Working out the section scores your target total needs
TOEFL iBT scores Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing from 0 to 30 each, so the four scores add up to a total between 0 and 120. Enter your four current section scores and a target total, and you get the current total, the points still missing, and the gain each section would need if the shortfall were shared evenly. If your school also sets a section minimum, enter it and the page shows which sections fall short and whether raising only those to the minimum would already carry you to the target total.
How the numbers are worked out
The total is a plain sum of the four section scores. The per-section gain divides the shortfall by four and rounds up, so raising every section by that figure clears the target. When the target equals your total, the page shows 0 points to spare and counts the target as reached. A section score exactly equal to the required minimum counts as meeting it. Section scores are whole numbers, so a decimal stops the calculation and shows a message.
What this page does not do
Since the January 21, 2026 redesign, score reports lead with the 1β6 band score and keep the 0β120 equivalent until January 2028. If a school states its requirement in bands, check that band figure instead of this total. Section minimums and target scores vary by school and program, so none are built in. Raw-to-section conversion, MyBest Scores combining, and admission chances are not supported.
Frequently Asked Questions
Required minimums differ by school and program and change from year to year. Building in one figure would be wrong somewhere, so checking the requirement where you are applying keeps the result accurate.
It is the shortfall to your target divided by four and rounded up. If all four sections rise by that much you clear the target; concentrating the gain in one section needs its own calculation.
No. Meeting or exceeding the requirement counts, so an equal score shows as meeting the minimum and the points still needed come out as 0.