my mobile phone, work computer or home computer; and all my progress was there. it was also very useful to be able to see what questions i got wrong - and explanations for those. it helped me strengthen my weaknesses before the exam. |
|
dec 24, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 106 |
| what was your reading score? | 26 |
| what was your listening score? | 29 |
| what was your speaking score? | 24 |
| what was your writing score? | 27 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
it help me organize myself and identify my weakest skill. i was intending to do the complete study guide for 2 weeks but after a week i decided to jump straight to do mainly writing and speaking excercises. |
|
start your toefl prep today
your purchase comes with a 7-day money back guarantee.
there's no monthly charge or hidden fees. pay just once.
dec 22, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 103 |
| what was your reading score? | 27 |
| what was your listening score? | 28 |
| what was your speaking score? | 26 |
| what was your writing score? | 22 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
helped a lot |
|
dec 22, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 107 |
| what was your reading score? | 27 |
| what was your listening score? | 27 |
| what was your speaking score? | 24 |
| what was your writing score? | 29 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh really helped in reading and listening sections. it was very similar to the actual exam. |
|
dec 21, 2017
| what was your overall score on the actual toefl? | 107 |
| what was your reading score? | 27 |
| what was your listening score? | 28 |
| what was your speaking score? | 24 |
| what was your writing score? | 28 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous reading score? | 29 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous listening score? | 27 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous speaking score? | 27 |
| if you took the toefl before, what was your previous writing score? | 25 |
|
how did magoosh help you?
magoosh was a big help while i practiced all the sections especially, writing. their sample answer in writing helped me as a guide in improving my writing style. the strategies to overcome my mistakes, taught by the magoosh, were a great help too. i practised only for 1 month and i am happy with my score. |
|