<p>niksy</p>
<p>as long as you got a degree from a US recognized college, i don’t think it matters whether you finish your college in 3 or 4 years. </p>
<p>when i applied to grad schools, not single one of them asked anything about my high school.</p>
<p>I haven’t been up here for ages, but just wanted to say that the standard offer for IBGM for the IB is 40 points.</p>
<p>And also, I just want to clarify Sam Lee’s point that 40 points may seemingly be lenient, but I think its quite a fair condition. Note that the IB INCLUDES 2 LANGUAGES (which even though straight As for HKALE, that is not the case for their language requirements) and 40 points effectively translates to the top 5% in the world in 2007.</p>
<p>I was looking at the site you posted, an ‘A’ in HKALE is about top 4-5%, a ‘7’ in IB is actually about top 8%, ‘A’ in UK A level is about top 20-25%. But I hope you recognise that IB has 6 subjects including Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay etc. - which is equally demanding from my perspective. I personally think that the requirement for IB for other subjects other than IBGM BBA Law, Medi and Law itself are a bit low - which should be scaled up to make the admission process fairer.</p>
<p>@sam lee: i am doing my eng. from HKUST.
Is it’s recognized by US as you meant to say.
So , you have already passed from UST.
What are you doing now. What was your major in UST?</p>
<p>i didn’t go to ust but i met people that went there and then came here for grad schools (i met couple at northwestern).</p>
<p>^Schools like Georgia Tech and Berkeley have exchange programs with UST. It’s not just recognized by US; it’s well-regarded in the academia.</p>
<p>well, sam lee where did you graduate from?
and howz UST reputation in the US…
And i was just worried that i will have 15 years of edu compared to others 16 .
THES 2009 rankings are gonna be out soonn…</p>
<p>UST is pretty much only known to those in the academic circles. That’s just like any foreign universities, except the ones in Britain. But for MBA admission, work experience, leadership skills/potential, recommedations from employers, essays are far more important than where you went for undergrad.</p>
<p>Okay, so I was wanting to ask something :P</p>
<p>Even though they’ve mentioned on their website that meeting competitive reqs doesn’t guarantee admission to HKUST, I’d like to know if I stand a good chance of getting in since I fully meet the competitive reqs.</p>
<p>^Me= International stud =D</p>
<p>so, sam lee i dont have to worry abt that 15-16 stuff?
@sys failure: 75% for india is the minimum marks to apply, i dont know any indian with less than 85% marks</p>
<p>@niksy: that 15-16 shouldnt be a problem also because people who apply from business/economics backgrounds also complete only 15 years of education and not 16…So you shouldnt worry about that :)</p>
<p>You know you could apply to HKUST for MBA. Even that’s like top notch!</p>
<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I am year 13 currently attending an international school in Hong Kong. Does anyone know the IB score required to get into HKU Bachelor of Arts? I know a former year 13 at my school that got a 30 (including extended essay/TOK) that got into HKU Bachelor of Arts. The information the HKU website provides is somewhat vague. It says the requirement is 4 or higher for Higher Level English. If someone could give me a general IB score range that is required, that’d be great.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You need to specify what program since some are a lot harder/easier than the others.</p>
<p>I want to study English in the Bachelor of Arts Program in HKU, a former year 13 at my school is studying in the BA program in HKU and she was predicted a total of 30 points. And 30 is average I guess. So I just wanted to know the points required to get in to the BA program in HKU.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>English is probably not difficult. I can’t imagine many people want to study English. At the risk of overgeneralization, studnets in Hong Kong are very pramatic, if not materialistic. So fields like medicine, law, finance, business, engineering are way more popular and competitive than humanities and most social sciences. Perhaps, this sounds like the situation in America but humanities are still popular here. The situation is more extreme and polar in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what kinda IB score is needed to get into Business Accounting & Finance? Thanks!</p>
<p>could you chance me for hkust please???</p>
<p>International- (Korean, international school in China)</p>
<p>SAT: 780math 710writing 700reading T2190 </p>
<p>SATII: 800MathIIC 800Chinese 630Chem (not sending chem)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.12 weighted (very low because i didnt do any studying until last year; it’ll be raised to 3.3)</p>
<p>NoRank</p>
<p>Courses:
(2 year courses)
IB English A2 HL
IB MANDARIN B HL
IB ECONOMICS HL
IB MATH HL
IB CHEM SL
IB PHYSICS SL</p>
<p>NOT A DIPLOMA CANDIDATE</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Performing Arts (2 years): band member, first chair, first chair in “international band competition among asian international schools”, jazz band first chair </p>
<p>Model UN (4 years): delegates in various conferences, some very hard, looking to be a chair next year</p>
<p>Habitat for Humanity, Campus chapter (4 years): 2 years as regular member, junior year as executive board member, senior year nothing</p>
<p>Prevent-AIDS-club (no name) (3 years): co-founder in sophomore year </p>
<p>Soccer Team (3 years): 2 years in JV, not sure about next year though</p>
<p>Intern (2+ years): Market research in China for a tiny Korean company</p>
<p>Intern2 (< 1year): JUCCCE intern - worked with a lot of ivy grads</p>
<p>Major: hotel management for nyu///business/management/marketing OR industrial engineering</p>
<p>OTHERS:</p>
<p>very fluent in Chinese, (had the HSK of level 7 when i was in seventh grade, going to take it again next year for level 10, 11 highest)</p>
<p>essay-not an unique topic but “very intriguing”- according to my counselor</p>
<p>killer recs because i’ve been sucking up for a while now</p>
<p>NYU (SCPS-hotel management) -ED
Emory
Wake Forest
UMich
USC
Case Western Reserve
Georgia Tech
UIUC
UWisconsin-Madison
UWashington-Seattle
Indiana University
Syracuse
HKUST
NUS</p>
<p>PS: Any suggestions on colleges that are appropriate to my profile?</p>
<p>THANK YOU IN ADVANCE</p>
<p>@collegereally: Perhaps you might want to indicate what courses you are applying to at HKUST, but I reckon you stand a very high chance.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m currently in Grade 12 and will be applying to HKU and HKUST in December…</p>
<p>I’m wondering how much chance i have for both unis…please help >.<!!!</p>
<p>I’m applying to Social Science (Psychology for HKU) and bba for HKUSt</p>
<p>I’m taking AP courses, SAT score was low…(1820) and got a 4 and a 5 on my 2 AP exams…should I take SATII for extra references? </p>
<p>I really want to get into HKU, and I don’t know if I’m gona make it !!! O and also i have a 3.57 GPA</p>
<p>GOD I’m stressing out so much, I just hope I can fastforward the time to the day i receive my letter.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone~!</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I am an Aussie looking to apply for this course. I will be finishing my BCom at UoMelb (with average marks) this semester. I know the top three unis in HK are competitive but how hard is it to get into this course? It’s a relatively obscure major (multidisciplinary) compared to the highly desired places in med/law/business. </p>
<p>I can apply via non-jupas since i have a HK ID card. </p>
<p>So, I am just wondering if an average guy like me with an average bachelor’s from an average uni would be considered at all. Do they just look at marks?</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>The standard is really all over the map. The obscure and non-popular ones are 100x easier. I think you have a good chance as long as there’s no langugage issue. </p>
<p>Mount999,
I’d think HKUST’s BBA is harder to get in than Psychology at HKU since BBA is a hot major. I don’t know if psych is popular but it’s definitely less than BBA.</p>