I wanted to bring this account to the community’s attention: u/Fuzzy_Credit_9091.

The account appears to be heavily promoting Alfa across PTE-related Reddit posts, repeatedly recommending Alfa and defending its scoring/preparation. The comment in the screenshot is one example.

What makes this even more suspicious is that when you check the account profile, most of the account details/activity are hidden, making it difficult to see any genuine history or background behind the account.

Another user has also called out the account for repeatedly commenting on posts and promoting Alfa.

I’m not claiming I can definitively prove that this is a bot or an official Alfa account, but the combination of repeated Alfa promotion, the account’s posting pattern, and the lack of visible profile information raises concerns about whether this is genuine community participation or undisclosed promotion.

If you come across this account and believe its activity violates Reddit or subreddit rules, please report the relevant posts/comments through Reddit’s reporting system so the moderators can review it.

Just sharing this so the community is aware and can make its own judgment.

Hi everyone, I’m preparing for the PTE Academic exam, and I came across Nakul PTE’s videos. In one of his videos, he mentioned a strategy for Summarize Written Text (SWT) where you pick from the passage, one sentence from the beginning, one from the middle, and one from the end of the passage, and combine them into a single sentence. sentence1, and sentence2, but sentence3.

He mentioned that this strategy will work 100%.

Has anyone here actually tried this method in the real PTE exam? How effective is it, especially if I’m aiming for a high score (79+/90)?

I’m wondering whether it is safe to rely on this strategy or whether it’s better to understand the main idea and summarize the key points in my own words.

Reference video: 13:42 – PTE in 20 Minutes 🔥 Complete Strategy to Score 90

Would really appreciate feedback from anyone who has tried this method. Should I follow this trick for SWT?

Hi, do you think I’ll be in the exam itself, given these apeuni mock test score? I’m kinda worried because I need 76+ for speaking, then around 60+ for the other sections. My exam is in a few days

I just received my PTE scores today but it is very interesting. I thought I did very badly on speaking and listening to the point I cannot sleep and did fairly well on reading and writing part.
But the scores tell me otherwise. Have you experienced this?

I just scraped the above 70 for reading and missed out on the 85 for writing.

Is it worth appealing as this gives me proficient but really need superior for my visa?
I’m not sure what to do it’s so expensive to just re-sit.

I was actually looking at everyone score for last few weeks and getting motivated, i gave my PTE on 12th of August and received a result today.

I thought my exam went so bad that i would not even receive a proficient score but god grace

I guess the only thing i did was practice in language academy portal and my usual score was speaking: 78-80 writing: 72-75 reading: 65-70 and listening:80-85

In the test i did not do any multiple choice questions in reading, was hesitant on SGD, and RTS, def had grammar mistakes in essay, and used connectors in SWT but only changed 2-3 simple words.

Someone is asking me for my passport and other details for PTE exam voucher. I am afraid to share these things with anyone.

Hey guys! Just took my PTE earlier today and got my results within a few hours. Just thought I'd come on this subreddit and share more information about what I did and resources that might be helpful for others to prepare and hopefully calm some nerves.

Firstly, I think it's important that to share my background and relevant context. Two people will need different amounts of preparation if their background is different. My background:

• Age: 22
• Nationality: Indian
• Experience with English language: grew up speaking English and Hindi at home, went to British and American schools, and did my bachelors from UBC in Canada. Growing up I didn't read a lot but in the past year I've read about 12 books in English. I'd say I'm more comfortable communicating in English vs Hindi.

My preparation:

• Total hours spent (yes I'm kinda weird and kept track): 6 hours
• Money spent: 0$ (more on this later)
• What I did:
  • 30 mins: searched "PTE core" on youtube and gathered good resources for me to use (sharing what I actually used below)
  • 3 hours: took some notes while watching a 2 hour crash course on PTE core on youtube for free. He breaks down the structure of the exam and some strategies on how to prepare which was helpful to know what to expect. He also shares some templates and tricks which seemed gimmicky and I skipped past those sections. The biggest takeaway from that crash course was: make sure to include key words from the image / prompt / paragraph in your response. Not a promotion but here is the link.
  • 2 hours: found a playlist that goes over some practice questions for free. This was particularly helpful as it was my first time doing practice and made me realize questions like answering a short question in speaking can be tricky. The added bonus was that some similar questions did come in the exam. Not a promotion again but here is the link. I would practice along where possible while watching and spent more time on videos where I felt I needed more practice. On average I'd say I watched 15 minutes of each video (some on 1.75x speed)
  • 30 mins: on the day of the exam I spent some time reviewing specific sections of that crash course I watched to refresh what the grading criteria is and how best to meet it.
• What I would have done differently:
  • On the day of the exam, I came across the resources available on my PTE. They have a package available for around $30 CAD with access for one week (higher cost if you want access for longer periods). It includes 15 mock tests and over 1000 individual questions practice. Given I had spent $550 CAD for the PTE core, I felt stupid not coming on the resources page earlier and doing a few hours of practice on here. I did do the free AI practice and it was helpful to see how scoring is done (I thought I bombed some questions in the practice but my score was higher than expected which calmed my nerves). The one I'm referring to is called "Official PTE Academic AI Practice".
    • Knowing what I know now, I would still watch that 2 hour crash course and then would pay the 30 bucks and spend a few hours doing practice on there.

The actual test itself:

• I got super lucky as there was only 1 other person taking the test in the same slot as me, while the testing room could accommodate about 20 people. The examiner put us on opposite ends of the room so there was essentially no background noise.
• With some question types, like describe image and respond to a situation in speaking, and summarize spoken text, MCQs and highlight incorrect words in listening, there is very limited time to prepare. As I hadn't done a mock before, I did not know what to expect, and felt rushed to respond quickly with limited time to review the question. This is where doing some practice on the official PTE resources would have helped. For instance, in one describe image my response did get cut off as I wasn't keeping track on how much time I had left to respond.

Hope that is helpful to folks preparing for the PTE core. Best of luck to everyone! Happy to answer more questions in the comments.

Can somebody explain what just has happened in writing?
Superior in all except writing…..
Can somebody guide please???
Rescore? Is it technical error or

Something