I'm going to go on a little rant here. I think all the people blaming WES for ruining their chances need to take responsibility for their own actions. Why didn't you submit your credentials to them sooner? Why aren't you trying to increase your score? Maybe you should look at the chance to immigrate to Canada as an opportunity you need to earn rather than something that should be handed to you at your convenience.
Yes, I am jealous of all the young folks who can get in easily when I have been on a 2.5 year journey that hasn't finished yet. But I have continued to work for it, and I will continue until I achieve my goal.
Submit the credentials sooner? I completely blame WES for their lack of communication.
Here's my story.
Got my undergrad credentials evaluated exactly a year ago and sent my Master's credential 2 months ago right after I graduated.
Common sense says that I wouldn't have to get my Bachelor's done again as I already have that evaluated. Guess what? WES lacks that
Even their upgrade option to add a new credential in the website said that I had to submit just the documents for my new degree.
Apparently, they need to get my previously evaluated credential done again even though my Master's degree is from a different country, it's from the US and due to a rule change for Indian degrees which I came to know recently, I need to get my Undergrad University to send the documents directly to WES. Considering that I am sitting here in the US and have not gone to my home country for quite some time, it's hard to have them send the documents over to WES.
I did plan ahead and had all my documents ready to go, also had planned properly for the Master's evaluation. But, WES along with their new rule kinda screwed me on this by evaluating my Undergrad degree again.
As for improving my score, it's not that I ain't trying, just that I am bumping into some unexpected delays. The Master's degree am trying to get evaluated would bump my score to 473.
So, yeah, it's all on WES from me