Which is best option for me? please advise....(Celpip or Ielts?)

[ain88]

Hi, I'm 29 years old and my crs score is 434...will be 30years old in two weeks therefore my score will decrease to 429 in two weeks ....

I live in bc, I'm considering bcpnp+ee option but my score is 82...and cutoff these days are like around 90...

I have bcpnp nominee(non -ee) that I got last year when cut off was like around 70..., seems I can't get invitation in either express entry, and eebc...I just sent my paper application today before my nominee expire (should've done 5 months ago. I thought bcpnp+ee nominee would be easy but cutoff just increased these days)

I've already tried celpip 3 times...I got really good marks in reading/listening/writing,,,(between 8-12), but strangely I keep getting 6 in speaking....
I tried ielts 1 year ago, I was able to get everything above clb 7, but couldn't get high mark in reading/listeing/writing as I did in celpip....so...if I want to keep try taking English test,, which one should I go for? I made myself a rule...just to try English test once a month...so I don't waste too much money

Thanks for any advice!!!

 

[Maverick28]

Hi, I'm 29 years old and my crs score is 434...will be 30years old in two weeks therefore my score will decrease to 429 in two weeks ....

I live in bc, I'm considering bcpnp+ee option but my score is 82...and cutoff these days are like around 90...

I have bcpnp nominee(non -ee) that I got last year when cut off was like around 70..., seems I can't get invitation in either express entry, and eebc...I just sent my paper application today before my nominee expire (should've done 5 months ago. I thought bcpnp+ee nominee would be easy but cutoff just increased these days)

I've already tried celpip 3 times...I got really good marks in reading/listening/writing,,,(between 8-12), but strangely I keep getting 6 in speaking....
I tried ielts 1 year ago, I was able to get everything above clb 7, but couldn't get high mark in reading/listeing/writing as I did in celpip....so...if I want to keep try taking English test,, which one should I go for? I made myself a rule...just to try English test once a month...so I don't waste too much money

Thanks for any advice!!!

You need CLB 9 in each section of the English test to get a good CRS. So based on this, you should decide whether you can score a CLB 9 in IELTS or CELPIP.

 

[ain88]

You need CLB 9 in each section of the English test to get a good CRS. So based on this, you should decide whether you can score a CLB 9 in IELTS or CELPIP.

On my second try on celpip, I got 9/11/8/6 (L/R/W/S), if my speaking was 7 I could make it to CRS 458... the crs score system is a bit weird..but unfortunately I couldn't make my speaking to be 7....

so it doesn't everything need to be 9...in my case.....but celpip scoring system is a bit weird ......

and my third try ....was even worse.. got everything lower grade then my second try...

I get good grades in celpip except speaking, after getting 6 three times in row in speaking, I have no gut to register another exam .....do they keep the record and giving me the same score to get more money? probably not..but make me think this way ...

.....having a really bad headache now :'(

 

[Maverick28]

On my second try on celpip, I got 9/11/8/6 (L/R/W/S), if my speaking was 7 I could make it to CRS 458... the crs score system is a bit weird..but unfortunately I couldn't make my speaking to be 7....
so based on my experience it doesn't everything need to be 9...in my case.....but celpip scoring system is a bit weird ......

and my third try ....was even worse.. got everything lower grade then my second try...

.....having a really bad headache now :'(

I meant CLB 9 and not a 9 band in each section....

For IELTS CLB 9 means 8,7,7,7 in LRWS
For CELPIP CLB 9 means 9,9,9,9 in LRWS

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/standard-requirements/language-requirements/test-equivalency-charts.html

 

[ain88]

I meant CLB 9 and not a 9 band in each section....

For IELTS CLB 9 means 8,7,7,7 in LRWS
For CELPIP CLB 9 means 9,9,9,9 in LRWS

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/standard-requirements/language-requirements/test-equivalency-charts.html

Yeah I understood what you meant...but I still don't necessarily need to get everything clb 9(that would be nice though)...only thing I need is improving my speaking in celpip if I go for celpip, otherwise ielts.......so its tricky...

 

[ain88]

My test attempts so far)

Ielts) 6.5/6/6/6.5(L/R/W/S) covert to clb(7/7/7/8)
1st celpip) 7/12/8/6(re-eval->speaking changed to 7)
2nd celpip) 9/11/8/6(re-eval didn't work...could make my crs 458..if speaking score was 7)
3rd celpip) 7/8/8/6 (I thought I did really good on speaking this time but wth??..my all scores gone worse..)

based on my attempt..which one should I go for?...I will not give up...but I can only try English test once a month....as it's freaking expensive!!

I only 10 more additional point to get invitation ...I'm using my 1st celpip attempt score for my current crs btw...