<p>Hello everyone
I am a community student and an internetional student. I want to transfer to Emory this fall because a famous professor has agreed to offer me a position in his lab. However, Emory has some tricky rules to international student. First, it requires a TOFLE but doesn’t say anything about minimum grade. Meanwhile, emory says if tofle is not taken, IELTS is needed and this one they want a grade ABOVE 7.5, which is HIGH as hell.
The question is: what should I do here?</p>
<p>I am seriously busy and really feeling that my body cannot afford it. If I have to take a tofle again, it will be very bad.
BTW, I have taken tofle once before any English training in US. That was 3 years ago and the grade is LOW. The grade itself does not mean anything now because I learned most of my English after that.( I took ESL course for 1 year and half before college )
If I re-take the test again, I still cannot guarantee a105 on it without preparation. I may, however, get a 90+ grade.</p>
<p>The question is will they judge on TOFLE grade? because IELTS 7.5 = TOFLE ibT 105-110, which is very hard to get. But they say nothing about tofle and just want a grade…</p>
<p>I transfer as a junior and currently still maintain a 4.0GPA with many awards. I also asked that famous professor to write me a brief recommandation letter. Will this change things little bit?( such as a chance to waive the test requirement?)</p>
<p>Thank you guys!</p>