The fact that this thread is not stretching as quickly as the RAY of HOPE 53rd Draw did is a good indication for things to come. Most of the 450's and 460's are cleared. And most importantly this fact aligns with the podcast i watched yesterday evening from 2 RCIC certified consultant which was immediately posted online after Nov 19 changes.
One of the two consultants, the predictions she made with so much confidence, has been the case so far. And if the 54th draw breaks the goddamn benchmark of 450, then it is good news. In her prediction, the consultant said, by the end of 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2017, the norm will be 425-430. And by the end of this year, cut-off score can get up to 390. So far her predictions has been in line with draws so far. She even predicted that the first few rounds after Nov 19 changes CIC will clear up the 460 - 470 candidates and with that there will so much less candidates, 450 cut-off will be breached. Only the next draw will tell us how correct her prediction is. She made her predictions with 2000 ITA's per draw, however we are seeing ITAs' in excess of 3000. The reason she gave was since CIC is so far behind with reaching its target, cut-offs will have go down to accommodate target quota of 70K + via EE and also now the paper applications from the past has been almost all gone. There aren't new candidates with high north of 400s' enough to accumulate 2000 ITAs' in 2 weeks.
FST has been highly affected. Old bulls were going through with the help of LMIA's. Now there chance is next to 0. Their core human capital will stand around 250 and even with LMIA's they can get up to around 300. They don't even have high school diplomas forget about CBL 7 or 8. One of the consultant said before Nov 19, she was only creating EE profile if the client had LMIA. Poor cow cos she only deals with FST clients. Those consultants are suggesting their existing clients with FST, don't even bother with LMIA anymore. In fact, one of the consultant was withdrawing LMIA even after paying for it. Listening to those old cows in the 50 minutes podcast was not pleasurable until the last 5 minutes

Hence guys, good things are on the way! Wednesday is going to be of significant relevance for her predictions. So far so good
Cheers.
Nice post mate. Some of the seniors and old timers of the forum have been predicting a similar direction for the CRS but with caution. I wish this draw breaks are predictions and myths. I wish all the people who are waiting for an ITA purely on human capital may recieve it soon