HKU or HKUST

<p>@ukgirl92: I think that the latest is late Feb. Not 100% sure though…
@ukraine: There is different requirements for different choices eg. medicine and arts would differ. They try to match your choices with your requirements and see if there is a match. </p>

<p>Does HKUST’s 3-year programme include biotechnology? Or is it only exclusive to the 4-year programme. Because the 4-year programme seems to have a lot more choices and the requirements for admission are easier (SAT and Subject Tests only).</p>

<p>@ukgirl92 It depends on what you applied for. Generally speaking, you should be expecting your results from early February to early April latest.</p>

<p>@ukraine From my past experience, you will be rejected one by one. Like study101 said, they match your application to each of the program choices that made.</p>

<p>@Study101 HKUST would be the way to go</p>

<p>the thing about Melbourne is that:

  1. its a bit too pricy (as compared to HK where its highly subsidized)
  2. any1 with a 30 can get in (my friend got into biotech with a failing chem predicted)
  3. the value of an HKUST degree is far better than a melbourne degree (I know its ranked better, but the competitive nature of UST is not even comparable to melbourne which is what employers usually value when looking at your degree)</p>

<p>@yashdeshp: I might be looking too far ahead, but how about career opportunities of a HKUST degree? If I achieve a bachelor degree in HKUST, would I be only eligible for careers in HK or is it international? And, do you know anything about the 3-year/4-year programme of HKUST?</p>

<p>Hey, could anyone help a high school student out?
I’m a year 12 student in HK, and starting to look at universities etc.</p>

<p>I still have no clue what I want to be, so thus I’m probably going to be like most other undecided high school students and go for a degree in business/economics. </p>

<p>Right now, I take the IB course, and these are my subjects:</p>

<p>Chemistry HL, Bio HL, Chinese B HL,
Math Standard, English A2 Standard, Economics SL. </p>

<p>What would be a good IB score (out of 42), as well as other requirements that I need for a business course in HKU or HKUST?
Also, I struggle a bit in math, and might drop to Math studies, would that affect me hugely in the future? (IB has 3 math courses, Math Higher, Math Standard, Math Studies). Is math a big requirement in Business/Economics Courses in Unis in general? </p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

<p>Does anyone know the precise timeline of admission to HKUST or HKU?
If I’m a first-year IB student this year, and provided that I will be attending university at Aug 2013, when do I apply? And what happens if actual IB Final Exams’ scores are not yet released?</p>

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’m an IB student currently studying in Hong Kong(non-jupas).
I am only in my first year of IB but I’m quite interested in studying Economics and Business related subjects at HKU.
Since the requirement guidelines on the 2012-13 prospectus is quite vague, I would like to know(with the following)if I’m likely to be able to be admitted, based on academic performance. I would also like to have some advice on how to choose my majors within the Faculty of business and economics itself.</p>

<p>The current subjects I am currently taking are English A(HL), Economics(HL), Psychology(HL), Chinese A(SL), Math (SL), Environmental Science(SL).
My first set of predicted grades show that I’m about 34.
I have taken the SAT once and got 1792.
I have not taken the IELTS yet, but will do so soon.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot.</p>

<p>^ How do you get a 1792 SAT?</p>

<p>@Study101: On careers - from my experience, as long as you are from a good/decent universities and good grades, it ultimately depends whats on your CV and how well you do your interviews* Asterisks for importance. UST is a great school.</p>

<p>Offers released between Dec - May depending on exact faculty and application time line, more dispersed for HKU compared to UST according to my perception. Predicted scores are used while conditional offers are given.</p>

<p>@TieTieTie: If I’m not wrong, Math studies will hurt you, you will need a Math SL at least with a grade 5 (if I’m not wrong) with overall scores of 35 min. with bonus. With this, I would encourage you not to apply for the economics/finance major for HKU - since you will have to declare it at the first place as it can be highly quantitative at senior, especially with the competition from mainland.</p>

<p>@cloverprince - 35 including bonus with at least 5 in Math SL for general BBA courses.</p>

<p>sorry~! typo, 1790.yea…</p>

<p>ok thanks. my 34 is without tok and ee.so i guess i’m safe for the time being~</p>

<p>@TheGrand
what do you mean by “it gets highly quantitative”??</p>

<p>@hulkhogan- thanks for the reply ! whenever i ask people abt HKUST , they say tht though they have heard tht its a very good univ, they aren’t too sure abt it. Apparently, US universities are fairly well known in iit (Indian institute of technology-I live there). So the bottomline is whether HKUST would provide me with a degree which is respected in India as well as other countries. </p>

<p>I must say tht its quite annoying tht I got only 2 weeks to accept/decline the offer. !! :/</p>

<p>@arod920: Simply courses at senior level gets very quantitative, which is the nature of economics and finance at university level. </p>

<p>@shreeman3: Depends on where you want to pursue your career, obviously if you want to work in US, universities are more well known there etc. Cost wise I’m quite sure UST is less than half of the cost in those unis in US. I would pick UST over UWM, Purdue personally.</p>

<p>I have applied HKU BDS as a hk local science degree holder. Who else also apply for BDS and what are you qualifications?? Degree holder or high school applicant??</p>

<p>Hi, i’m a year 12 student taking the AS Level from Cambridge. From what I see in the HKUST website, it requires a minimum of 3 subjects with a minimum average of B. My results are AAACC, which includes General Studies. I’m wondering if my A result of General Studies is acceptable for admission purposes, or would it be safer for me to send my other two subjects as well.
Any help would be highly appreciated :)</p>

<p>@shreeman3 Haha np. Note that my comments are biased as I go to HKUST :P</p>

<p>It depends on you. You could try to email HKUST and ask for an extension of deadline if it’s really bothering you I guess…</p>

<p>Hey, im a first year ib student that is looking to apply to hkust or hku, but the thing is my grades arent looking too well
7 economics hl
7 business sl
4 physics hl
6 english a1 hl
4 dutch b sl
4 math sl
Total 32 without tok and ee
Im currently studying in the netherlands and I was wondering if I stood sny chance in being accepted into a business or ecomics related course at hku or hkust.</p>

<p>@hulkhogan,thegrand-Thanks for the replies ! I think I will send them an e-mail asking for an extension. Btw, are you guys international students ? How do the various students interact with each other ? (HK locals, mainlanders and intl students) ? Do you guys have any idea abt the dual degree program in T&M and whether chem eng has scope in HK ?</p>

<p>@Gordonho: I would advise that you try to get your grades up to a 35 at least and try to get that Maths grade up to a 6.</p>

<p>@shreeman3: I am a student who went to international school in Hong Kong. I don’t know what the situation is like at HKU, but it’s harder to interact without any knowledge of Cantonese as most locals still speak in Cantonese. Mainlanders are usually in their own bunch and the same goes for international students.</p>

<p>The dual degree program at UST is quite good from what I heard and that most people work in banks following graduation.</p>