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IELTS Academic Task 1: Table — Education
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The table below compares four universities on four measures. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows. University A: 24,000 students, 18% of them international, a student-to-staff ratio of 14:1, and annual tuition of $22,000. University B: 9,500 students, 31% international, a ratio of 11:1, and tuition of $34,000. University C: 31,000 students, 12% international, a ratio of 17:1, and tuition of $15,000. University D: 15,000 students, 25% international, a ratio of 12:1, and tuition of $28,000. University C is the largest and cheapest of the four but has the highest student-to-staff ratio, while the smallest institution, University B, is the most expensive and the most international.
Examiner focus: Trade-offs are the story: size against ratio, price against international share — compare in pairs rather than listing all sixteen figures.
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