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I notice that perhaps most US graduate programs require non-native English speakers to get a certain mark on the TOEFL. Is this requirement typically waived for students who completed their bachelors degree in the US before applying to a masters program in another school also in the US?

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    Yes it is typically waived for students who did their undergraduate in the US
    – vsingh
    Mar 26, 2014 at 15:22
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    Could be university specific. check with universities.
    – dearN
    Mar 26, 2014 at 16:39

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I was in this position - as an international student applying to US graduate programs after being a US undergraduate. I contacted the graduate programs I was applying to to ask if they would waive the TOEFL requirement, and they all did (i.e. I didn't have to retake it). I heard recently that the requirement for a waiver (for my current university at least) is for an applicant to have been at a US university for four years.

My backup plan if the graduate programs had seemed unsure about a waiver was to call someone on the phone and essentially demonstrate that I am fluent in English.

(The TOEFL is expensive!)

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    Yet, it may take some doing to convince them. I know of a case of a eastern Europe citizen that did high school and bachelor, and was speaking with perfect Engish with the admission office, and they were still reluctant (but they accepted at the end).
    – Davidmh
    Mar 26, 2014 at 16:01

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