Taking the TOEFL Before an MBA

<p>Thinking of doing an <strong>MBA in English</strong>? The <a href="https://www.ets.org/toefl" target="_blank"><strong>TOEFL</strong></a> or Test of English as a Foreign Language is a test used to evaluate the proficiency of individuals whose native language is not English and it is scored on a scale of 0 to 300.</p><p>The test is widely used by the admissions offices of universities and <strong>business schools </strong>across the English speaking world and particularly in the USA and Canada.</p><p>The key aim of the TOEFL is to establish whether your command of English is sufficient to allow you to conduct higher education studies in the language. A score in excess of 200 is usually required, but certain more competitive schools will ask for scores of 250 or above.</p><p>The TOEFL is a standardised test, so wherever in the world you take it, you will follow the same basic format and it is broken down into four sections - Listening, Structure, Reading and Writing. The Listening, Structure and Reading sections consist of multiple choice questions for which you must select the most appropriate answer. The Writing section requires you to compose a short essay on an assigned topic. The TOEFL is administered worldwide by an organisation based in the USA named ETS or Educational Testing Service. This is a private company and is not in any way associated with agencies of the government of the United States.</p><p>Source: <a href="/why-mba/publications/career-guide-2013">QS <em>TopMBA.com</em> Career Guide</a>.</p>