IELTS Test

Which ielts test should we take Idp or Bc?

The candidates who are going or planning to give IELTS test know what Idp and Bc stands for and what is their purpose.

For those who are not aware of this let me explain you in short.

IDP stands for International Development Program and BC stands for British Council.

What should i take IDP or BC?

IELTS Exam is being organised by Cambridge English Language Assessment , IDP and BC are part owners of the Cambridge or you can assume them as the subset of the Cambridge. IDP and BC are responsible for conducting the exam.

Honestly speaking it doesn't matter what you take, all it matter is how much you are prepared, practice and worked on and off course little bit of luck.

There is a huge misconception about the idp and bc that one is better than the other.

Some says giving test through idp is better option and the others say bc is the best option.

Test takers who score good through idp they will obviously recommend others to take idp whereas who score well through bc will praise it. But this all is said only in words, practically it is just a myth that is making the candidates to think once. 

Both IDP and BC are just to conduct the test as it is difficult for one to conduct and organize such huge number of candidates.

The test checker are given proper instructions and are given the answer key for the Listening and Reading section for grading so it doesn't matter for both Idp and Bc

And the remaining two sections i.e Writing and Speaking, these two sections are volunteered by highly skilled examiners who take many factors under consideration.

So according to me it all depends upon the hard work and little bit luck that which examiner you get.

There is a big myth that if one appears at Bc, they would have given 0.5 bands more than the Idp. Its nothing like that .

Let me give you an example-

My friend whose lives in Canada has given the test through idp and he cleared the exam in his first attempt only with 6.5 overall.

He scored Listening-7.5

                 Reading- 6.5

                 Writing- 6

                 Speaking -6

My friend's fellow neighbor also wanted to go but unfortunately he was not able to score the bands.

He also gave the exam on the same date through Idp and scored 6 overall with 

Listening- 6.5

Reading- 6.5

Writing- 5 

Speaking- 6

Then a month later he tried once again but through Bc but another bad luck, he was again unsuccessful as he was unable to score in one section.

He scored 7 overall with

Listening- 8

Reading- 7

Writing-6.5

Speaking- 5.5

The point is that it really doesn't matter through which body you give the exam.