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IELTS Academic Task 1: Bar Chart — Education
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The chart below shows the factors students said influenced their choice of university. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (percentage of students naming each factor; students could choose more than one factor, so the figures do not total 100%). Academic reputation was named by 62% of students, graduate employment rates by 55%, and location by 48%. Tuition cost was chosen by 41% and campus facilities by 33%. Reputation was the most influential factor and facilities the least, with a gap of 29 percentage points between them.
Examiner focus: Note the multiple-response basis early, then rank the five factors and group the two outcome-focused ones (reputation, employment).
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