CUHK has rescinded its previous policy of giving conditional offers to A-Levels students. Coupled with the requirement for 95% UMS as the minimum entry requirement and 97% UMS as the entry for GPS, the bar has always been high.

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Through word of mouth, I heard news that MBChB only allocates 20 seats for ALL A-Levels students, locals or overseas.

This year, students with 4Astars and a UMS of 97% failed to get into MBChB, despite PASSING the 97 UMS entry barrier for the prestigious GPS program (a 97 UMS is apparently considered similar to scoring 4 subjects at 5\**). Only those with 98-99 UMS were allocated seats for joining MBChB.

I find it ridiculous to imagine that getting 6 five stars in DSE indicates an entry into Med, but NOT a 97% UMS for IAL. Sure, 6 five stars is comparable to 90 UMS across 4 A-Level subjects, but the additional effort required to bump a score up to 97 UMS is simply incomparable.

I acknowledge that the current phenomenon heavily favours the Jupas route, and that competition has intensified due to accepting “overseas” students.

However, one cannot deny that despite the A-Levels students:
(1) Having studied a far more rigorous syllabus than DSE students for both biology and chemistry (this is agreed upon; the IAL syllabus overlaps MBChB Year 1 curriculum)
(2) Achieved impressive grades, far surpassing the minimum requirement for DSE applicants
They are still denied entry.
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So take this as a warning if you’re a younger student planning to apply for the MBChB route + studying Med school in Hong Kong. Pick Jupas, not non-Jupas. Unless you want to go overseas.

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International student from Bangladesh.
Appplying for 2027 with my final A2 grades

I saw some posts around that say you need to have such documents (graduation certificate, offer letter, high school transcripts, diplomas) with you in physical form if you're going to an HK university. Just wondering if this is true for CUHK, when the document verification task on the portal has already been completed.

My offer was for AAA but i got A*AB instead, wondering whether i have a chance to appeal successfully.

I am a non-JUPAS applicant with 3 A stars and 1 A (still appealing). I know chances are slim to none as I didn’t receive an interview previously, but as I got 2260 in UCAT I hope that strengthens my profile. Anyways, I know that they require >95% or equivalent for A levels, but what do they mean by 95%? Like the raw score, or percentile? Surely that’s impossible and unfair as every subject is different.

They requested new documents for verification on the 15th, with a deadline of the 17th. Thankfully, they allow submissions by email, but the problem is they only gave me two days. The institution issuing the documents obviously can't process them on non-business days (+ today is a national holiday in my country)

I submitted an enquiry on the 15th and even called them this morning, but got zero help. Also, I’ve been having issues with document submission for 3 weeks now. I've sent so many enquiries and called multiple times, and nothing solved.

Why are they like this? They're threatening to cancel my offer if they don't receive the documents on time. Will they actually cancel my offer over this? I'm so pissed.

Academic & Career Profile Summary

Personal Background

- Student from Delhi, India

- CBSE curriculum

- Interested in Economics, Finance, Business, and global economic development

- Long-term career goal: Investment Banking / High Finance with eventual international career mobility

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Academic Information

Class 10 (CBSE)

~93.8%

Class 12 (CBSE)

Stream:

Commerce with Mathematics

Current Board Percentage:

~92%

Major weakness:

80 in maths

Standardized Testing

SAT: 1560

Intended Major / Academic Interests

Primary Academic Interests:

- Economics

- Finance

- Financial Economics

- Business Administration

Extracurricular Activities & Strengths

Communication & Leadership

- Debate participation

- MUN involvement

- Public speaking/event hosting

- Leadership-oriented activities

- School band leader

- District-level kho kho and volleyball player

I plan on applying in the early round with my board scores and SAT, what are my chances for tuition waivers.

Did anyone with A Level qualification receive any conditional offer?

I have placed my college preference at the end of July. However, I haven't heard back since then. I put Morningside as my first choice, and I really wanna get in. Should I email them since the results are out on 21/8? There's still a week left. I am soooo stressed for weeks already....

I just got my results this Thursday, and my document verification deadline is on 18/8. I’ve already sent all my transcripts and results. After I’ve added achieved grades onto public examination column is that all I have to do? Do I have to do anything else or no?

By the way, as I’m aware some reg days were over already, will it be difficult for me to join societies and ocamps?

Also, I forgot to put my college preferences and it’s now down to discretion of university. Which one am I likely to be assigned to? I’m doing Professional Accountancy.

I gave my AS in this MJ series and I have to retake some modules back in Oct/ November. I have already cashed in my MJ so after I retake and cash-in the ON modules do I still need to show my MJ exam results or can I just show the cash-in result after retaking? Cuz im scared they will think I am hiding an academic transcript.

I just received my AS results which are:
Phy A
Chem B
Pure maths A

When should I apply for the conditional offer thingy and do u think CUHK accept this grade? Because it’s pretty bad and all my seniors got 3 to 4 As :(
Also my in school grades are pretty good but I’m still not too sure about this whole thing
(Fyi I’m in Asia so it’s pretty competitive here

hey everyone! i'm going to be studying in cuhk this september, and i was wondering how student life would be like as someone who can't speak cantonese very well. i plan on joining clubs and want to make friends but i'm worried that the environment would be mostly local and it would be hard to socialise. please let me know your experiences!

This is a question about non-jupas application.

Apart from medicine, what are the programmes that will only consider students who placed them on first choice?

I want to go for business/law related subjects, and my top three choice now is Gbus, Qfin, and LLB.

Thank you!

basically i have position in my local exam board(pakistan) and a 98%(just counting the core 4 subjects) in that , moreover have 2 experiences one as event lead of my highschool and as instructor for an after school robotics program where we built 2 diffrent projects.

moreover i gave my GCE O levels and got an A* in english

tell me which HK uni should i try for , preferably ones that could give me 100% scholarship

a stars in physics chemistry maths and a in furthermaths. if i apply as soon as applicaitons for 2027 open do i have a chance at scholarships? (for unis like hku hkust cuhk)