TOEFL and IELTS are designed in different fields. Compared with IELTS, TOEFL (American English) is more academic, involving classroom and campus life in American universities, while IELTS (British English) focuses on daily communication. Therefore, compared with IELTS, TOEFL requires higher vocabulary and grammar, which is relatively difficult, but also very skillful. It is not difficult to get high marks. There are also many examples of weak English foundation but not low TOEFL scores. In fact, most local schools in the United States attach importance to and accept TOEFL scores. After all, this is an exam held by Americans. IELTS is of great use to Britain, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. So if LZ plans to go to America, I personally suggest taking the TOEFL. In addition, LZ said that the upper limit of scores is a bit low. If you apply for an American undergraduate course, the top 60 schools must score at least 80 points and the top 395 points. If it is an Ivy League school, the lowest score should be 100+ or even 1 10+. As for the language school LZ in Qingdao, we can consider New Oriental and New Channel, both of which are quite good language schools. New Oriental is a little more expensive, but according to personal experience, Beijing New Oriental is better than other regions in terms of teachers and professionalism. The above information LZ can be used as a reference, good luck!