2024 non jupas HKU offer 一 問

lalalili

Hello. 想問吓各位今年用non jupas 考香港大學，是否比以前難咗好多？我聽到有啲個案predicted 3 A* / 4A*, 唔知點解都冇LLB offer 想問吓大家知唔知最近嘅情況係點？

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lalalili 發表於 24-3-3 10:22
Hello. 想問吓各位今年用non jupas 考香港大學，是否比以前難咗好多？我聽到有啲個案predicted 3 A* / 4A*, ...

是否放first priority?  Early bird round application?

lalalili

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聽過有放first choice, 另－個學生就放2nd , 兩個都冇offer

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lalalili 發表於 24-3-3 19:23
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聽過有放first choice, 另－個學生就放2nd , 兩個都冇offer  ...

有冇面試？

lalalili

one has , one didn't

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Do you have any friends who had similar experiences?

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lalalili 發表於 24-3-3 21:47
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Do you have any friends who had similar experiences?

I have a friend applying for LLB this year and got CUHK LLB offer in January.  She applied in early round.

For experiences in HKU LLB, you can search relevant discussion in the student room for those students applying law in 2023.

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7303028&page=4

In short, HKU is relatively slow in processing applications compared with CUHK or HKUST and HKU’s conditional offer is higher than the other two for the same subject.

The choice doesn’t matter a lot but if it is not the first choice in your application, you won’t receive offer in first round.  You should target at April or beyond to receive news from HKU.

Even if you have received an interview, HKU may process it for a month or so for a decision.  The first round offer should be released in Feb.  If you are not in that round, you will be processed in later rounds as long as there are available seats.  So, not putting in first choice for degrees with small class (20-30 seats), it is definitely not possible to get an offer as they may only give a few offers for non-JUPAS.

ElaiUKStudy

lalalili 發表於 24-3-3 10:22
Hello. 想問吓各位今年用non jupas 考香港大學，是否比以前難咗好多？我聽到有啲個案predicted 3 A* / 4A*, ...

In addition, with grade inflation in the past few years, the basic offer for LLB is 3A* in HKU already.  

Poyau

ElaiUKStudy 發表於 24-3-4 12:01
In addition, with grade inflation in the past few years, the basic offer for LLB is 3A* in HKU alre ...

England has already returned to pre-pandemic standard and Wales will follow this year.

https://qualificationswales.org/news-views/the-return-to-pre-pandemic-gcse-as-and-a-level-standards/

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Poyau 發表於 24-3-4 13:50
England has already returned to pre-pandemic standard and Wales will follow this year.

https://qua ...

Yes but seems university hasn’t lowered the requirements yet. In addition, whether the school has adjusted in their students’ predicted grade yet.

You can see some competitive degrees in U.K. (not necessarily G5) or HK, 3A* or 4A* may not secure a conditional offer. But yet, in U.K., the case is more complicated as PS or interview also played an important role.

lalalili

Hi. That’s what I observed too. Seems that using DSE to apply university in Hong Kong is easier than non jupas now.

ElaiUKStudy

lalalili 發表於 24-3-5 07:41
Hi. That’s what I observed too. Seems that using DSE to apply university in Hong Kong is easier tha ...

Yes or not.  It depends on which degree and the student’s situation.  For example, if language is a problem for your kids, following AL (I am not certain for IB), applying HK universities, using IELTS for meeting English and GCSE Chinese requirement is definitely much easier than DSE.

But for competitive course like Medicine, there are much more seats available for DSE and for these courses, your kids should already be very capable.  For some courses, like LLB, JUPAS doesn’t need to do interview too. That’s no reason to switch to non-JUPAS (just from the angle of application strategy.  Well, whether which curriculum match with your kids is another big topic)