Which English certificate is the best?

Question

Hi everybody,
my question is meant for studenst from all the EU primarily.
I'm a student from Slovakia and in next few months I'll have to make probably on of the biggest decision of my life - where to study. I don't want to stay here in Slovakia, who have heard about SVK, knows why. So, I really want to study on "VIA University College" in Denmark. A lot of slovaks are studying there, which is a big plus. But at first, I need to have English language test. They accept: IELTS, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge ESOL-minimum CAE and TOEIC. And here come my question. Which one, is the easiest and which one is the most difficult? Have you any experiences with these tests?
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

TOEIC is by far the easiest. If they are accepting it, they are not such a good school! The test is 100% multiple choice, and the language is very simple.

IELTS is harder, but easier than TOEFL or CAE. IELTS will get you into every university in the EU (and most outside it).

TOEFL is harder than IELTS. There is some memorisation of passages required and some of the writing tasks are too artificial. This test probably has more respect attached to it than IELTS as IELTS scores can vary from country to country.

CAE is the hardest. It is a great course, but is usually done by students who want to reach great heights with their English.