How to Take the TOEFL in Any Country

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The TOEFL is accepted in 130 countries, and offered in over 200 nations and territories. Today, we’ll look at how to take the TOEFL in any country in the world.

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Guide on How to Take the TOEFL in Any Country

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Basic Information

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How to Take TOEFL Everywhere Else

The Worldwide Basics of Taking the TOEFL

Wherever you are on the planet, certain things are true about taking the TOEFL.

You will likely be taking the TOEFL for school admissions or immigration. For those purposes, there are two formats of the TOEFL that might be available to you: the TOEFL iBT and the TOEFL PBT. Some countries offer both iBT and PBT, although most countries offer TOEFL iBT only. In rare instances, only the TOEFL iBT is available within a nation.

Fees and Registration

Fees can vary, depending on where you take the test. $190 USD is the average fee for the TOEFL, but you may pay a different amount in your own country. And of course, the value of a local country’s money can rise and fall against the dollar.

You can register for the TOEFL online, or over the phone, or by mail. If you register by mail, ETS will need to receive your completed TOEFL registration form at least 4 weeks before your test date. Online and phone registry only needs to be completed 7 days before the test date.

The online TOEFL registration page is the same for almost every country in the world. With rare exceptions, this is the online TOEFL registration page you will need to use in most countries.

In contrast, the phone number or mailing address for TOEFL registration is different in different parts of the world. Some countries have their own TOEFL registration phone lines and offices. Other nations share a regional phone number and postal address for contacting the TOEFL.

Identification

You will also need to show some kind of identification document when you register for the TOEFL. Then, once you actually arrive at the test center, you’ll need to present a personal ID. Here again, requirements differ a bit by country.

However, all around the world, the TOEFL will expect to see an original copy of an up-to-date photo ID. Moreover, the name on your test center ID will need to match the name on the ID you used when you originally registered. (See the TOEFL’s main ID document requirements page for details.)

Below, we’ll look at the basics of how to register for the TOEFL in a number of “major” TOEFL countries where many international students come from. Nations will be listed by continent or region. (All nations on the list offer the iBT only, unless otherwise noted.)

TOEFL Prep Resources that Work in Any Country

Wherever you take the TOEFL, worldwide, the worldwide web is a great place for TOEFL Prep.

Free Materials

Best of all, many top-quality Internet-based TOEFL products are free. For instance, you can take ETS’s official online TOEFL course, free of charge! ETS also offers a free PDF of TOEFL practice questions and a free software-based interactive sample TOEFL test.

And you can even take two full, authentic TOEFL practice tests free-of-charge, with ETS’s TOEFL Quick Prep.

Magoosh offers plenty of free TOEFL prep materials too. Some of the material we offer is “companion” material to official TOEFL prep. For instance, we’ve recorded official audio tracks for all of the lectures in the first two volumes of TOEFL Quick Prep. (ETS offers transcript only for the first two Quick Prep volumes.) Click this link for TOEFL Quick Prep Vol. 1 audio, and click this one for the lecture audio for Volume 2 of TOEFL Quick Prep.

Be sure to also check out Magoosh’s free TOEFL eBooks and PDFs, as well as our free TOEFL practice test.

Beyond our blog, you can also access our free TOEFL flashcards, either on an Internet browser or on mobile app. Last but certainly not least, TOEFL students from around the world can benefit from a free trial of Magoosh TOEFL. If you like what you see during the trial period, you can pay to convert your trial into a full Magoosh TOEFL subscription.

Affordable Materials

And speaking of affordably priced TOEFL prep, ETS offers paid products that go very well with a subscription to Magoosh TOEFL. There are the three official TOEFL books, The Official Guide to the TOEFL Test, Official TOEFL iBT Tests Vol. 1, and Official TOEFL iBT Tests Vol. 2. No matter what country you live in, you can order these books from the official online TOEFL store. Through ETS’s official store, these books are also available in instantly downloadable electronic format. The eBook formats are especially useful for test takers in remote countries where delivery of print books is slow.

And now that you know where to get prep material, let’s look at how to take the TOEFL in the major regions and countries for the test.

HOW TO TAKE THE TOEFL IN AFRICA

How to Take the TOEFL in Kenya

  • Registration fee: $190
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    Building 3
    Finnabair Business Park
    Dundalk
    Co Louth
    Ireland
  • Registration phone number: +31-320-239-593
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Kenya under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Eldoret, Nairobi

How to Take the TOEFL in Nigeria

  • Registration fee: $180 for the TOEFL iBT, $170 for the TOEFL PBT
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    Building 3
    Finnabair Business Park
    Dundalk
    Co Louth
    Ireland
  • Registration phone number: +31-320-239-593
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Nigeria under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Aba, Abuja, Asaba, Benin City, Enugu, Jos, Lagos, Owerri, Port Harcourt
  • Available test locations: Aba offers the TOEFL PBT only (all other locations in Nigeria offer the TOEFL iBT only)

How to Take the TOEFL in South Africa (TOEFL Suid Afrika)

  • Registration fee: $220 for the TOEFL iBT, $170 for the TOEFL PBT
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    Building 3
    Finnabair Business Park
    Dundalk
    Co Louth
    Ireland
  • Registration phone number: +31-320-239-593
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select South Africa under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
  • Available test locations: Cape Town offers both the TOEFL PBT and TOEFL iBT (all other locations in Nigeria offer the TOEFL iBT only)

HOW TO TAKE THE TOEFL IN ASIA

How to Take the TOEFL in China (TOEFL 中国)

  • Registration fee: RMB 1500 (approximately $220) in mainland China,
    $210 in Hong Kong, and $215 in Macau
  • Registration address and phone number, Hong Kong and Macau:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11, Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select China under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hainan, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hong kong, Jiangsu, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Macau, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan Shanxi, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian, Zhengzhou Henan

How to Take the TOEFL in India (TOEFL इंडिया, TOEFL ভারত, TOEFL భారతదేశం)

  • Registration fee: $170
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    2 Floor, DLF Infinity Tower-A
    Sector-25, Phase-II
    DLF City
    Gurgaon – 122002
    Haryana
    India
  • Registration phone number: +91-124-4147700
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select India under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Agartala, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Guntur, Gurgaon (ncr Region), Guwhati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur City, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kottayam, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mehsana, Mumbai, Mussoorie, Mysore, Nagpur, Nashik, Nellore, Nizamabad, Panjim, Patna, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tirupati, Trichy, Vadodara, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Vijayawada, Warangal, West Godavari District

How to Take the TOEFL in Japan (TOEFL 日本)

  • Registration fee: $235
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Japan Co., Ltd.
    Ochanomizu Sola City Academia 5F
    4-6 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku
    Tokyo 101-0062
    Japan
  • Registration phone number: +81-3-6204-9830
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Japan under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Chugoku, Hokkaido, Hokuriku, Kanto, Kinki,
    Koshinetsu, Kyushu, Okinawa, Shikoku, Tohoku, Tokai

How to Take the TOEFL in the Philippines (TOEFL Pilipinas)

  • Registration fee: $200
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11
    Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Philippines under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Baguio City, Binan (Laguna), Cebu City, Legazpi City, Makati City, Manila, Pasig City, Quezon City

How to Take the TOEFL in Singapore

  • Registration fee: $235
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11
    Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Singapore under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Singapore

How to Take the TOEFL in South Korea (TOEFL 한국)

  • Registration fee: $190
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Operations Center
    7941 Corporate Drive
    Nottingham, MD 21236, USA
  • Registration phone number (outside of Korea): +1-443-751-4995
  • Registration phone number (inside Korea): (+82)00-7981-4203-0248
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select South Korea under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Busan, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Chungcheongnam-Do, Daegu, Daejon, Daejon, Gwangju, Buk Gyeonggi-Do, Nam Gyeonggi-Do, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Incheon, Jeju-Do, Jeollabuk-Do, Seoul

How to Take the TOEFL in Taiwan (TOEFL 台灣)

  • Registration fee: $175
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11, Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Taiwan under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: North, South, and Central Taiwan

How to Take the TOEFL in Thailand (TOEFL ประเทศไทย)

  • Registration fee: $185
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11, Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Thailand under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Khon Kaen, Saraburi, Suratthani, Yala

How to Take the TOEFL in Vietnam (TOEFL Việt Nam)

  • Registration fee: $185
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11, Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Vietnam under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Danang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh

HOW TO TAKE THE TOEFL IN EUROPE

How to Take the TOEFL in Germany (TOEFL Deutschland)

  • Registration fee: $245
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    Building 3
    Finnabair Business Park
    Dundalk
    Co Louth
    Ireland
  • Registration phone number: +31-320-239-593
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Germany under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bayern (North), Bayern (South), Berlin, Bremen/Niedersachsen (South), Hamburg, Hessen, Niedersachsen (East), Niedersachsen (South-East), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North), Nordrhein-Westfalen (South), Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen

How to Take the TOEFL in Italy (TOEFL Italia)

  • Registration fee: $245
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    Building 3
    Finnabair Business Park
    Dundalk
    Co Louth
    Ireland
  • Registration phone number: +31-320-239-593
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Italy under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Abruzzo, Calabria (North), Calabria (South), Campania (North), Emilia-Romagna (East), Fruili, Lazio (South), Liguria (East), Lombardy (Northwest), Lombardy (Southeast), Marche, Piedmont (South), Puglia (North), Puglia (South), Sardinia (South), Sicily (Central), Sicily (East), Sicily (West), Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany (Northeast), Umbria, Valle D’aosta / Piedmont (North), Veneto (South)

How to Take the TOEFL in Spain (TOEFL España)

  • Registration fee: $245
  • Registration address:
    Prometric
    Building 3
    Finnabair Business Park
    Dundalk
    Co Louth
    Ireland
  • Registration phone number: +31-320-239-593
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Spain under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Canary Islands, Cordoba (Andalusia), Gijon, Granada, Madrid, Marbella (Malaga), Murcia (Spain), Oviedo, Pamplona Navarra, Salamanca, Santiago DE Compostela, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragoza

HOW TO TAKE THE TOEFL IN THE MIDDLE EAST

How to Take the TOEFL in Lebanon (TOEFL لبنان)

  • Registration fee: $195
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11
    Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Lebanon under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Beirut, Tripoli

How to Take the TOEFL in Saudi Arabia (TOEFL المملكة العربية السعودية)

  • Registration fee: $240 for the TOEFL iBT, $170 for the TOEFL PBT
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11
    Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Saudi Arabia under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Al Baha (men), Al Baha (women), Al Khobar (women), Al Madinah (men), Al Madinah (women), Abha (men), Buraydah (men), Buraydah (women), Dammam (men), Dammam (women), Hail (men), Hail (women), Jeddah (men), Jeddah (women), Jubail (men), Jubail (women), Makkah (women), Najran (men), Najran (women), Riyadh (men)
  • Special Note: All individual test centers are either for male test-takers only, or only for women taking the TOEFL, as noted in parenthesis in the list above. The PBT is offered only in Riyadh,
    and is offered only to women.

How to Take the TOEFL in the United Arab Emirates (TOEFL الإمارات العربية المتحدة)

  • Registration fee: $240
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Technology Sdn Bhd
    Co. No 993721-U
    ATTN: Regional Registration Center
    Suite 11-1 & 11-3, Level 11
    Wisma UOA Damansara II,
    No 6, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights,
    50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Registration phone number: +60-3-7628-3333
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select United Arab Emirates under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al-Khaimah, Sharjah

HOW TO TAKE THE TOEFL IN NORTH AMERICA

How to Take the TOEFL in Canada

  • Registration fee: $245
  • Registration address:
    ETS – TOEFL iBT Registration Office
    P.O. Box 6151
    Princeton, NJ 08541-6151
  • Registration phone number: +1-443-751-4862
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Canada under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray),
    British Columbia (Cortenay, Kamloops, Vancouver), Manitoba (Winnipeg), New Brunswick (St. John), Nova Scotia (Halifax), Ontario (Hamilton, Ottowa, London, Toronto, Welland, Windsor)

How to Take the TOEFL in Mexico (Méjico)

  • Registration fee: $245
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Operations Center
    7941 Corporate Drive
    Nottingham, MD 21236, USA
  • Registration phone number: +1-443-751-4995
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Mexico under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Apizaco, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Cancun, Chihuahua, Ciudad Obregon, Ciudad Victoria (Tamaulipas), Colima, Comitan DE Dominguez, Cuernavaca, Culiacan, Durango, Ensenada, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Hermosillo, Mazatlan, Merida Yucatan, Mexicali, Mexico City, Mochicahui, Monterrey, Morelia Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Queretaro, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Tampico, Tlaxcala, Torreon, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Veracruz

HOW TO TAKE THE TOEFL IN SOUTH AMERICA

How to Take the TOEFL in Argentina

  • Registration fee: $195
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Operations Center
    7941 Corporate Drive
    Nottingham, MD 21236, USA
  • Registration phone number: +1-443-751-4995
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Argentina under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mar Del Plata, Mendoza, Rosario, Tucuman

How to Take the TOEFL in Brazil (TOEFL Brasil)

  • Registration fee: $225
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Operations Center
    7941 Corporate Drive
    Nottingham, MD 21236, USA
  • Registration phone number: +1-443-751-4995
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Brazil under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Araxa, Balneario Camboriu, Bauru/Marilia,
    Belem Para, Belo Horizonte, Botucatu, Brasilia, Campinas, Campo Grande (MS), Cascavel (PR), Colatina, Criciuma, Cuibaba, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Foz Do Iguacu, Goiania, Itajuba (MG), Joao Pessoa, Joinville (Santa Catarina), Lajeado, Londrino (PR), Maceio (AL),Manaus, Natal (RN), Ouro Preto, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Presidente Prudente, Recife, Ribeirao Preto, Rio De Janeiro, Salvado Bahia, Santa Cruz Du Sol, Santa Maria, Santo (SP), Sao Carlos (SP), Sao Joao Del Re, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Sao Luis (MA), Sao Paulo, Sorocaba, Tupa, Uberlandia, Vitoria

How to Take the TOEFL in Chile

  • Registration fee: $230
  • Registration address:
    Prometric Operations Center
    7941 Corporate Drive
    Nottingham, MD 21236, USA
  • Registration phone number: +1-443-751-4995
  • Identification requirements: Click here and select Chile under the heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.”
  • Available test locations: Antofagasta, Concepcion, Curico, Rancagua, Santiago, Valparaiso

Don’t See Your Country or Region on the list? Click These Links.

In this article, I’ve highlighted some of the top TOEFL countries and regions. But, of course, I know that many of Magoosh’s readers also come from other parts of the planet. If you didn’t see your country in the list above, take heart. Below is a guide on how to find all the info you need to take the TOEFL in your home country.

TOEFL Identification Requirements for Your Country

To look up ID requirements for your country, go to the official TOEFL iBT: Identification Requirements page. In the first part of that web page, you’ll see the general, worldwide ID requirements, which I also outlined at the beginning of this post.

Once you scroll down past that, you’ll see a heading that reads “ID Requirements in the Country/Location Where You Plan to Test.” Here, you can select your country from the dropdown menu and view the specific types of ID you can use to take the TOEFL (see the screenshot below):

how to take the TOEFL in any county: finding your ID requirements
ETS

Registering for the TOEFL in Any Country

To get instructions and links for online TOEFL registration, go to “ETS’s TOEFL iBT: Registration page.”

To register by mail or phone, look up your country’s registration address on the TOEFL: Contact Us page. Again, there’s a dropdown menu where you can find your country’s TOEFL info, as seen in the screenshot below:

take TOEFL any country: registering by mail or phone
ETS

Finding TOEFL Test Centers and Fees in Any Country

Need to locate a TOEFL test center and figure out how much you need to pay? Once again, ETS has an official page for that. Go to the “Select Your TOEFL Testing Location” page.

And—you guessed it—there’s a dropdown menu where you can select your country:

taking the TOEFL in any country: find your test center and fees
ETS

The Takeaway

Not all TOEFL countries are created equal. TOEFL rules, formats, availability, and costs very, depending on where you are in the world. But this guide gives everyone equal access to information on how to take the TOEFL, regardless of national origin. If you have any additional questions after checking the information in this post, let me know in the comments.

Author

  • David Recine

    David is a Test Prep Expert for Magoosh TOEFL and IELTS. Additionally, he’s helped students with TOEIC, PET, FCE, BULATS, Eiken, SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. David has a BS from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MA from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His work at Magoosh has been cited in many scholarly articles, his Master’s Thesis is featured on the Reading with Pictures website, and he’s presented at the WITESOL (link to PDF) and NAFSA conferences. David has taught K-12 ESL in South Korea as well as undergraduate English and MBA-level business English at American universities. He has also trained English teachers in America, Italy, and Peru. Come join David and the Magoosh team on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram, or connect with him via LinkedIn!

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