10A or 10* in IGCSE to get into MBBS in HKU or MBChB in CUHK

homama

Will HKU or CU Medical Faculty accept a student who gets 10A or 10A* in IGCSE into MBBS or MBChB?

73662710

No.
Interview threshold: 10A* and AS 4A(>90%) for early interview before release of AL result
Interview after release of AL result: 4A* >90%

Admission usually if AL=4A* ( all 4 subjects >>90%, usually >95%)
Some students with 4A* were not granted an interview as real score of their 4A* was not high enough!

ANChan59

That's exactly what I know about IGCSE and GCE AL for MBBS

73662710

Also true for MBChB.

ANChan59

In the last Admission talk, the Asso Dean of CUHK Medical School said that for international Qualifications, they aim for students as top 0.5%; for HKDSE, they aim for top 1.5%.

73662710

So may I know which way is easier, DSE vs GCE AL?
Thanks

Shootastar

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One competes with his fellow applicants from the same education system. It is difficult to tell which one is easier to be admitted. For non DSE qualifications, the admission tutors would assess your qualification based on your education system. If you take IB, they would require you a score at least 41 or 42 out of 45.
For AL students, they require 4 or more AL at 4 stars with index over 95 percentile. For the US system, they require SAT I score at least 2,200 above plus 3 SAT2 subjects with score of 800 or at least 5 AP subjects of score 5.

Given the fact that they admitted the top one to 1.5 percent of DSE students, it appears that it is relatively easier for DSE applicants to be admitted.

homama

Many thanks for all your information/remarks.

friendlyguy

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Isn't it AP is of higher level than SATII? Why AP needs 5 subjects while SATII needs only 3?

Shootastar

It is correct that AP is a higher level than SAT II.

However, SAT I and SAT II are the college entrance qualification in the USA. As said, the two medical schools in Hong Kong would assess your qualification  based on the college entrance requirement of your education system. That is why both schools would admit medical students based on the SAT I and SAT II score.
Having said that, if one could obtain 2,200 or above in SAT1, he is in the top 0.5 to 1% of all the students in his cohort. Further, it is quite difficult to obtain 3 subjects of perfect score of 800 (other than Chinese, which is not considered by the admission tutors). Although SAT II  tests are based on multiple choice, you will be deducted certain point for any wrong answer. Usually depending on different subjects, there are 60 to 80 multiple choices to be completed within one hour. If you want to score 800, I am worried that the maximum wrong answer would be around 3. It is quite challenging indeed.

For AP, there is no point deduction for wrong answers in the multiple choices session. Further you will obtain a score of 5 (the highest possible score) with raw marks about 65 to 70 (out of 100), again depending on the subjects. It is relatively "easier" to score 5 in AP than a score of 800 in the same subject of SAT II.

ANChan59

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Thanks for your detail explanation.

dsm

ANChan59 發表於 13-4-25 00:00
In the last Admission talk, the Asso Dean of CUHK Medical School said that for international Qualifi ...

Mecical schools always have the most demanding entrance requirement.
How about other "general" subjects eg. history, biology? (just guess these faculties are not HOT)

What's the least entrance requirement (any subject despite the candidate's interest) to HKU or CU if routing from IB or GCE A levels.

ANChan59

dsm 發表於 13-4-25 17:03
Mecical schools always have the most demanding entrance requirement.
How about other "general" subj ...

We attended those admission talks, most focus on my son's interest and not attend other programs. I strongly recommend your kid attend those admission talks in different universities, normally from late Sept to end of Oct.

I don't have solid idea about the typical range of different programs based on IB or GCE AL, but I did some graphs based on HKDSE results, which may shed some lights on your questions.

HKU DSE 2012


CUHK DSE 2012

dsm

ANChan59 發表於 13-4-25 17:13
We attended those admission talks, most focus on my son's interest and not attend other programs. I ...

Thx for replying so prompt... my son is in junior secondary only, but his interested subjects are inclining to history, philosophy, religious etc, (and more likely he will opt them for senior school)  It seems universities in Hongkong seldom offer these kind of subjects except CU. Glad to know they are not hottest items in CU anyway.
By the way, considering to switch to IB curriculum for him (he is currently under GCE), do you have any idea on IB pts intake {in general} to CU. Perhaps a wild guess... 36? 32? or less?

ANChan59

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I don't want to pretend as an expert, you better ask your son to write an email to CU, they may provide more solid answers.

dsm

ANChan59 發表於 13-4-25 17:45
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I don't want to pretend as an expert, you better ask your son to write an email to  ...

thx anyway.... you have been really helpful.

HIHinsurance

你好

今年仍可以有機會以10A星成績入HKU/CU  面試

CU 難度較高

HKU 難度低一點

我有2位朋友的兒女有面試

一位德瑞, 另一位名牌英國寄宿學校, 一位英基的

英基的等緊OFFER, 前兩者, 已有醫學院conditional offer


面試是在上年12月

2月有offer

我有一些面試的題目,

醫學院面試難度相當高

ANChan59

大家要留意10A是可以申請，但兩大醫學院已經明文規定，自今年開始學生要完成高中才可以入讀。

朋友兒子讀德瑞，11A*都要等一年。

HIHinsurance

港大醫學院主動開條件俾小朋友

港大相當鬼祟, 在EMAIL 覆小朋友時

正常情況下, 我地是不會, 但你可以...

在EMAIL 開一些條件, 你答應便很有機會面試


早的12月面試, 2月便有假期, 新年時左右

12月那批要求高

4月上旬那次面試, 我看大概有120人左右


一般面試, 15分鐘, 代表衰硬

30分鐘-45分鐘, 就很有機會

大概會是10-12條問題

醫學院教授問的問題, 毫不留情, 2位輪流問