What's the difference between IELTS, GRE and TOEFL? How much is the registration fee?

1. The differences between IELTS, GRE and TOEFL are as follows:

Macro differences among IELTS, TOEFL and gre;

If you want to study in North America, it is recommended to take the TOEFL, because North America pays more attention to TOEFL scores, and most schools have higher requirements for IELTS scores than TOEFL.

If you want to study in countries outside North America (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.), it is recommended to take IELTS. Now you can't use TOEFL scores when you apply for a British school.

TOEFL and IELTS are both necessary language tests for going abroad. IELTS pays more attention to application, and its vocabulary is not so high compared with TOEFL. TOEFL is a little more academic. In addition, IELTS listening, writing and reading are all written tests, and oral English is interviewed one-on-one with foreign teachers. TOEFL is all in the form of computer test. There are also great differences in the types of exams. TOEFL is relatively simple, and multiple-choice questions dominate the world. But IELTS listening includes fill-in-the-blank questions, chart questions, map questions, sentence completion, answering questions, single choice, multiple choice, flow chart ... Reading has judgment, paragraph completion, selection, flow chart, paragraph title selection and so on.

GRE/GMAT belongs to the postgraduate entrance examination. If you want to apply for graduate school, you just need to. GRE is a compulsory course for science and engineering majors, and GMAT is used when you want to apply for business. These two levels are recommended, but not necessary. However, if you want to go to the United States, GRE/GMAT scores are a must!

Comparison of IELTS TOEFL gre difficulty;

Before answering the question of comparing the difficulty of GRE, TOEFL and IELTS, we need to know the function of these three exams: (graduation

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It's a postgraduate exam to go to America. To go to the United States to study other majors, you need to take GRE besides studying business, doctor of medicine and doctor of law.

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USA) is an English proficiency test for students from non-English speaking countries who apply to study in universities or graduate schools in the United States or Canada.

IELTS (International English Language Testing System). IELTS is an English proficiency test for studying in Commonwealth countries. IELTS can be used to study abroad or immigrate. Study abroad: at least 40 American colleges and universities in Britain, Australia, Canada and the United States recognize IELTS scores), New Zealand and Europe. Immigrants: Australia, New Zealand, Canada.

The Difference and Difficulty Comparison of IELTS TOEFL gre (from Examination Time and Score Line)

GRE: Now the GRE exam is held three times a year in China, in February, April and 10 respectively. However, after April 1999, GRE will be implemented in China, and candidates can sign up for the exam at any time. GRE score is 2400.

The TOEFL score was 677, and I failed. About 75% colleges and universities require freshmen to have a TOEFL score of 550 or above.

TOEFL: It is held four times a year in China, in June, May, August and June 65438+ 10, and the examination day is Saturday. Registration needs two and a half months in advance.

IELTS: Candidates who take the IELTS test have more room to choose the test date. Other test sites except Beijing take the test once a month, and Beijing takes the test twice a month, occasionally adding the test according to the application situation. However, due to the strict restrictions on the number of candidates, candidates must register at least two months in advance. At present, british foundation's IELTS score is 4, while emigrating to Australia and Britain to study (undergraduate) is only 6. Applicants who apply for immigration to Canada will have the opportunity to attend the interview without the embassy as long as they reach 5 points.

Difference and difficulty comparison of IELTS TOEFL gre (from the test content)

GRE:GRE exam is a postgraduate entrance exam. It is suitable for graduate students in all disciplines and majors except law (LSAT exam required) and business (GMAT exam required). There are two kinds of GRE exams, one is the general GRE exam (GRE

General), this is the GRE exam that most China students take. The other is a special GRE test (GRE

Topic). There are not many candidates from China who take the GRE special exam, because most American colleges and universities do not require GRE special scores, but only general GRE scores. However, applicants who apply for a postgraduate major that is inconsistent with the applicant's undergraduate major need to provide special GRE scores. For example, I have obtained a bachelor's degree in physics from a domestic university and hope to go to the United States to study for a master's degree in economics.

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Economics), then you need to provide GRE economic special exam results. If you want to transfer to a master's degree in biochemistry, you need to provide GRE biochemical special scores. If the undergraduate major is the same as the postgraduate major, there is generally no need to provide special grades.

The GRE test mainly includes vocabulary, mathematical problems, analysis and logical reasoning, with a full score of 2400. Unlike the TOEFL test, every time a candidate takes the GRE test, his/her score will be recorded. As long as his/her performance is unsatisfactory once, it will definitely affect his/her final performance. So he/she had better succeed in GRE once, unless he/she is particularly sure that his/her score will be much higher this time. GRE scores are valid for 5 years.

TOEFL: In order to eliminate the difficulty difference of each set of questions as much as possible, the TOEFL test uses statistical methods to convert scores. Except that the composition score is always fixed at six levels of 1-6, reading, listening and grammar all have a "conversion score", and a conversion score is obtained according to the number of correctly answered questions. The final score of the candidate is divided by 3 and multiplied by 10, with a perfect score of 677.

The TOEFL test is an objective multiple-choice question except composition. The advantage of this type of question is that it is convenient for machines to mark papers in large quantities and the score is relatively objective and accurate.

IELTS: The test scores are divided into 9 grades: 1-9. After scoring listening, reading, writing and speaking respectively, an average score is calculated. The report card will list the scores of four items and the final total score. Among them, listening and reading are 0.5, writing and speaking are integers, and the total score reaches a higher level except 0.5 after the average of the four individual scores.

IELTS has always emphasized the diversity of test questions, and the share of multiple-choice questions is very small, so it generally does not provide alternative options. Other questions include filling in the blanks, collocation, short answers, charts and so on. Although these changeable questions can objectively show the real English level of candidates from all angles, the diversification of questions can only be decided by hand, which greatly limits the number of people taking the exam, and the subjective factors of candidates and examiners cannot be ruled out in the process of examination and marking. However, some educational institutions believe that the diversity of IELTS test questions makes the test more reliable, especially the one-on-one interview in the oral part. Because the topic is very unpredictable, candidates can't use any so-called answering skills within 15 minutes of talking to the examiner.

2. The fees for IELTS, GRE and TOEFL are as follows:

IELTS test fee: 1, 960 yuan RMB;

GRE exam fee: 1456 RMB;

TOEFL test fee: 176 1 RMB.