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You have the option of writing a letter and sending other documents explaining why you shouldn't need IELTS. Immigration has the option to let you skip the IELTS or make you take it anyway.
Still, if your English is so good that you could claim full points for it, you would not have a problem taking IELTS.
Still, if your English is so good that you could claim full points for it, you would not have a problem taking IELTS.
Leon said:You have the option of writing a letter and sending other documents explaining why you shouldn't need IELTS. Immigration has the option to let you skip the IELTS or make you take it anyway.
Still, if your English is so good that you could claim full points for it, you would not have a problem taking IELTS.
Really? How often is a candidate successfull in accomplishing this? Why would I have a Bachelor's degree from a US Institution if my English was not good? You are right I should not have a problem but its been a while since I graduated from college.
CV User said:Really? How often is a candidate successfull in accomplishing this? Why would I have a Bachelor's degree from a US Institution if my English was not good? You are right I should not have a problem but its been a while since I graduated from college.
Somebody on this board was in the same situation, he had a degree from a US college and claimed full points for English. They asked for IELTS. He took it and got full points.
If you claim full points without IELTS, you have to be ready for that they might question it and make you take it. Since you already took it, I suggest you go with your results and not try to claim more points than you got on your results.
gjp said:CV User,
If you are claiming 16 points for English, they usualy ask for IELTS. I know couple of folks who did their Masters in USA and they were asked to take IELTS.
Whereas, if you are claiming 'Moderate' proficiency in English, they do not insist on IELTS.
I am not claiming anything. If I put Moderate in the application, I don't have to take the ILETS? and that will be good enough? I am not understanding this. The goal is to get 67 points right.
Leon said:CV User said:Really? How often is a candidate successfull in accomplishing this? Why would I have a Bachelor's degree from a US Institution if my English was not good? You are right I should not have a problem but its been a while since I graduated from college.
Somebody on this board was in the same situation, he had a degree from a US college and claimed full points for English. They asked for IELTS. He took it and got full points.
If you claim full points without IELTS, you have to be ready for that they might question it and make you take it. Since you already took it, I suggest you go with your results and not try to claim more points than you got on your results.
In the application I put HIGH for everything. So now If I don't get a 7 then I failed?
If you put high in everything, you are claiming 4 points for each category or 16 points total for English.
High is 7.0 or more on IELTS so if you don't get 7 or more in all categories, your points for English will not reach 16.
Therefore, if you were very tight with 67 points, you need the 16 points for English and so you need to get 7.0 or higher in every category.
If you put moderate for every category, you would get only 8 points total for English.
If you score on IELTS 5.0 to 6.9 (moderate) in some categories and 7.0 or more (high) in some, you would get between 10 and 14 points.
How many points did you have total for the whole application? How many points you need for English?
High is 7.0 or more on IELTS so if you don't get 7 or more in all categories, your points for English will not reach 16.
Therefore, if you were very tight with 67 points, you need the 16 points for English and so you need to get 7.0 or higher in every category.
If you put moderate for every category, you would get only 8 points total for English.
If you score on IELTS 5.0 to 6.9 (moderate) in some categories and 7.0 or more (high) in some, you would get between 10 and 14 points.
How many points did you have total for the whole application? How many points you need for English?
Leon said:If you put high in everything, you are claiming 4 points for each category or 16 points total for English.
High is 7.0 or more on IELTS so if you don't get 7 or more in all categories, your points for English will not reach 16.
Therefore, if you were very tight with 67 points, you need the 16 points for English and so you need to get 7.0 or higher in every category.
If you put moderate for every category, you would get only 8 points total for English.
If you score on IELTS 5.0 to 6.9 (moderate) in some categories and 7.0 or more (high) in some, you would get between 10 and 14 points.
How many points did you have total for the whole application? How many points you need for English?
Well my test results will decide what I will get right? So it does not matter what I put in that application. We can always change that in the application based on my real scores. I am still awaiting my scores. I took the test last Sat.
Well one of my consultant's employee told me its all or nothing, its like either I get a 7 or I don't get any points at all, is this true?
gjp said:CV User,
It is not all or nothing.
You will get points based on the band score in each of the 4 categories (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
Oh ok so even if I don't do well, I will still get points to help me right? I guess I was mis informed.
It's not all or nothing. You get 2 points for each of your moderate categories and 4 for each of your highs. If you are all moderate, 8 points, if you have 3 moderates and 1 high, 10 points, if you have 2 moderates and 2 highs, 12 points, 1 moderate and 3 high, 14 points, all high 16 points.
The question is just how many points you have total and how many points you need for English. Your lawyer might have told you that you needed all highs because you need 16 points to make a total of 67. If you get 14 points and end up with a total of 65, that is not enough to apply. I do not know what your total score was. You will have to calculate that for yourself or ask your lawyer.
The question is just how many points you have total and how many points you need for English. Your lawyer might have told you that you needed all highs because you need 16 points to make a total of 67. If you get 14 points and end up with a total of 65, that is not enough to apply. I do not know what your total score was. You will have to calculate that for yourself or ask your lawyer.
Leon said:It's not all or nothing. You get 2 points for each of your moderate categories and 4 for each of your highs. If you are all moderate, 8 points, if you have 3 moderates and 1 high, 10 points, if you have 2 moderates and 2 highs, 12 points, 1 moderate and 3 high, 14 points, all high 16 points.
The question is just how many points you have total and how many points you need for English. Your lawyer might have told you that you needed all highs because you need 16 points to make a total of 67. If you get 14 points and end up with a total of 65, that is not enough to apply. I do not know what your total score was. You will have to calculate that for yourself or ask your lawyer.
Good explanation thanks. So what was that 7 that my agency was talking about?
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