Hello Everyone,
I have been silently watching this page and today I'm finally done with IELTS. Yaay!
Since January, I have done IELTS exam six times, and each time I get 6.5 in writing while the rest I get 8 or sometimes 9.
I even did remark for 4 of them and didn't get an increase. I actually wrote with both IDP and BC. I was really frustrated because I'm from an English speaking country; I have never spoken any language other than English so I didn't understand why I was getting 6.5 every time. I couldn't take it any longer so I hired a tutor for 2 hours. I went to meet him along with my essays and after his review, I found out that I didn't have issues with grammar and the rest. The only problem I had was not including more points in my essay. I was skeptical about this because I thought if I go beyond 290, it would reduce my score. I took the exam again and provided 3 solid points which made my essay to be 323 and my writing task 1 209.
Today, I got my result:
L - 8.5
R - 9
W - 7.5
S - 8
While registering for the IELTS tho, I selected employment reason instead of immigration but I don't think it makes any difference because I tried it before and I got 6.5.
I just want to share my experience as some people's problem might be just writing one point especially when the essay is about discussing both views.
This is the end of IELTS for me and I wish you guys luck