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Hey everyone, I really need some clarification about the University of Exeter. I recently received a conditional offer letter from the university, and the condition is to demonstrate English language proficiency. I took the IELTS exam and managed to meet their overall requirement of band 6.5, with individual scores of 6.0 for each skill except for writing, where I scored 5.5. I need to improve this by 0.5 points to fulfill the condition. Now, IELTS allows for one skill retake test at a specific band, and I'm eligible for it. However, I'm unsure if the University of Exeter accepts one skill retake or not. I've searched online, but found no information on this. I've also emailed their admissions team, but not response from them. So can anyone here help me out? If you have any knowledge about this or are from the University, I would greatly appreciate your assistance.
Original post by G3Cormac
Hey everyone, I really need some clarification about the University of Exeter. I recently received a conditional offer letter from the university, and the condition is to demonstrate English language proficiency. I took the IELTS exam and managed to meet their overall requirement of band 6.5, with individual scores of 6.0 for each skill except for writing, where I scored 5.5. I need to improve this by 0.5 points to fulfill the condition. Now, IELTS allows for one skill retake test at a specific band, and I'm eligible for it. However, I'm unsure if the University of Exeter accepts one skill retake or not. I've searched online, but found no information on this. I've also emailed their admissions team, but not response from them. So can anyone here help me out? If you have any knowledge about this or are from the University, I would greatly appreciate your assistance.
Hi G3Cormac - Just to let you know that I have been able to check with Admissions on your behalf and they have advised that you would need to retake the full Academic IELTS test again. We do not accept the retaking of just one skill. If you have any further queries for admissions you may contact them using the details on this webpage https://www.exeter.ac.uk/contact/. For a prompter response we are happy to take phone calls during normal office hours.

Chris
University of Exeter Student Recruitment Team
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Original post by UniofExeter Rep
Hi G3Cormac - Just to let you know that I have been able to check with Admissions on your behalf and they have advised that you would need to retake the full Academic IELTS test again. We do not accept the retaking of just one skill. If you have any further queries for admissions you may contact them using the details on this webpage https://www.exeter.ac.uk/contact/. For a prompter response we are happy to take phone calls during normal office hours.
Chris
University of Exeter Student Recruitment Team

That's helpful, thanks!

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