How do I set my target score?

Open your account settings and set a target for each of the four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.

Set four, not one

Almost every real requirement — for a visa or a university — is expressed as a minimum in each skill, not as an overall score. A candidate can have an excellent overall score and still fail the requirement on one weak skill.

So the dashboard measures the gap per skill. Until you set targets, it can show your scores but not how far you are from needing them, which is the more useful number.

Which numbers to use

Use the actual requirement for your specific programme or visa subclass, taken from the official source. If you are aiming at Australian skilled migration, that is usually 65 in each skill or 79 in each skill, depending on how many points you need.

If you are not sure yet, set them to the requirement you most want to meet rather than the one you think you can reach. The point of the number is to measure the distance honestly.

Changing them later

You can change your targets at any time and nothing is lost — they affect only how the gap is displayed, never your recorded scores.