Clear road ahead for Hong Kong DSE students seeking HKU medical degree
I fully support the University of Hong Kong’s decision to let youngsters keen to pursue a medical degree at HKU know how much they need to score well in advance of sitting the Diploma of Secondary Education exam, as early as four months before. This will eliminate the guesswork on the part of the students regarding their chances of qualifying, and even prevent students from being reluctant to apply for fear of being rejected, as it is a highly competitive programme.
So far, the students have depended on the previous intake’s minimum score for acceptance to get an idea of their chances and apply through the JUPAS (Joint University Programmes Admissions System). Greater clarity in admission criteria could reverse the trend of low admission rates for DSE students applying via JUPAS that persists at HKU’s medical school.
Kong Lok Son, Tseung Kwan O