I was speaking to 3 students earlier in the week who had all taken the IELTS more than 3 times and were feeling very frustrated about their situation. Two of them had had to defer their university place twice and the other was looking to relocate to Canada and had been trying to do this for the past 3 years.
Guess what was stopping all three of them?
Yes, you guessed it, their IELTS.
The two students wanting to do postgraduate study would have completed their degree by now and be working in a higher, paid better job (this is their plan) and the student who is looking to move to Canada would have been settled there with his family. He would be working presumably on a Canadian salary and the children would be in school there. This would have been the case for all three of them had they been able to get their IELTS bands 3 years ago when they took it for the first time.
You can do the maths yourself – if you have to wait to realise your dream how much does it cost in monetary terms. Salary level, education opportunities, career development and promotion.
It struck me that this is a kind of tax that you are paying every time you miss out on your band and have to delay your plans yet again. How much is that all costing you in opportunity cost as well as real cash cost? It’s worth thinking about.
So, what’s the answer?
Get the IELTS – be sure before you go into the exam that you can actually get the scores you want. Stop wasting time ‘trying’ and make a decision to do whatever it takes to make sure that next time is the last time.
It’s really costing you!
I’m now working with these students to support them in making sure that when they take the test next it will be the last time.
I’d like to help you too. I really don’t want you to spend 3 years figuring this out!
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