IELTS withhelding result

[astralsource]

Soo yet another IELTS and my husband's results are withheld. Of course we need them as soon as possible because we can't update the EE profile without them...

Any idea how long does it take, how to hurry them up? Maybe I should get a lawyer LOL.

 

[kryt0n]

1 week - 3 months.

 

[astralsource]

But how can they hold them for sooo long without any reason.. wow.

 

[kryt0n]

They may have a reason. Random double checking, suspected cheating, problem with the computer reading the answer sheet...

 

[Almostther]

It happened to me also and they sent me an email on the day I was supposed to receive results.. They told me to check back the results 2 weeks later but it was made available in a week only.

They withheld my result because I had gotten 9 in reading and listening but 6.5 in speaking. they withhold it when there is a difference of 2 point or more in any two sections. Of course, this is one of the reasons, there are few others as KrytOn mentioned.

 

[kryt0n]

It happened to me also and they sent me an email on the day I was supposed to receive results.. They told me to check back the results 2 weeks later but it was made available in a week only.

They withheld my result because I had gotten 9 in reading and listening but 6.5 in speaking. they withhold it when there is a difference of 2 point or more in any two sections. Of course, this is one of the reasons, there are few others as KrytOn mentioned.

+1

 

[astralsource]

I got 9, 7, 6, 7 and they didnt withheld mine.

 

[johnsyk]

Same with me. Withheld it for 2 weeks. They never gave me a reason. Maybe they were shocked with my scores! LOL

 

[thestunner316]

dont take the withheld result personally... its very very normal these days... 3 out of 4 ielts results i have had recently (2 each for myself and my bro) were withheld.. ranging from 1 week to 6 weeks...

so if anyone is writing or planning to write ielts soon - make sure you have allowance for these annoying "withheld" results thingy.. it shouldnt come out of the blue

 

[astralsource]

dont take the withheld result personally... its very very normal these days... 3 out of 4 ielts results i have had recently (2 each for myself and my bro) were withheld.. ranging from 1 week to 6 weeks...

so if anyone is writing or planning to write ielts soon - make sure you have allowance for these annoying "withheld" results thingy.. it shouldnt come out of the blue

Jesus. We will write to them one more time just in case. Maybe they will find mercy in their hearts, it's Christmas for God's sake

 

[kryt0n]

I'm getting new results on 23rd Dec. My current results expire on 10th Jan. I'm already convinced that they are going to be withheld just to spite me

 

[thestunner316]

I'm getting new results on 23rd Dec. My current results expire on 10th Jan. I'm already convinced that they are going to be withheld just to spite me

ha ha kyrton

did you do OK in your tests ?

 

[kryt0n]

ha ha kyrton

did you do OK in your tests ?

At the moment, questionable. Made a silly spelling mistake in a listening answer (curse you 5 years of constant spell checking!) and at least 2 others I definitely missed/guessed. So aiming for 8 for Listening, 3 wrong means I'll only be allowed another 2 wrong. So listening... maybe.

Similar scenario for Reading. I know at least 2 were wtf guesses but hoping the rest was right.

Writing was probably the best/most natural.

Speaking was 90% - Got a bit native tongue tied, but I think in the marking criteria they account for pauses "natural to a native speaker".

On the whole, OK I think but maybe not enough in the listening for my 8 again. Crazily embarrassing being a native speaker, but not everyone has a strong exam ability.

 

[astralsource]

IELTS is like russian roulette.

 

[Dedicated]

Made a silly spelling mistake in a listening answer (curse you 5 years of constant spell checking!)

I also made one mistake in Listening and still scored 9. So if everything else is correct, you'll be fine.