So I actuallyendeduptaking 12 fullthreetimeswithin a spanoffmaybe a monthand 1/2 orso, and I onlytook P t once.
Mygoalwastoreach a certainnumberofpointsforanapplication I neededtosubmit.
And I justwasn't abletogettherightnumberofpointsineverysectionforTeufel.
And I justwanttobetoyouonce.
And I gotthescorethat I needit.
So I wasdone.
CanyouguysimaginetakingTeufelthreetimes?
Theexamissoexhausted, it's fourhourslong.
Everytime I hadtogoinanddoit, I wasjustsonotexcitedabouttheexperience.
AndPeteypersonallywassomucheasierandsomuchbetter.
Letmego.
In a bitof a morningformyapplicationsubmission.
I needed 118 pointsonTeufelor 75 pointson P.
T.
Andfor 12 willtheyactuallyhad a breakdownoffhowmanypointsheneededtogetineachsection, andevenifyourscorewasevenhigherthan 118.
Butyouwerelackingonepointin a sectionthattheywantedyoutohavethatonepoint, itdidn't matter.
Yourscorewasnotacceptable.
I actuallyendedupgetting 119 pointsoutofthe 120 eachoffthethreetimes I tooktheexam.
Butfunnilyenough, everytime I waslike a onepointin a sectionwhere I hadtohavethatpoint, itstartedwithmehaving 29 outof 30 intherightinsectionwhere I neededtohave 30.
Andthenwhen I finallygotthe 30 hours 30 intherightinsection I had 29 outof 31 24 outof 25.
Thelisteningsection.
Whereis I hadtohavethatpointSoyoucanimaginehowfrustratingitwastobetakenthatexamsomanytimes.
Sonowthatyouguysknow a bitof a backstoryofwhy I tooktheseexamsandwhy I hadtotakeTeufelsomanytimes, let's jumpintotheactualoverviewoftheexams.
Let's startwithTeufelToy.
Paulis a verycommonlyknownexam, andit's internationallyrecognizedwherethescoresareacceptedinalmostalloftheuniversitiesandimmigrationoffices.
Soasyouknow, IslesismoreBritish, I guess, oriented.
Hisloss, PTUandTeufelisquiteexhausted.
It's fourhourslong.
Teufelhasfoursections.
Thereis a listedinsectionreadingsectionspeakingsectionandWriteinSexuallysectionisstructured a certainwaywith a certainamountofquestionsthatarebeingasked.
Soyoualwaysstartoffwiththeregionsection, whereyou'regiven 3 to 4 paragraphstoreadwithabout 12 to 14 questionsafterRidgeparagraph, andthenyoujumpintothelisteninsectionswhereyou'regiving 4 to 6 recordingstolistento.
Alwaysincludesaboutfourlecturesontwoconversations, oneofwhichisoncampus, andaboutsixquestionstoanswerafterthelisteningsectionthatafteryou'redonewiththesetwosections, youhave a mandatorybreak.
I personallywasmostlyscaredabouttherightinsectionbecause I thinkit's themostinpreciselyscoredsectionbecauseit's soeasytodetectpointsbasedonsentencestructureorvocabularyusedon a bunchofotherthings.
So, forinstance, thefirsttime I tookTeufel, that's thesectionwhere I got 29 outof 30 andtherestoff.
Mysectionswereabsoluteperfect, and I wassopissedbecause I hadtotaketheexamagainbecause I needed 30 pointsintherightinsection.
However, sotherightinsectionhasonetaskwhichisintegratedwhereyouhavetoreadsomethingandthenlistentotheleftfromthesametopic.
AnAustralianandNewZealandimmigrationaswellasitisalsoacceptedin a bunchofuniversities.
And P T.
Hasmoreof a scientificfocusthanTeufeltoIfillhas a broadspectrumoftopicsandbroadvarietyoflecturesthatyou'representedtoreadorlistento, wherePeteyisveryspecifictonumberslecturesthatarerelatedtostemsoscientificsubjects, andPeteyisalsocompletelycomputermarked, sotheexamiscompletelyscoredbycomputer.
Peteyisabout 2.5 to 3 hourslong, butwhereTeufelisalmostalwaysfourhours, soquite a bigdifference.
And P T hasthreesectionssincethatofffoursectionsandTeufelSoPeteyhasspeakingandwritingsectioncombined.
Ithas a readingsectionandthelisteningsection, andeverysectiongetsevaluatedoutofthe 90 availablepoints.
Youhavefillinblankswhereit's a testofyourvocabularyknowledge, andyoualsohave a sectionwhereyouhavetoreorderparagraphstobasicallygive a goodsummaryoff.
Whatyoujustspreadinthelisteningsection.
Youwillhavetestslikesummarizingspokentextrightinfromdictation, highlightingthecorrectsummaryhighlightingcorrectwords, fillinginblanks a swellthanselectingmultiplechoiceandaswellasselectedandmissingwords.
I foundit a fantasticsource, andeverythingisexplainedtherehowtoprepareforeachsection.
Whatkindofquestions?
They'regonnabeSoaswellastheofficialTeufelguide.
I foundthistobethesolesourcethat I actuallyneededtopreparefor a routinenowelaboratedonhowmuchtime I spentpreparingforeachoftheexams.
I spentabouttwoweeksstudyingthisbookforTeufeland I spentabout a weekstudyinthisbookforPeteyand I tookPeteyafter I tookTeufel.
Why I spentsolittletimestatesstudyingforTeufelwasbecause I tooktheexam a reallylongtimeago.
Aboutsixyearsagoand I actuallywenttoschooltoCanada.
SomyactualknowledgeofEnglish, I wouldsayitwasalreadyprettygood.
Well, infact, I'm actuallyfluentinEnglish, so I didn't reallyhavetostudytheactuallanguage.
However, I reallydrilldownonstudyingthestructureoftheexambecause I findthatevenifyou're a nativespeaker, unlessyou'refamiliarwiththestructureoftheexam, youwillmostlikelynotget a superhighscore.
It's 94 thePTbecauseeveryexamhasitsownstructureandthatisrequiredtostudycompletelyseparatelyandjustmemorizeincertainthingsand a CZ, I said.
I saiditabout a weekforPetey, and I alsostudiedjustcompletelythestructureofftheexams.
That's why a weekwasenoughforme, considering I alreadytoTeufelthreetimes, and I wasalmostsodonewithtakingtheseexamsthat I justwantedtotakethisassoonaspossible, and I spent a weekonit.
Andas I havementionedbefore, I'vetriedto p.
T.
I justgot 90 outof 19 whichisthemaximumscore.
And I wascompletelydonebecausethat's all I neededfortheapplication I havetosubmit.
Sofrompersonalexperiencehaven't takenTeufelthreetimesandstillnotgetinthescorethat I needed.
I foundPeteytobewayeasier, eventaskswise.
I meanstufflikewedidin a sentenceoutloudororwriteandstufffromdictation.
It's somucheasierthan a lotofthetestsinTeufelandthefouroutoftheexam.
I alsofoundtobe a muchlesstiredbecauseitwasonly 2.5 to 3 hoursversusfourhoursinTeufel.
Teufelisreallyexhausted, eventhough I personallydon't getstressedintheexamenvironment.
So I'm notkindoflikenervousonmybody.
I'm inanexam.
I havetodomybest.
Look, I know I havetodomybest, but I'm justkindoflikeChildren, notstressingout.
But I stillfoundPeteytobemuchlessstressfuljustbecauseitwasmuchshortertoo, tobehonest, likenomatterhowwellwe'repreparedfortrifleafterlike, threehours.
Also, I actuallyfoundthescoringonPeteytobemuchlighterthanthescoringonTeufelbecause, as I said, I endedupgetting 90 onPetey, whichisthemaximumscore.
However, myimpressionfromtheactualexamlikeyouknow, whenyouwalkoutoftheroomandyou'relike, OK, did I screwitupordidideaGreatjob.
I didn't think I wouldhavegotten 19.
I thought I kindoflike, screwedupontheonthelisteninsectionwhere I didn't listentosomethingproperly.
I kindofzonedout, and I thought I didn't selecttherightanswer.
Luckily, what I foundoutisthat I gotanabsolutelyperfectscore.
Sojudgingfrommypersonalperceptionoff, how I didn't examandthescorethat I got, myconclusionisthatPTscoredeasierthanTeufeldidbecauseTeufelmostofthetimesandagain I tookitthreetimesmyfeelingoffHow I didon 12 wasprettyaccurateinthescorepresentation.
And I actuallyknewaboutPeteyyourightfromthebeginningthatitwasanoption.
But I didn't reallywanttospendtimepreppingforitanddidn't wanttotakeitbecause I thought, Oh, I'vetakenTeufelsixyearsago.
I'm kindoffairlyfamiliarwiththestructure.
It's a morecommonexam, sothereiswaymoreresourceistoprepareforit.
So I wasreallysadonJustweretaken, taken, takenTeufeluntil I gotthescorethat I neededsothat, as I said, mydadwaslike, Yeah, ifthereisanotherexampleyoucantake, maybeyoushouldlookintothatbecause, afterall, likeyou'vespentsomuchmoneyonthisexamalready, maybeyoushouldtrysomethingelseandwhoknows?
And I thoughtaboutit.
I waslike, Yeah, I'm notreallylosinganythingbytrying a differentexameventhoughtherewasalready, likesomuchtimeinvestedintoTeufel, I decided.