A new TOEFL registration system is being rolled out. You might be able to see it now. Or you might not be able to. In any case, you can check out some screenshots which I’ve attached.
I joked a few months ago about how booking an English test sometimes feels like booking an airplane ticket. I suppose that’s no longer the case with TOEFL as the process is much more straightforward than in the past. I’m happy to see that the endless requests for personal details and demographic data have been pushed to the post-registration period, to be filled out at the test taker’s leisure. Same for the selection of score recipients. And for the search service opt-in. The hard sales pitch for prep products has mostly been eliminated as well.
I believe that pushing all of that stuff to the post-registration period will reduce user error and registrants make more informed choices about the preparation products they buy. It can be overwhelming to do all of that stuff while you are picking a test time, a test center and parting with $250.
