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I promised myself if I get my required scores in my PTE-Academic test I will share my whole experience with my other english tests. I have been living in Australia for quiet sometime and I needed to do the english proficiency tests in order to enter a university for my higher education. I have given IELTS 3 times and my scores are shown below with the dates of my test; 14/JAN/2017- L 7.0 / R 8.0 / W 6.0 / S 8.5 11/FEB/2017- L 7.5 / R 7.0 / W 5.5 / S 7 04/MAR/2017- L 8.0 / R 7.5 / W 6.0 / S 7 The required band was 6.5 in L/R/W and 7 in Speaking. I was always short of 0.5 or 1.0 bands. I appealed for the writing component of the last test, but I still havent heard from them. On 07/APR/2017 I took PTE-academic for the first time and here are my results; L 84 / R 76 / W 76 / S 90 When my results were plotted against the key given by PTE which compared their scoring with IELTS and TOEFL, my results equaled to L 8.5 / R 7.5 / W 8.0 / S 9.0 (I repeat, this resut is predicted from the PTE key) In conclusion, dont waste your money with IELTS, the system is outdated and not fair (unfair part being half of the test is subjective while the other half is objective). I have read many blogs with similar scenarios of this unfaithful act to many fellow candidates. The best example to desmonstrate how IELTS is outdated, is that they have clearly mentioned NOT to use module answers or fomats in essays, in my opinion a person has his or her own format in writing and might even have some modules which the candidates are comfortable with; however, it is the candidates responsibility to alternate that module to fit it in the question, and this tactic should not be frowned upon because there are millions of people giving this test and there are bound to be many similarities (FYI: I dont have such modules). Nevertheless, in regards to PTE, If you have dificulty with computers and slow typing speeds (when I mean slow, by using one finger for one letter at a time) go with IELTS but with good good good preparation in writing and speaking. However I would highly recommend PTE as it is fair and gives speedy results. The whole experience with PTE is modern and up-to date. I hope this information finds you well, and please dont be alrmed if you see the exact same post in other blogs, im just hoping that my info will help atleast one individual. Take care and best of luck for your future, I do hope you will succeed!