Based on my experience (and opinion), it seems he will have to choose Bachelor's
If you look at the ECA report for a candidate with more than 2 degrees assessed, there are 2 important things to look at.
1. The Canadian equivalency summary (at the top)
2. The equivalency for each degree.
The Canadian equivalency at the top is the most important. E.g for my ECA i had: Bachelor Degree (4 years) and Master's Degree
Each degree then had it's own individual assessment.
Based on that, I would advise the candidate to choose bachelor's.
I read it too. I have First division in masters but Second division(below 55%) in bachelors. Does it mean that I would not get any assessment for post secondary study?
I have already created the profile on WES and added both the degrees. Awaiting for transcripts from the university.
Like I said, there is hardly any concurrence on this but I see your point.
Someone who gets 1 year of graduate study is 'more' entitled to claim "Two or more..." than someone who has been evaluated as a 4 year Bachelors degree. Even though the ECA conversion chart liberally makes use of the terms post-Bachelors and post graduate, it doesn't mention '1 year of graduate study' explicitly anywhere hence the requirement for all this debate.
Guess they finally updated "one-year of graduate study with a focus in [area of concentration] " in the ECA Conversion chart so it shouldn't be an issue anymore right?
Guess they finally updated "one-year of graduate study with a focus in [area of concentration] " in the ECA Conversion chart so it shouldn't be an issue anymore right?
Indeed it should not be an issue any more as long as it is mentioned in the ECA summary itself along with the individual equivalencies.
Finally CIC included this in their website, had this been done a while back so many of us would already be in Canada by now! we wasted so much of our precious time in resolving this issue!
so to summarize the summary has to say "Bachelor AND one-year graduate study". is the area of concentration essential, as i didn't see that in any of the summaries here on the forum.
Plus i realized on the CIC page they don't have the footnotes regarding accepting only ICAS.
so to summarize the summary has to say "Bachelor AND one-year graduate study". is the area of concentration essential, as i didn't see that in any of the summaries here on the forum. Yes ideally the summary should have "Bachelor AND one-year graduate study". Some in the forum did report such ECA outcomes. Plus one can always write to WES to make the requisite changes. Lately WES seems to be quite flexible with client's requests
Plus i realized on the CIC page they don't have the footnotes regarding accepting only ICAS. They had it sometime back. Now as per the latest CIC information it no more has any footnotes specific to ICAS or WES
I have a Bachelor and 1.5yrs of graduate study from my WES report.
Does this count as "two or more degrees"?
I just declared Bachelors in my application
I have a Bachelor and 1.5yrs of graduate study from my WES report.
Does this count as "two or more degrees"?
I just declared Bachelors in my application
I have a Bachelor and 1.5yrs of graduate study from my WES report.
Does this count as "two or more degrees"?
I just declared Bachelors in my application
I do not agree with that statement as its clearly written on cic website that you can claim 2 degrees for a bachelor AND these
one-year of graduate study with a focus in [area of concentration]
Study Toward a Master's Degree
Unfortunate for all of us who have completed a masters degree in India. We produce many of the best researchers/engineers but still our degrees are not recognized.