I picked up my IELTS results today, and I got 8.5.  Pretty good considering 9 is the top score.  I was kind of scared that I'd fail... because that would just be downright embarassing since I write in English for a living.  Well, I didn't, so there.

Why did I take the IELTS in the first place?  See, I'm planning to go to grad school somewhere in UK ( Read more... )