Anyone (international students) getting an offer without IELTS?

My offer too, did not state anything about IELTS. In fact, I showed the offer letter to an Imperial College admission tutor and according to her, it means the tutors are satisfied with the level of my English. I guess the same goes for you as well.

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studyboy

My offer too, did not state anything about IELTS. In fact, I showed the offer letter to an Imperial College admission tutor and according to her, it means the tutors are satisfied with the level of my English. I guess the same goes for you as well.

So u hv IGCSE second language too? what grade tho?
haha i dont know about Malaysia, but here in Thailand, IELTS exam can b quite expensive!

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DanielJ

I got in without a language test, but English is my mother tongue, and I did IGCSE English Language and IGCSE English Literature. I would say it is a little strange for them not to have asked you for a test... If you want to be sure, email the admissions tutor.

I wish i was born in UK... :p:

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DanielJ

studyboy

My offer too, did not state anything about IELTS. In fact, I showed the offer letter to an Imperial College admission tutor and according to her, it means the tutors are satisfied with the level of my English. I guess the same goes for you as well.

I presume you had an interview. I didn't have one, so I didn't even think about this :biggrin:

. GoinSideway, if you had an interview then it's not particularly surprising you didn't get asked to take a language test.

GoinSideway

I wish i was born in UK... :p:

I wasn't

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OP

LOL , i didn't see the flag.... Je suis désolé.
And no i didn't have an interview.

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Liv~

Ah yes, same here with me.
I applied to Northumbria University,and they dont need my IELTS test whasoever.
I have met the internatioal counsellor, or something. And yeah, he interviewed me couple of months ago, and he said my English is fine ( maybe because I was studying overseas too before), we dont speak English in my country. I am pleased to hear i dont need any test!

I think if you are fluent with English, you should just be confident with it :smile:

B should be enough. It depends also with the course that you are taking, let say it s design maybe the skill of language is not a proficiency.

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OP

hopefully B is enough.... 'hopefully'

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GoinSideway

So u hv IGCSE second language too? what grade tho?
haha i dont know about Malaysia, but here in Thailand, IELTS exam can b quite expensive!

Most Malaysians have a GCE-O-Level English (1119) qualification. :smile:

I got an A for it. :wink:

IELTS in Malaysia too is very expensive!!

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DanielJ

I presume you had an interview. I didn't have one, so I didn't even think about this :biggrin:

. GoinSideway, if you had an interview then it's not particularly surprising you didn't get asked to take a language test.

No, I didn't have one. In Malaysia, interviews are only conducted for Medical and Oxbridge applicants.

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mizfissy815

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GoinSideway

So basically, I got the conditional offer (materials MEng) and i am an international applicant.
However my offer doesn't say anything at all about IELTS!!!
I currently have a B in IGCSE English as a second language.
Is this enough?
Coz my head of sixth form suddenly came up to me and sed 'u need to do IELTS to get into Imperial'
Anyone having similar situation?

It's enough. Don't worry.

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OP

Cool. Another 100 pounds saved.

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Computer_Dude

Usually, if you have some kind of GCSE English C or above, then you dont need IELTS in order to get into UK unis~!

I got a B for GCSE English, hence non of my uni ask for IELTS~ =)

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Grift

Nope, no IELTS requirement for me. Waste of bloody time and money if you ask me lol.

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Grift

Nope, no IELTS requirement for me. Waste of bloody time and money if you ask me lol.

Do you think not having IELTS will affect our visa applications?

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studyboy

Do you think not having IELTS will affect our visa applications?

I can't imagine how it'd affect our visa applications in the first place...

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miso.polak

same for me, no language tests/certificates. I'm an international applicant from slovakia but I'm doing IB so I presume that's why they were satisfied with my english...anyway, I guess english should be either your mother tongue OR your language of instruction for the past "x" years in order not to be required to do IELTS .. but I'm not sure, I just deduced it from the information given to me :smile:

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