Questions to those who recently scored high on the TOEIC® Exam

[Zeals]

Hello, I just got back from a TOEIC® Exam and have some questions that needs answering if possible. I'd appreciate any help and thank you in advance.

I noticed from the numerous TOEIC® prep. books, which I used to prepare myself, there are scoreboards towards the latter section of these books. For 96-100 questions that are correct in the listening comprehension section, the book awards roughly 480 to 495, but for the reading comprehension, 96-100 questions correct indicate an estimate of 450-495 points. I just don't understand this scoring method. I also noticed through this forum and through other search engines that test-takers generally score higher on the listening comprehension section. Is there a leeway for the listening comprehension section when it comes down to scoring? For example, even if a student misses 5-7 questions on the LC section, will the student still be able to receive the "perfect" score?

Also I heard rumors that the TOEIC® Exam is graded in a curve, is this correct? If so, how is that curve determined? Is it by the amount of students taking the exam in the designated facility or determined by the amount of students taking the exam on that particular day in the country or even down to the classroom?

And finally, how long do I have to wait until being able to check my scores over the web?

Again, I'd appreciate any help or helpful comment. Thank you.

P.S. - Did anybody from Seoul take the exam today?

[Zeals]

-Hmm, anybody?

[Esl_Expert]

Hello Zeals,

I can't imagine the TOEIC test being scored on a curve based on the number of people taking the test. The number of test-takers will have no influence on the scoring (other than possibly how long it takes to get them all scored ).

I would assume, however, that some questions are considered to be more difficult than others, so I would also assume that getting a hard question right would be more beneficial to your final score than getting a easy question right. In other words, I imagine the questions are not all weighted equally. Since it is a standardized test, each test would be designed to have the same percentage of hard and easy questions.

My educated guess would be that you will have your test results 7 - 14 days after the date of the test, and it would surprise me if it actually took as long as 14 days. I believe you can get your results online (on the ETS web site).

Good luck to you. I hope you scored well.

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[Hieupt]

I think your score will be based on only your corrected answers. There is no distinguish for difficult and easy questions, I think.

According to some documents I have, saying that:
- If you get >= 90% correct in Listening: you can get 495 points (maximum)
- If you get >= 97% correct in Reading: you can get 495 points (maximum)

For example if you get 80% correct for both Listening and Reading, you can get 440 + 395 = 835 points! Already be considered a magic score!

If 90% for both, you can get 495 + 450 = 945.

In Vietnam, you will get the result in 2 weeks (10 working days). It would be same as other places.

Good luck for your test. I took the test last Saturday!
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Thank you very much,
Hieu Phan.

P/s: Please just correct if I'm wrong somewhere!

[Hieupt]

Oop... this table is different from what I've said...
http://myhome.shinbiro.com/~jinkag/toeic.htm

Anyway, my target score is:

[Zeals]

Thank you for your replies. I STILL haven't received my score. It's outrageous how a modern country like Korea take over twenty days to announce the TOEIC score. D-Day is Nov. 13th.

[Zeals]

I finally received my score, 965.

[Esl_Expert]

Congratulations, Zeals! That's outstanding. Great job!

That was an unusually long wait for your score, though. Where did you take the test? At a university? In a company? At a testing center?

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[Hieupt]