470 and above in the coming months, but don't be surprised to see that increase next year.
Cut-off scores have only increased each year.
People need to make themselves as competitive as possible.
If people think that because in 2018 people in the 440's were getting ITAs that they have a chance with that kind of score, only disappointment awaits you.
You have to look at the latest cut-off score and aim to be above it ideally.
Very true and good points but you have to consider the trends and following points:
1. Biden got elected president and his first move will be to undo Trump's immigration reforms. His VP, Harris, as you may know; her mother is an Indian immigrant and she has expressed, numerous times, the importance of immigrants, particularly from countries like India, to the US. In short, expect the US to open up again.
2. The Canadian immigration targets are very high for 2021-2023. What we're seeing now isn't an outlier, rather its part of a regular trend. The people selected now in November, December will be able to land in 2021/2022. Maybe it won't be 5K ITA's being issued at every draw but at minimum, it will be around 4.2K-4.5K if you do the math. In addition, the number of people entering the pool with a CRS score of 470 and above has been about 2.5K - 3.5K.
IRCC didn't have to hold a b2b draw this week, they didn't have to increase the number of ITA's issued from 4.5K to 5K, they didn't even have to make any EE draws this year even as they already reached their quota, but they did.
When you consider all of this, I find it hard not to be optimistic, especially if you're in the 460's, upper 450's.