One experience that immediately comes to my mind when I think about the decisions that I made, which was really struggling, is the time when I was thinking about my future university. So, I had few options because in my country in Uzbekistan there are not many universities with the faculties that I wanted to study, I mean the English faculty. So first I searched in the internet for information about this university but there were not enough sources about them. So I felt that I’m not gonna study at university, it’s really hard to choose it, oh my god, what should I do? So then one day in family gathering, I met my cousin who finished a national university in Wilfus-Wijkistan four or five years ago and I told him that I don’t have any idea about university that I’m gonna study. So he told me about the university that he finished. So from his personal experience, according to his personal experience, he told me about this university, said that all teachers are professionals, they all know what their work is. He also said that there is no any corruption, everything is honor, honest and like you will get enough knowledge that you want it. So after his words I kind of wanted to study here and the day of test came and I did it well. So then after two days I got my results and Fortunately, I entered this university. I was really happy of this. I’ve just finished my second year of studying here and looking back, I realized that this was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I have no regret of listening to advice from my brother.
Band 6+: Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision with limited information. You should say: - What the decision was about - What information you had available - What the outcome of the decision was And explain how you felt during and after making this decision.
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One experience that immediately comes to mind when I think about decisions that were really difficult is the time when I was thinking about my future university. I had few options because in my country, Uzbekistan, there are not many universities with the faculty I wanted to study, I mean the English faculty. So first I searched the internet for information about these universities, but there were not enough sources about them. I felt that I wasn't going to study at university; it was really hard to choose, and I thought, 'Oh my god, what should I do?' Then one day at a family gathering, I met my cousin who had finished a national university in Uzbekistan four or five years ago, and I told him that I had no idea which university I was going to attend. So he told me about the university he had graduated from. Based on his personal experience, he told me about this university, saying that all the teachers are professionals and they all know their work. He also said that there is no corruption; everything is honest, and you will get enough knowledge that you want. After his words, I kind of wanted to study there, and the day of the test came, and I did well. Then after two days, I got my results, and fortunately, I entered this university. I was really happy about that. I've just finished my second year of studying here, and looking back, I realize that this was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I have no regret about listening to the advice from my cousin.
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