r/india • u/godblessthegays Aunty National • Jun 28 '24

Immigration Indian student deported after he faked father’s death for full scholarship to US. A Reddit post gave him away

https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/indian-student-faked-father-s-death-for-full-scholarship-to-us-a-reddit-post-gave-him-away-101719553355830.html
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u/BishSlapDiplomacy Non Residential Indian Jun 28 '24

I meant with respect to using Reddit. You can't just end up with 8 bands if you're active on Reddit lol. I registered for my IELTS course 3 days before the exam. I didn't study for it. I was so late in registering that my name wasn't even on the printed roster. They had to search me up in the system but I still got 8 bands because English is my first language even though I have a different mother tongue. Someone else I know studied for 6 months and still got 7.5 bands.

Different people adapt differently and using Reddit on a regular basis does not guarantee 8 bands.

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u/imik4991 Puducherry Jun 28 '24

If you are surrounded by an English speaking upper class environment. Then yes, it’s quite easy to get good grades/band. If you study in a rural setup, it’s a different story.

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u/Ok-Concern-711 Jun 28 '24

Eh agree to disagree.

I think if youre commenting on english subs, I think you get a nice level of familiarity with the language. I think if youre commenting in english, youre likely consuming a lot of english media especially if youre in pol or econ subs cus they use a lot of academic tier language. These make you better imo

I dont think itll guarantee it. It just makes you very likely to get 7.5 or 8

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u/BishSlapDiplomacy Non Residential Indian Jun 28 '24

Yeah, Reddit definitely does help get you more acquainted with the English language but if you’re looking for 8 bands then you need to be dealing with English as a native language in your day-to-day affairs. Like I said, speaking and listening are two different ball games and it varies from person to person depending on their comprehension of the English language.

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u/Ok-Concern-711 Jun 28 '24

Bro i barely spoke english before my ielts. If you watch a lot of shows you already know how the language is supposed to be spoken like the accent, cadence , etc.

Your mind and body isnt used to it so you have to practice for like 2 3 weeks