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Two or more certificates vs. Master's - is it a mistake?

abc_27

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I have a Bachelor's Degree( 5 years - evaluated by WES as 4 years) and a Master's Degree (2 years) obtained outside Canada, both evaluated by WES.
In EE I have received 119 points in Education (with spouse).
119 is for "Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years"
126 is for Master's.
Is it a mistake? What do you advise me to do?
 

Asivad Anac

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Definitely a mistake if your ECA report states Masters equivalency for that credential. Choose 'Masters' while filling up the section instead if '2 or more..' option anywhere.
 

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Thanks for the quick response, I did that already.
I have chosen Master's where I had to.
I even deleted the row about the Master's Degree and completed it again.
I also deleted the row about my Bachelor's and only the one about Master's remained.
The score is the same.
What to do?
:'(
 

abc_27

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Maybe I should delete the entry about Bachelors and keep only the entry about Masters - and wait 24 hours to see what happens? :-[
 

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abc_27 said:
Maybe I should delete the entry about Bachelors and keep only the entry about Masters - and wait 24 hours to see what happens? :-[
I did that and nothing happened.
What should I do?
 

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abc_27 said:
Thanks for the quick response, I did that already.
I have chosen Master's where I had to.
I even deleted the row about the Master's Degree and completed it again.
I also deleted the row about my Bachelor's and only the one about Master's remained.
The score is the same.
What to do?
:'(
If you just changed it wait for couple of hours. It usually takes time to update the CRS score.
 

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abc_27 said:
I have waited for 48 hours and nothing happened.
We had Opted for 'Masters' initially by mistake instead of "2 or more..." and our scores came down from 126 to 119 after a few hours (loss of 7 points on overall CRS).

Hope your score increases.
 

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Same issue here. My Bachelors is assessed by WES as Bachelors (4years) and 2 year MSc as "1 year of post-graduate study".
Please confirm if i have to choose Msc or 2 or more graduate certificate ?
 

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Raskin said:
Same issue here. My Bachelors is assessed by WES as Bachelors (4years) and 2 year MSc as "1 year of post-graduate study".
Please confirm if i have to choose Msc or 2 or more graduate certificate ?
You should go with the '2 or more...' option.
 

abc_27

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WES assessed my Bachelor's degree as 4 years, not 5.
I have studied in Romania.
 

abc_27

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I have deleted all the entries about my education, waited for 48 hours and then re-entered only the Master's degree.
I will wait another 24 hours to see if anything changes in my score.