Personally I think the most hard decision that I ever made was this summer because I got accepted in the Erasmus program so I had the possibility to go to study abroad for six months in Denmark in a city called Alborg that is in the northern part of Denmark. I wasn’t sure about this because first of all when I received it was in summer in July and I remember that I had just finished all the exams so I just changed my mentality from focused and studying to chill, so I just wanted to relax and stay in the beach with my friends, but unfortunately when I got the message that they got accepted, I had only one week to decide if I wanted to go or no, so I started to talk with my friends and with my family to see their opinion and I was very scared because I had to go alone so I had to stay in Denmark for six months alone without seeing of course my friends because they had the exams too in the winter so they can’t they weren’t able to go to Denmark to say hi but my parents told me that it was probably one of the best experiences that I was going to do so I decided to accept and I was very happy with my choice because I came back two weeks ago from Denmark and you think it was one of the best experiences in my life because I was able to understand how does it feel by staying alone, live alone, so I had to cook, I have to clean my room, I have to wash all the clothes, so I really improved a lot in this and I also improved my English skills because of course in Denmark I was forced to speak English because no one speaks Italian.
Band 7+: Describe a difficult decision you had to make recently. You should say: - What the decision was about - What the different options were - Who was involved And explain why it was a difficult decision to make.
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Personally, I think the most difficult decision I made was this summer because I got accepted into the Erasmus program. I had the opportunity to study abroad for six months in Denmark, in a city called Aalborg, which is in the northern part of Denmark. I wasn't sure about this because, first of all, when I received the acceptance, it was in July, and I remember that I had just finished all my exams. I had just changed my mentality from being focused and studying to wanting to relax, so I wanted to chill at the beach with my friends. Unfortunately, when I got the message that I was accepted, I had only one week to decide if I wanted to go or not. I started to talk with my friends and my family to get their opinions, and I was very scared because I had to go alone. I would be in Denmark for six months without seeing my friends, as they also had exams in the winter and couldn't come to Denmark to visit. However, my parents told me that it would probably be one of the best experiences of my life, so I decided to accept. I was very happy with my choice because I came back two weeks ago from Denmark, and I think it was one of the best experiences of my life. I was able to understand what it feels like to stay alone and live independently. I had to cook, clean my room, and wash my clothes, so I really improved a lot in these areas. I also improved my English skills because, in Denmark, I was forced to speak English since no one spoke Italian.
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