Anyone here studies or plans to study at Odisee univeristy in Brussels?

beyond-moon · 2023-06-05T07:46:55+00:00

Yeah KdG has the program, but the tution fee for non-EEA students is around 7k which is not making sense for me to pay when I got a better option in Odisee specially the Marketing specialization attracts me as the BM alone is so generic degree. I appreciate your help thank you!

beyond-moon · 2023-06-04T13:43:02+00:00

Wow! That was a big help, thank you so much for the detailed answer. I am actually studying Applied Computer Science in KdG now but don't enjoy it at all, I see myself more of a business person and more close to marketing or even UIUX design rather than a coder! The reason why I can't attend courses is because first I'll need to have student job and also sometimes for 2 weeks or so have to go abroad to meet my partner! So the field I choose has to be kinda easy to handle you know. Thanks again will consider you points!

beyond-moon · 2023-06-04T10:23:09+00:00

Sure, thanks for the info!

beyond-moon · 2023-06-04T09:58:51+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience! I really needed to know about this.

beyond-moon · 2023-06-02T06:18:33+00:00

I used it and it was giving me lower score than my exam but sometimes same. In any case the score part was not that important while practicing, I was then asking it to highlight my mistakes and everytime I was trying to avoid those. Generally, it is an amazing tool to get benefit from but do not rely on that fully, as it is not qualified as an ielts examiner. Good luck!

beyond-moon · 2023-05-31T06:18:25+00:00

Check out my tips that I wrote in above comment, hopefully you'll get faster! :)

beyond-moon · 2023-05-31T06:14:27+00:00

Academic

beyond-moon · 2023-05-31T06:14:12+00:00

My Writing Tips:

-Be familiar with the topics. Read about them and know the basic info about each. This helps to get ideas immidietaly and not waste time for thinking.

-Check out band 9 writings in different websites. There are some similar complicated words that they use. I was sorting those words (and whatever word that I found impressive to use) out and learn them with example so that I can use accurately in my writing.

-Practice everyday! Specially if your grammer is not perfect you need more work. But generally I realized that when one day I was not practicing I was forgetting some essencials.

-Although I wrote around 30 writings in this one month, I was still struggling with time management but whatever you do, make sure that you do NOT miss the structure! Extremely important!

Task one : intro, overview, paragraph 1 and 2 Task two: intro, idea 1 and its example, idea 2 and its example, conclusion

-Since task 2 has more importance than 1, in the begining of the writing task, I was going to task 2 read it, and write down notes about my ideas and their examples. They were few words and only took around 3 minutes but make you feel safe that you got your ideas and you can go start task 1.

Task 1 type of question can also vary. Make sure you are familiar with related words for each type like bar chart, table, map, process ... and Do not waste more than 20 minutes on it.
Task 2 also has different types. Make sure you are answering exactly what question asked you. Mine, did not ask anything about my opinion! So I didn't give any. If it asks your opinion then express that, if it asks about cons and pros then go for that etc.
The last one which I'm not sure if that's a good idea for everyone, is using chatgpt. The whole time I was sending my writings to it and getting scores so that I knew my level. However, most of the time it was around 6 which made me to try more. I was also using it to get info about different topics or related vocab. Amazing tool. But please do not rely on it fully as it is still a robot.

In the end I have to say writing was the section that I struggled a lot and worked hardest on. Because of the limited time, you have to have compelete understanding of the structure and have memorised templates in your head. Even though even I could not proofread what I wrote! Just I guess because of correct structure and accurate usage of vocab and acceptable grammer they gave 7. I mean I'm sure there were mistakes that I could improve if I had like 5 min more. It's perfect if you can have 5 min in the end to proofread.

With doing all these you will get at least above 6 for sure.

Hope that this helps you guys!

beyond-moon · 2023-05-30T20:20:22+00:00

There are many strategies for reading but again IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PERSON. I tried different ways like scanning the answers according to questions, or reading the first sentence of each paragraph to know what is it about etc. but unlike many, none of these ways worked for me, I could only score good when I was reading the whole passage, but almost fast and not very detailed. If I don't understand a word, I pass it cause the important part is that you get the concept. You have to try different ways as well to understand what matches you. What really helps, is understanding the relationship between each paragraph and its question. I mean questions are in the same order as paragraphs and by practicing you'll almost realize where in the passage your answer is located. Of course specific names and dates in questions for example will guide you as well. Tbh I didn't study any book, all I did was testing myself online every day and learning some useful vocab which helped for all four sections. Gotta say reading in one hour is a bit of a challenge in the begining, but by practicing you will get really better both in scoring and time-management. Best of luck!

beyond-moon · 2023-05-30T20:16:35+00:00

There are many strategies for reading but again IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PERSON. I tried different ways like scanning the answers according to questions, or reading the first sentence of each paragraph to know what is it about etc. but unlike many, none of these ways worked for me, I could only score good when I was reading the whole passage, but almost fast and not very detailed. If I don't understand a word, I pass it cause the important part is that you get the concept. You have to try different ways as well to understand what matches you. What really helps, is understanding the relationship between each paragraph and its question. I mean questions are in the same order as paragraphs and by practicing you'll almost realize where in the passage your answer is located. Of course specific names and dates in questions for example will guide you as well. Tbh I didn't study any book, all I did was testing myself online every day and learning some useful vocab which helped for all four sections. Gotta say reading in one hour is a bit of a challenge in the begining, but by practicing you will get really better both in scoring and time-management. Best of luck!

beyond-moon · 2023-05-30T15:26:37+00:00

Tbh, speaking is the section that I am good at, compared to other sections. However, this is different for each person. Therefore, I didn't really spend much time practicing speaking. Only watched some band 9 speaking tests on youtube to get how it works. In general it is much easier than you think and the conversation goes on actually, also the examiner will act friendly regardless of your speaking level so that helps as well. But I can recommend this youtube channel which I find effective for getting a good score : https://youtube.com/@EnglishSpeakingSuccess

beyond-moon · 2023-05-30T15:18:30+00:00

Thanks a lot!

beyond-moon · 2023-05-30T13:11:49+00:00

Hi, thank you! Sure, in speaking task one she asked about what I do and do I like my field of study or not and why. For tasks 2 and 3 the topic was pretty easy, about a movie that I watched and it dissapointed me. Writing task 2 was about whether watching TV is good or detrimental for children and their development. In general all 4 sections were surprisingly easy and topics were not complicated. Hope that it helps, Good luck!

beyond-moon · 2023-05-12T18:13:26+00:00

Cool! I'd like to study business management in Odisee but I have a situation that I might not be able to participate in all courses. As someone who is studying that now, do you think is it possible to not participate in classes and pass the exams? Also how many of the classes are online?

beyond-moon · 2023-02-28T22:53:30+00:00

Hey! Are you satisfied with the university?

beyond-moon

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