<blockquote rel="dantz"><blockquote rel="whizler">@thisisme you can do IELTS first before ACS or do both of them at the same time. They are not dependent with each other.
I am assuming that some does ACS first because of the amount of work in drafting the reference letter, gathering of documents however I believe both of them have the same effort and both of them have similar wait time (in terms of results being available)
I am also assuming some would prefer to have a good result from ACS before spending 8.9k in IELTS.
What I am doing (might be not the same with everyone) is that I have already submitted my ACS documents last weekend and will be taking IELTS on the 18th so that if ACS will be done with my application and IELTS result on the 31st will be in good standing then I can file EOI and may have a chance getting invited on the first round in November.
Whatever the ACS result will be, suitable or not. I will take the risk and do my best in IELTS. The objective is to get invited as early as possible and get that limited invitation spot.
I guess what I am trying to say is.. Is there something you can do today to get you closer to your goal for tomorrow.</blockquote>
<blockquote rel="thisisme">Hi Guys,
Nagsisimula pa lang ako sa pag-prepare ng requirements. Pansin ko kasi, karamihan inuuna ang pagpa-assess ng skills sa ACS kaysa IELTS. Ganun ba talaga? Or ganun yung recommended process? Thanks!</blockquote>
IMO, Better mauna ang ACS. Medyo tedious kasi yung pagprepare ng docs for assessment. Then dati kasi 12 weeks or more ang waiting time ng result so at least while waiting for result focus ka nman sa next step which is IELTS.
Sa case ko inuna ko ang IELTS e. Base sa status ko ngyn mas gusto ko sana kung nauna ang ACS, kasi after ko makuha yung result mas naging clear yung motivation ko sa IELTS.
Yung IELTS kasi ang malaking panghatak ng points pra sa application.
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Same here, ACS inuna ko para alam ko kung gano ko paghahandaan ang IELTS hehe. Swerte ang ICT kasi ang ACS eh hindi need ang IELTS for assessment. Sa ibang industry eh ang alam ko required ang IELTS before ka makapag paassess.
And of course, kung ano ang kayang gawin ngayon e gawin na. π