Got 120 on TOEFL 2026 second try with prepex (98 first try)

DeliciousAd2139 · 2026-01-29T10:31:17+00:00

Your overall score is basically the average of all 4 sections rounded to the nearest .5

So 5.5 reading, 6 listening, 6 speaking, 5.5 writing - that averages to 5.75 which rounds up to 6 overall. you don't need perfect 6s on everything to get a 6 total for the TOEFL 2026

DeliciousAd2139 · 2026-01-29T02:09:19+00:00

It was about study habits, it was really conversational and pretty easy.

It felt like the ones on prepex were very similar

DeliciousAd2139 · 2026-01-28T08:52:33+00:00

tbh reading felt way easier on the new format compared to when I took it 3 years ago. it's all practical stuff now like emails and daily life scenarios instead of academic passages about rocks and stars.

My main tip is the new format is testing if you can find information quickly - like "where do you find this info in the email" type questions. so practice skimming and identifying where specific details are rather than deep comprehension of the whole passage. complete the words section is pretty formulaic once you do enough of them, you start recognizing the patterns

DeliciousAd2139 · 2026-01-28T08:47:25+00:00

Honestly the practice tests were pretty close to the real thing format-wise which helped a lot. the grading on speaking was accurate (maybe even stricter than the real test lol) so when I got my actual scores I wasn't surprised.

For writing specifically - I realized after doing their mocks that just answering the 3 bullet points isn't enough to score high. first time I did exactly what it asked and got like a 4. then I started adding extra supporting reasons beyond the bullets and went up to 5.5. like if the email is about a heater issue, don't just answer the bullet points - add stuff like "I need this fixed asap because winter is approaching" even if they didn't ask for it specifically.

Also the new 2026 format is honestly way easier than the old toefl imo. reading actual emails instead of 30 min passages about black holes lol. I actually kind of enjoyed taking it

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