I got it too!! My score is probably one of the lowest here in this thread: 474, FSW, Outland.
It was already after mid-night, and I was surprised to see an email from donotreply CIC, and I instantly checked the account and saw the ITA. It was quite a surprise as I had thought that there would be no draw this week.
I entered the pool on Oct 10 and, as you can imagine, have been feeling a bit frustrated with the last 2 draws and the the long wait. In fact I had started learning French about less than a month ago and have made quite a lot of progress, having amassed around 1500 vocabulary (I already have basic grammar from previous study out of pure interest). My plan was to be able to take TEF in about a year or less (which I think is totally doable – see the link I posted below), as I had already achieved maximum points in the other components.
And guess what! –– I will continue with the learning (but not necessarily going to take TEF though). It's been fun with the right materials and software, and I like French anyways.
Here is the link to a 10-year old post about how a Russian speaker managed to achieve Advanced points in TEF in just a year (who is currently living in Montréal):
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/29/15258/287
But of course getting ITA is not the same as getting PR, but it's a good start!!!!!!
