I’m sorry to say this but there is no flaw in their system. It isn’t a scam, as some say. The points we get are the points we earn. A re-evaluation might change it a point or two but we get what we earn.
I sat the celpip exam twice. I was tri-lingual as a child. I honestly don’t know what my first language was. English was one of the three. I’m a Canadian college graduate. This was going to be easy, right? I walked out of the 1st one thinking I aced it. The score said differently. L12, R12, S11, W8. 8?!?! In writing?! I write for a living. A re-evaluation did nothing. The 8 was there to stay.
So I sat the Celpip test again, and again paid for express rating. I’d be happy if I got a 10 in all. I need max as I have 0 for age. Score came in. R12, L12, W10 (YAY!!), S9.... excuse me?! After two weeks I paid for a re-evaluation again and got my 11 back.
The reading and listening is all about focus. The writing is knowing how to answer and vocabulary. Speaking is all about vocabulary and clearly voicing (that’s not the same as screaming, but at least not mumbling) using the correct word and complexity of words. Not repeating the same word over and over. Using synonyms instead. (Same in writing).
There are several YouTube videos on celpip tests. Don’t go for celpip’s own YouTube channel. It was of no real help at all. I found this guy’s channel (linked below) being way more helpful as he goes through HOW to analyze the question for the correct answer.
Pay for the practice tests. (They can’t be shared) DON’T read the answers before you answer. I was disheartened when I first worked with the practice tests. My scores were horribly bad. But I carried on. And I did manage to get max CLB after 2 sittings and 2 reevaluations. It is 100% doable.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUeS2Jmgiu0OFaTeRqkuXtw