I paid $36k for my 2 year program!!!... it's never coming cheap. International students deserve more than 15 & 30 points!... you are even rarely able to work as assignments are the order of the day
Don't worry,dear... I have paid 80k for 3 years bachelor program (Accounting major) in Australia and after I graduated, no chances for PR as the immigration system become bias there.
Atleast Canada gave points for 1 year post-secondary study program. Australia required atleast 2 years Australian diploma or equivalent program to be eligible for economic immigration program and no additional points for coursework master degrees as it will be awarded bachelor points only,unless it's a research based program in the STEM field only. Foreign work experience will only be given points if it's 3 years or more. No points for 1-2 years foreign work exp and that 3 years too will be given only 5 points (the minimum). In order for your qualification to be recognised as equivalent to Australian program, it needs to be assessed by its respective assessing organisations such as CPA for Accounting program that mostly required 7 each in IELTS-Academic and some assessing bodies required 1 year work experience,too. No points awarded for 6 each in IELTS for language ability. No points awarded for 0.5 band in each IELTS skills. Points only awarded for 7 each (10points) and 20 points for 8 each. For age, the maximun points only awarded to (25-32) age group. Most of international undergraduates will finish their study when they are 21-22 y.o. Even if their pursue 2 years degree, they will still have less points for age and no additional points for masters.
As a result, I'm stuck here in India and regretted for chosing Australia over Canada to study.
But I'm not giving up yet. I am more determine than ever to pursue my dream in Canada. I have lost so much money in Australia just to gained a bachelor degree for nothing as it became useless there. Instead I can use it for Canada with much more points awarded for it as well as for my work experience and langauge ability.
So, just be more patience,dear..I'm sure the cut off score will come down sooner or later. Cheers
