HKU or HKUST - Page 287

j814wong · 09-08-2012, 03:25 PM

Also, I'm from America and planning to apply to HKUST. After HKUST, if I go there, I intend to work for my masters at a top American university. What are the chances of doing so? Just how do American universities view HKUST and an American student who has gone to study there?

j814wong · 09-10-2012, 02:25 PM

I just got a reply. The average GPA of a graduating computer science student at HKUST is 2.8/4.0

melody10511 · 09-12-2012, 08:59 AM

^ You might think that's pretty low, but that is the norm in Asian universities. Be ready to get used to low grades (at least compared to America).

4kidsdad · 09-13-2012, 08:28 PM

From a student blog of HKUST

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebecca Kundrik

One of the reasons UST is nicknamed University of Stress and Tension is because of the dreaded bell curve grading system.

US colleges and universities might not aware its grading system. If you attended HKUST and want to enroll US schools for graduate studies, your HKUST GPA could be a strike against you.

thunderboltsid · 09-13-2012, 11:35 PM

How many of you are planning to apply at HKU/UST/CUHK for fall 2013 admission ? If so which fields are you guys applying for?

ahtesham · 09-25-2012, 06:11 PM

Hi, i am too applying to HKU and CUHK for fall 2013 and considering engineering as my first choice

thunderboltsid · 10-08-2012, 01:46 PM

@Ahtesham - I'm applying to HKUST and HKU with engineering as a first preference. I am from India, Which country do you belong to? Also, if you don't mind me asking, What are your qualifications(SAT, TOEFL, GPA?)

theasiansadness · 10-09-2012, 10:29 PM

Hi guys, I am planning on applying for HKU Law this fall. I am really nervous right now because from what I heard this school is really competitive. What are the general requirements for GPA and SAT scores? I also took 6 APs, but they are all 3s and 4s....

Please give me some advices! thx a lot!

thunderboltsid · 10-11-2012, 04:08 PM

@theasiansadness General Requirements for HKU are a minimum of 80 on iBT, around 2000 on SAT reasoning with at least a 550 on CR. Since you'd be applying for Law school, they'll look for your communication skills so you might need an over 100 iBT score and over 600 CR score on SAT reasoning. As far as GPA is concerned, if you're in top 5% of your class, you need not worry.

theasiansadness · 10-13-2012, 02:09 AM

thx thunderbolt.......but what if I have an SAT around 2100 but slightly lower GPA (weighted 3.98, unweighted 3.3)?

ahtesham · 10-14-2012, 07:39 PM

@Thunderboltsid Hey, I am from Pakistan so i guess we are neighbors. I had O Levels 10As 1B and A Level 2A* 3As and 1B. What are yours? I am very curious about my admission decision

thunderboltsid · 10-15-2012, 06:40 AM

@theasiansadness Your SATs look good, I can't really say about the GPA as I'm unfamiliar with the GPA system. They are supposed to evaluate the application holistically so I thing you might get in. Why not contact the admissions office and ask them instead. You cal also ask the international student reps from the universities. All the best for your application.

thunderboltsid · 10-15-2012, 06:49 AM

@Ahtesham Glad to hear we're neighbors :P. Your scores look pretty good. I am from the Indian style CBSE education system, and I'm yet to take my final exams in march 2013, My predicted score is in the range 90-95%. I'm quite uncertain about my admission decision as my grade X score was 88% and also because I have a low speaking score on iBT. I have 105 in iBT(R-29,W-28,L-28,S-20). I am yet to receive my SAT reasoning scores and my SAT subject tests in ML2,Phy & chem are due on november 3rd.

thunderboltsid · 10-15-2012, 06:51 AM

Correction : *Think

thunderboltsid · 10-15-2012, 06:55 AM

@Ahtesham Why aren't you applying to HKUST, I thought they were better in eng. than others. Aren't they?