TOEFL for Pharmacy
| TARGET SCORE: | 89 | (R21 L18 S26 W24)¹ |
| Strictly English’s highest score: | 116! | (R29 L28 S30 W29) |
Q: How do you improve your score?
A: Use your Strength!
Eliminate your weaknesses!
STRENGTHS
A Pharmacist typically has:
High conversational fluency
Good listening comprehension
WEAKNESSES
A Pharmacist usually:
Lacks effective structures for writing and speaking
Lacks familiarity with non-medical academic topics
Has answers that are not precise
SOLUTIONS
Strictly English teaches you how to:
Clearly organize your written and spoken TOEFL answers
Comprehend the structure of college-level readings and lectures that talk about non-medical subjects (such as history, literature, geology, and meteorology)
METHOD
Strictly English teaches TOEFL the way Pharmacists learned pharmacy:
By using the same critical thinking skills used in pharmacy school
By memorizing checklists of standard procedures and then repeatedly practicing those procedures
¹For more information download the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee™ bulletin. NOTE: Failure to meet the requirement for one section means the FPGEC will not accept your TEOFL score, even it the total score is over 90.
EXAMPLE:
Reading |
24 |
√ | 3 pts over |
Listening |
26 |
√ | 8 pts over |
Speaking |
27 |
√ | 1 pt over |
Writing |
23 |
X | 1 pt BELOW |
TOTAL |
100 |
√ | 10 pts over |
Missing the reading by one point means this Pharmacist will have to retake the TOEFL exam.


