Band 7: Describe a time you had to adapt to a completely new environment. You should say: - Where this environment was - Why you had to move there - What the biggest challenges were And explain how you successfully adapted. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Once there was a time when I had to transfer schools, and I faced a problem with adapting to the new environment and the new circumstances. The major issue was that I transferred from a state school to a private school, and I thought there would be significant differences, as they differ in many aspects. I believed this was the biggest challenge. I had to go to the private school because, in my previous school, I faced a lot of pressing problems. Furthermore, I saw that in a private school, there would be more opportunities for me, and the teaching staff would be friendly, among other things. I actually didn't face many problems, but one point to consider is that there were a lot of new people, and since I was a senior, it was quite difficult for me to meet everyone and get along with many people. However, I successfully handled this on my own, and I made a lot of good friends. There was no other way but to adapt because my friends were very friendly; they were amazing, and I think that was a main reason why I blended into the new school environment.

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Once there was a time when I had to transfer from schools and I faced a problem with adapting to the new environment, to the new circumstances. The major problem was that I transferred from the state school to the private school and I thought that there would be big differences also that they differentiate in many aspects. So I thought that it was the biggest problem. I had to go to the private school because in my previous school I faced a lot of pressing problems. But furthermore I saw that in a private school there will be more opportunities given for me and the teacher’s staff will be friendly and etc. I actually didn’t face a lot of problems but one point to consider is that there were a lot of new people and since I was a senior, it was quite difficult for me to meet all of them, to get along with a lot of people, but I successfully handled this alone. And also I made a lot of good friends. There was no another way to not adapt because my friends were very friendly, they were astonishing and I think there was a main point why I blend in the new school environment.

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