For an applicant with a 4-year Bachelor's plus a 2-year Master's from Pakistan, where WES assessed the combination as a "Double Bachelor's" instead of recognizing the Master's, the group gave two concrete directions rather than accepting the result as final:
- Contact WES directly and dispute the assessment. Group members flagged this as a known and repeated issue — WES has reportedly made this type of error before (misclassifying degree combinations), and it's worth raising the discrepancy with them directly rather than assuming the evaluation is correct or final.
- Consider IQAS as an alternative ECA provider. Members noted that IQAS has a track record of recognizing a Pakistani master's degree as a genuine Master's (rather than reclassifying it), which is relevant if you're deciding whether to pursue a second ECA rather than dispute the first.
- Search the group/community first, since this specific WES-vs-Master's-recognition issue for Pakistani applicants comes up frequently — prior threads may have more detail on successful dispute outcomes or IQAS experiences.
Practical takeaway: don't treat a WES "double bachelor's" result as automatically final if you completed a genuine master's degree — first try disputing directly with WES, and if that doesn't resolve it, weigh whether a fresh ECA through IQAS (despite the added cost) is likely to produce a more accurate result based on other Pakistani applicants' experiences.