Band 7: Describe a time you had to make a difficult choice between two good options. You should say: - What the two options were - What made each option attractive - What factors influenced your decision And explain how you felt about the choice you made afterwards. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Everyone has a dream, and one of mine was studying abroad and living the experience where I could interact with people from different cultures. So when the time came and I finished high school, I was hesitant about whether to study abroad or stay in my current country. I decided to bite the bullet and study abroad, where I could have a new experience. When I reached the university in a different country, it was amazing. It was a big university with many resources for foreign students, and they even organized gatherings and public meetings with locals to help us get to know each other. They also provided tours of the surrounding area of the university campus, where we could find everything we needed for daily life. It was like killing two birds with one stone. I studied, lived this experience, and earned my degree from there. I even decided to go the extra mile and work alongside my studies to fully immerse myself in the experience and understand how people live their lives. I was flying over the moon when I made this decision, as it enabled me to achieve my dream, and it made me feel really, really happy that I did this.

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Everyone has a dream and a dream of mine was studying abroad and living the experiment where I can interact with other people with different cultures. So when the time came and I finished my high school I decided to I was hesitant about whether I’m going to study abroad or study in my my current country. So I decided to buy the bullet and study abroad where I can leave a new experiment there. So when I reached the faculty at a different country, it was amazing. It was a big university with so many condoms for foreign students and they even make some gathering and some public meeting with the locals in order to get to know each other and they give you even a tour to the surrounding of the university campus where you can find everything you will be in need in your daily life. So it was like killing two birds with one stone. I studied, I lived this experiment studying over there and I got my MP degree from there. Even I decided to go to the extra mile and work along with my studies in order to live the whole experiment and get to know how people live their lives. So I was flying over the moon when I took this decision as it enabled me to achieve my dream and it made me feeling really really happy as I did this.

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