My score is 417 and I entered it on the EE google doc.
I hope to increase to 427 before the Jan draw with my wife's ECA, not sure if they will be swamped. They turned mine around in a few days despite their (WES) 20 business day claim back in November. Schools were closed for the break, but my wife's transcripts will go out early next week.
The other way to increase our score is to take the TEF exam, which wasn't necessary for most under the previous programs. I'm looking into this, but there seems to be way less information for the TEF compared to the IELTS. I searched my nearest exam office in San Francisco and they appear to offer 10+ different French exams, but not the TEF. Also I am having trouble finding actual sample full complete exams so I can see what score I might be able to obtain. I am definitely not fluent, but would probably get 1-3 points each in speaking and reading. Listening I'm not sure, I took some sample exercises and the first half was reasonably possible, but the last half was nearly impossible, although I could eliminate a few trick answers in the difficult sections (like when they use words in the conversation that match an answer). But I'd like to get an idea of what score I might obtain. Writing French would be impossible for me, as I don't think I can spell any words correctly, so that would be a zero for me.
My wife would pick us up 2 more points*, plus perhaps I could get 3-7 points. Not sure if $500 for the 2 exams is worth 5-9 extra points. I'll wait and see where the line is drawn in the first few draws to see if I'm near the limit.
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SharpC
*My wife scored 18 out of 20 points on the IELTS, French is her first language so she could likely get the max of 20.
Age 45 points
Education 126 (Master Degree)
Language English 128 (Native, max points)
Language French 0 (I could possibly pick up 3-7 points here, if I can figure this out)
Canada Work 0
Spouse Education 0 (Submitting transcripts to WES for 10 points)
Spouse Language 18 (Took IELTS, and English is her 2nd language, could retake IELTS or take the TEF for possible 2 more points)
Spouse CA work 0
Education+Language 50
Foreign Work 50
Total = 417