IsraeliKitten

So yeah, here's what I am:

I'm an Israeli undergrad (History/English Studies double major), GPA 3.3.

I've taken one of those simulation GRE's and got 660 Verbal and 650 Quantitative.

I will take the real GRE later this year.

Now, two questions for you guys:

1. I hear most American unis have straight-to-Ph.D. programs available. Would it be possible for me to be accepted to one of those? What kind of mark do I need?

2. Is it possible - given I speak English on a mother-tongue level - to avoid taking the TOEFL?

YOU

You should post this at the grad school thread.. lots of going-to-get-a-PhD-internationals there

Grande Antilles

You should ask for your chance in the grad forum. Some school will waive your toefl for you: If your education was done mainly in English, if you are from an Anglophone country, if you have been studying in an English country for the past 5/4 years. Even if you tell them that you speak English near native speaker fluency, they will need some proof. That's why they ask you for this "stupid" expansive test.

I don't know how it work for GRE but some schools the SAT score in lieu of Toefl if the student scores 600 or higher. So you might check with the universities that you would like to apply to, and see their policy for international students. If you are lucky, they might use the same procedure with GRE.