Recent changes to the Duolingo English Test to TOEFL score conversion table have inspired me to begin a new series of blog posts. Over the next year I’ll track whether schools adjust their score requirements in light of these changes. In the chart below are 17 schools across the United States and Canada. Also listed are their required Duolingo and TOEFL requirements as listed on August 11, 2022 and in the spring of 2022. I used the Wayback Machine to get the older scores, so they are not all from a specific date. I’ll check in with these schools now and then to see if the requirements have been adjusted.
A few things are worth mentioning:
- Update: I found a couple of schools in the UK.
- There are a couple of community colleges at the bottom of the list.
- The schools were selected mostly at random.
- I have not listed IELTS scores, but I will create Wayback Machine archives along the way so perhaps those can be added later.
- Many schools still list TOEFL PBT and CBT requirements. Yikes.
- I can’t think of any licensing boards or non-academic institutions that take DET scores. But if you can think of any please let me know.
- All scores are for undergraduate admissions.
Before we begin, note that:
- So far, none of the tracked schools have updated their requirements.
- However, the University of Pittsburgh recently updated its DET requirement! The TOEFL requirement is currently 100, while the DET requirement is 125. In don’t know exactly when it was adjusted, but in March of this year the requirement was 120. This should not come as a surprise, as I believe that a relationship exists between that school and Duolingo. In any case, the campus is within walking distance of Duolingo HQ.
- A few of the schools have fairly high DET requirements and don’t need to adjust them to match the current conversion chart. But most of the schools may wish to consider making adjustments to match the chart.
If any readers of the blog have an attachment to a particular institution, I will be happy to add it to the tracker. Just leave a comment below.
Enjoy.
School | Spring 2022 DET / TOEFL | August 11 |
MIT | 120 / 90 | 120 / 90 |
U of Toronto | 120 / 100 | 120 / 100 |
Cornell | 120 / 100 | 120 / 100 |
UBC | 125 / 90 | 125 / 90 |
Emory | 120 / 100 | 120 / 100 |
U of Arizona | 100 / 70 | 100 / 70 |
Carnegie Mel. | 125 / 102 | 125 / 102 |
Brown | 125 / 100 | 125 / 100 |
U of Utah | 105 / 80 | 105 / 80 |
Rice | 120 / 100 | 120 / 100 |
UCLA | 120 / 100 | 120 / 100 |
Columbia | 125 / 105 | 125 / 105 |
Dalhousie | 115 / 90 | 115 / 90 |
City College of SF | 85 / 56 | 85 / 56 |
De Anza College | 95 / 61 | 95 / 61 |
Imperial College London | 115 / 92 | 115 / 92 |
U of Chichester | 95 / 79 | 95 / 79 |