<p>I haven't heard anything back from HKU either! they are extremely silent...</p>
<p>@asiam: I study in Shanghai, and unfortunately I'm not fluent in Mandarin..although I can speak a bit =]</p>
<p>I just had my interview for Dual Degree HKUST, went on for 17 minutes, I don't think it went that well. They asked me a lot of questions about finance, engineering and why the course. It was way more formal than I expected it to be. There were also two professors interviewing me. In the end they said they would notify the outcome of my application in a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>@ysbera: that sounds kind of scary... is that a phone interview or face-to-face? (I am guessing it's phone). But anyways hope it'll all turned out fine for you :) It's kind of weird that 2 ppl interviewed you via phone... Btw, did they ask you what happened recently and stuffs like that?</p>
<p>@SDG1 a phone interview. Yea I didn't expect for two people to interview me. They didn't really ask me about what happened recently but they did ask me about what kind of business articles I like to read as my teacher in his recommendation wrote about me constantly reading business journals. So to answer this question I talked a bit about the financial crisis and the situation of technological start up companies. </p>
<p>Basically the emphasizes of the interview I think was why the Dual Degree, activities where I hold leadership experiences and what I learned from participating in those activities. </p>
<p>I think only for the Dual Degree was the interview like this. My friend had an interview for Global Business a couple of weeks ago and she said it was supposed to be formal but in the end it was like a relaxed conversation.</p>
<p>My advice: know what you wrote down in your personal statement and your lists of activities and if possible know what your teacher wrote for you in their recommendation. This is because they might ask you about these things.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. Best of wishes.</p>
<p>I am an international in Taiwan, and planning on applying to both HKU and HKUST next year. </p>
<p>The webs say application are processed on "rolling" basis, but it seems many of you got decisions late... so when did you get your acceptance letters? I am also applying to colleges in the US, so if HKU and HKUST release their decisions late, it will be kinda troublesome...</p>
<p>And where did you find the stat like international admission rate? Or the average SAT scores? Is anyone not under American educational system but sending in SAT scores?</p>
<p>Does anyone feel comfortable to post his/her stat? It will be very hopeful. Thanks</p>
<p>@ysbera- completely agree with your advice about interviews, basically dont write anything on your essay that you cant back up, haha. i guess the diff dept. do interviews differently, or maybe its just more rare for a bachelor of science int.applicant(me)..</p>
<p>@yingtinglin- hku has the admission system thing coming up in april, should have your results if you sent them in early enough. and also, you can always email them, i say that so much, haha, but really, if you tell them you need an answer because you have to respond to other schools by a certain date, they might oblige. </p>
<p>Regarding the stats...im a little uncomfortable posting this so ill be sort of general, i dont see a problem with posting it but you can never be to safe...but anyway, im a US applicant for bachelor of science. My SAT scores were in the 1900 range. Math was highest, critical reading not too far behind, and my writing was the worst. tho i think i made up for the writing with my essay. I do a bunch of extracurriculars, right now im in one of my heaviest course/extracurric loads ever, most days i am in school from 7 AM until 9 PM, and always doing something, very tiring, but i love it that way and its manageable even with homework because i can slack off a bit now that ive already applied to colleges and stuff, tho i still keep grades up. my GPA i dont actually know, but on the 100 point scale its above 95, i am in the top 10-20% of my class. and, again, im a us applicant, i hear secondary school here is a joke compared to hong kong =/, maybe its the same with taiwan.</p>
<p>My telephone interview was a short and easy one. It lasted for only 17 minutes, Basic questions were asked. Why HK? Why HKUST? Why BBA? Yada yada yada. It was just a friendly conversation. </p>
<p>@Future interviewees: Yes what ysbera posted is correct, the interviewer did asked accordingly to the contents in my personal statement too. Make sure you remember what you have written in it. If possible, have a copy of it by your side during the interview. Make sure what you say and what you have written earlier are not contradictory. It is time to elaborate what you have written in yous PS to the interviewer during the interview.</p>
<p>@michelleger- Thanks for your stat! Secondary school in Taiwan is extremely competitive, but it is nothing compared to MAINLAND CHINA!!</p>
<p>HKUST admission officers and professors came to my school today!!!</p>
<p>They let us watch some videos and then we asked questions. Somehow, my schoolmates knew HKUST as little as possible(most Taiwanese graduate from high school and go to local universities), so it seemed that I was the only one asking and talking.</p>
<p>So there's some tips they gave me:</p>
<ul>
<li>If you have US /European countries passport, apply as an American/European instead of Chinese or Asian. This will certainly boost your chance since HKUST admitted fixed number of international students from certain countries. The American/European pools are much less competitve. However, if you are a HKer, you should go as a HKer.</li>
</ul>
<p>-Try to visit the campus. It is encouraged to go to HKUST for interviews.</p>
<p>-The school of engineering actually stresses on your grades/scores over anything else. However, if you apply to school of business, you should have a nice EC and leadership.</p>
<p>-HK government just amended the law: all graduates from HK universities can stay/work in HK as long as they please</p>
<p>-About 20% engineering students in study abroad program; 20% engineering students work 1 year before they graduate</p>
<p>-Also, I asked them about the "rolling" system. They said they dont have certain time to notify students their decisions. Rather, they would give EXCELLENT students admissions VERY FAST. SO WHEN APPLICANTS RECEIVE NOTIFICATION ACTUALLY DEPENDS ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.</p>
<p>Overall, I think the professors are nice. I think it is rather easy to get into HKUST as an international if compared to other top-notch universities in the world. But it is hard to survive once people get into HKUST because they have to compete with students from Mainland china.</p>
<p>@yingtinglin- wow thanks for all that info. its really helpful, im especially happy about the law about hk graduates!! do you know if you can work with a student visa tho while in uni? i hear you cant, but maybe they changed that too =P yeah, they really want those US/euro students it seems! the hku welcome page for them is quite...welcoming..haha. =)</p>
<p>@Saule, welcome to the group, it seems like HKU is sticking to its word, only in April will they send out offers of admission. When I was applying tho, the website and forms said March. What part of Europe are you from?
@michelleger I read a website that Hong Kong had relaxed working regulations for the 2008-2009 year and onwards for students, in terms of part-time and summer employment but as for the validity of the web site who knows. The best thing to do is to check with CEDARS at HKU.</p>
<p>HKUST's EMBA is awesome!</p>
<p>Hey, asiam, i am from Eastern Europe, Baltic region..., extremely far away from HK. Yet, i think that these circumstances increase my chances..;DD BWT does any of IB students here study Maths HL?</p>
<p>@ Saule, thats a good attitude to have. Well I don't think that there has ever been any one from My country (The Bahamas) at HKU. So I will be the first.</p>
<p>@yingtinglin: do you know what exactly it means by "VERY FAST"? like a month ? =/ uh-oh I feel so nervous now! </p>
<p>anyways, thanks for all the tips for the interview!! mine's coming up next week :)</p>
<p>hey you people...i just got an admission offer from HKUST to the BEng (Electrical) with HK$ 60,000 scholarship per year, was kinda hoping for more. :) .</p>
<p>Anyone else with an offer for the electrical eng department at HKUST?</p>
<p>Hey khan91, i just received offer from HKUST as well!Yet i am in a BBA program, still we will be members of the same university.. so Congradulations!</p>
<p>Congratulations guys!</p>
<p>I just received an email that my decision will be finalized in a couple of weeks. hah...</p>
<p>wow congrats everyone! so excited to hear that many of you are going to UST, although i have heard nothing from them =(, im guessing i dont have too much of a chance to be accepted at UST since they have not given me any feedback yet...wonder if they know i applied to hku? but yeah ill be an HKU-er then which im perfectly happy with =D anyone get accepted to HKU yet and is going?</p>
<p>michelleger think positively ;) I don't think they know u applied to hku, since i did it as well and i already have an offer. Not only from HKUST but from CUHK as well. So now i am waiting HKU decision. R u already accepted to hku?</p>