Band 7: Describe your journey to your college (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I live in a village, so I have to go to the city for my education. I am studying in the 12th grade. My college is very far away from my home, so I use the college transport, which is a minibus. It usually arrives early in the morning at about 7 am, half an hour before college starts. Describing the situation in the minibus, I would say that it is very crowded, and I get a seat very rarely, which makes me feel exhausted and tired at the start of the day. Because of this situation, I really can't focus on my studies in the first lecture. Another problem with the transport is that it often doesn't arrive on time, and I frequently miss my first lecture, which results in fines for coming to class late consistently. I think this is a significant problem for me, and my journey to college is very tiring, and I am not satisfied with it. I would really appreciate it if I could change my transport in the future for college, and we are also trying to arrange something better than this. I hope the situation will improve in the future because we have complained to the college administration about the situation, and they have promised to increase the number of minibuses on our route. I believe the conditions will become better, and the journey will improve for me in the upcoming future or in the near days. I am hoping for the best.

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I live in a village so I have to go to the city for the education. I am studying in the 12th grade. So as my college is very far away from my home so I use the college transport which is a minibus. It usually arrives early in the morning at about 7 am, half an hour before the college starts. Describing the situation in the minibus I will say that it is very crowded and I get a seat very rarely which makes me feel exhausted and tired at the start of the day. And because of this situation I really can’t focus on my studies in the first lecture. Also one problem about the transport is that it really doesn’t arrive on time and I often miss my first lecture and also get fined in case of coming to class late consistently. So I think this is a great problem for me and my journey to the college is very tiring and I am not satisfied with it. I will really appreciate if I can change my transport in future for my college and we are also trying to arrange something better than this. I hope the situation will improve in the future because we have complained to the college administration about the situation and they have promised us to increase the number of minibuses in our route. So I think the condition will become better and the journey will improve for me in the upcoming future or in the near days. I am hoping for the best.

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