HKCEE grading curve in 2008: A% was 3, C or above% was 25, E or above% was 74. 26% of the grades were either F or U (unclassified; the worst).
HKAL grading curve in 2008:
AL subjects: A% 3.8, C or above% 23, E or above% 74
AS subjects: A% 1.6, C or above% 18, E or above% 80
A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 1, and E = 1
The stats apply only to students under JUPAS scheme. Some students got into HKU under early admission scheme based on stellar HKCEE grades (usually 7A or 8A and above); they enroll a year earlier than their peers and avoid A-level altogether. These students, the best based on HKCEE results, are excluded from the tables. These students, along with internationals, take away some of the offers available and that’s why you see “total number of offers issued is less than 10” for fields like IBGM.
Look at only the average scores; the percentile tables appear to have errors all over.</p>
<p>BSC(AC) Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Sciernce
BA(AS) Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
BA Bachelor of Arts
BA&BED(LangEd-Eng) Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education in Language Education - English (4 years)
BBA/BBA(Acc&Fin) Bachelor of Business Adminisration/Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance</p>
<p>BBA(IS) Bachelor of Business Admministration(Information Systems)
BBA(IBGM) Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business and Global Management)
BBA(Law) Bachelor of Business Admninistration (Law)
BChinMed Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (5 years)
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Environmantal Engineering)
BENG(CivE-Law) Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Law)
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery (5 years)
BECON/ BECON&FIN Bachelor of Economics/ Bachelor of Economics and Finance</p>
<p>BED(CHIN) Bachelor of Education in
BED(ENG) Language Education
(4 years)
- Primary and Junior Secondary Chinese
- Primary English
BED(LibSt) Bachelor of Education
(Liberal Studies)
(4 years)
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic and Communications Engineering
BSC(Exercise& Health) Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health
BSS(GL) Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws)
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Technology Management
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Information Engineering
BJ Bachelor of Journalism
LLB Bachelor of Laws (4 years)
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Logistics Engineering and Supply Chain Management
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (Building Services Engineering)
BENG Bachelor of Engineering in Medical Engineering
MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (5 years)
BNURS Bachelor of Nursing (4 years)
BPharm Bachelor of Pharmacy
BSC(QFin) Bachelor of Science (Quantitative Finance)
BSC Bachelor of Science
BSS Bachelor of Social Sciences
BSW Bachelor of Social Work
BSC(SPEECH) Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences (4 years)
BSC(SURV) Bachelor of Science in Surveying</p>
<p>I submitted my HKU and HKUST apps on Janauary 17 and my school docs will reach there by Jan 20th.
When should I be expecting to hear back from them?
Do they have a set deadline on when they will notify the applicants of the result? or are just…unpredictable?</p>
<p>I saw that you may be interested in the actuarial science program at HKU. The actuarial science undergrad program is one of the most loaded (extensive and rigorous) and the best in the world. Last I checked, at least 4 faculty members were Fellows; that’s another sign of a very strong program because many schools don’t even have one Fellow. In terms of admission difficulty, it is one of the three most competitve programs in Hong Kong. Waterloo has a very strong program and it’s probably just as good, if not better.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if applying for scholarships at Hong Kong University wll affect our admission?? Usually admissions are affected in colleges in the states if we apply for scholarships… so I was wondering if it was the same for HKU.</p>
<p>Ps: I’m attending an international school in China but not Chiinese</p>
<p>I don’t think so but that’s just my guess. HKU scholarships always seem to be merit-based. My guess is if you are exceptional, they will give it to you. Otherwise, they could just admit you without giving you what you asked for.</p>
<p>Hey~
Can I ask something. I applied to HKU (Econs/Finance) around Decemeber, and got an email from them last week asking for supporting docs to be in by 15th Jan (already past).
Anyway, my IB scores are out, I got 37. I did a lot of ECs. I’m trilingual - English, French, Hindi. Do you think I have a chance at the scholarships?
Me cannot afford HK.
And btw. I’m Indian too. Studied the IB in Singapore on scholarship XD
Thankies~</p>
<p>Scholarships dont affect your admission in Hk… They will offer you a place without one if they want to, and if you are good enough they will offer you a scholarship anyway!</p>
<p>I’m a Chinese student from mainland China, and now applying to CUHK and HKUST.
SAT: CR670, Math800, WR720
SATII: MathII800, Physics800, Chemistry770
Programmes:Economics, Finance, IBBA</p>
<p>Those are good scores; you could have tried IBGM. They may treat you as international if you go to an international school with American/IB curriculum.</p>
<p>Sarthak19118,
Actually, his GPA is secondary if he’s taking the national college entrance exam (gaokao). That score would dictate everything.</p>
<p>edisonchan7,
Are you taking gaokao? I am not clear about your curriculum. How’s your chance for Beijing U/Tsinghua (spelling?). If you think Beijing U/Tsinghua is no problem, then you are probably good enough to land an interview with HKU. Once you are in the interview round, it’s your interview performance that matters and you could beat out candidates with better gaokao scores (in essence, gaokao score isn’t everything for HK universities, unlike Beijing/Tsingsua U). I think you can do that because of your English.</p>
<p>edisonchan7: i def think you could get a scholarship if you put your case in front of them!
And as Sam Lee mentioned it depends on gaokao, which I didnt know about…</p>
<p>Sam Lee: Can you please tell me more about the gaokao, for instance will it be a good thing to have a good gaokao whilst in University or applying for further studies(MS) ??
Also what competitive tests should be taking while in the Undergrad program to help me for admission to MS program in future ?!?
Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t totally agree with the author saying it’s all about memorization. To be fair, I am not a fan of gaokao and I think they place too much importance to the exam so that your entire schooling seems to be about getting you ready for this exam. Still, it’s a bit misleading to imply you can do well if you have great memory or memorize everything. The fact is the test is very challenging and you do need quite a bit of IQ to do well. Here’s an example:
[BBC</a> NEWS | UK | Education | Mathematicians set Chinese test](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6589301.stm]BBC”>BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Mathematicians set Chinese test) I don’t see how memorization would help in this case.</p>
<p>just GRE. grad school admission isn’t all that different from college admission, other than the fact that grad school admission no longer cares much about your non-academic ECs; for example, you don’t get points for being a figure skating champion. </p>
<p>GPA, GRE (like SAT), essay, recommendation letters, and research experience (esp. for PhD programs) pretty much cover everything. Of course, any award is gonna help too. </p>
<p>You can just go to some schools’ sites and take a look at some of the applications.</p>
