Publicly disclose the method of converting points

One of the important new points of the Draft Regulations on University Admissions in 2025 that schools and candidates are very interested in is that the review scores and admission scores must be converted to a common, unified scale for each training program, major, and group of majors.

Schools are ready for the new spirit

One of the new points of university admissions in 2025 is that training institutions must convert the admission and admission scores to a common scale, consistent with each training program, major, and group of majors. The method of converting scores must ensure that each candidate has the opportunity to achieve the maximum score, and at the same time, no candidate has a score exceeding the maximum score (including priority points, bonus points, and incentive points).

Candidates taking the 2024 high school graduation exam. Photo: Quang Vinh

For example, the University of Commerce (Hanoi) has officially announced its admission methods for 2025, including admission based on the results of the Hanoi National University's competency assessment test/Hanoi University of Science and Technology's thinking assessment. A representative of the Communications and Admissions Department said that the school has developed a conversion coefficient plan to a 30-point scale for candidates applying for admission using the above method. This coefficient is based on data provided by Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Hanoi National University.

At the same time, Hanoi Capital University has built a way to calculate scores according to each admission method. Specifically, with the admission method based on international foreign language proficiency certificates at level 3 or equivalent or higher combined with high school graduation exam scores, the school builds according to the formula: Admission score = (A x 2) + (B+C)/2 + D. In which, A is the converted score of international foreign language proficiency certificates; B is the 2025 high school graduation exam score in Math; C is the 2025 high school graduation exam score in Literature; D is the priority score (if any).

In 2025, the National Economics University will also convert admission methods to a single score on a 30-point scale. Dr. Le Anh Duc - Head of the School's Training Management Department analyzed that the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) requires schools to convert admission methods to a single score scale for admission - meaning that schools will not need to divide the percentage of quota for each method like every year. Accordingly, this year the school plans to continue enrolling students according to different methods such as direct admission, high school graduation exam scores, combined admission for groups of subjects such as students with SAT, ACT certificates; students with test scores to assess capacity, assess thinking; combine high school graduation exam scores with international English certificates. Regardless of the method, these scores are converted to a 30-point scale, then the school will take the highest score to consider admission equally and fairly among all candidates.

Mr. Duc emphasized that the concept of equivalence here must be understood in the sense of equivalence in terms of learning ability, not equivalence in terms of numerical conversion, so there must be a basis and basis for giving the conversion coefficient. Basically, the National Economics University has also finished calculating and will publicly announce it in the near future.

Ensure equality for candidates

Faced with the request to convert admission methods to a single scale, many candidates and universities expressed concern and confusion. Clarifying this content, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son said: In previous admissions, schools often had 2 benchmarks: Benchmarks based on high school graduation exam scores and other benchmarks (for example, benchmarks based on learning and training results in transcripts or benchmarks from thinking and capacity assessment test results, etc.). The question is, why are there 2 benchmarks? Obviously, there must be equivalence between these 2 benchmarks, and cannot be based on the number of quotas set by schools.

Mr. Son said that converting or determining the two benchmark scores to be equivalent is necessary to ensure fairness for candidates. The Ministry of Education and Training is working with a number of universities to develop guidelines to ensure consistency in the system, but to ensure diversity in autonomy according to the requirements of each profession.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung - Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training) explained that converting equivalent scores between admission methods is a technical issue, aiming to ensure the rights of candidates. Developing a score conversion plan is the responsibility of the training institution and the Ministry of Education and Training. Candidates will receive information on the public score conversion before registering for admission.

In response to candidates’ concerns about schools having different conversion formulas for scores between different methods, Mr. Dung said that in reality, for the same training major but at two different schools, the standard scores are different, which depends on the schools’ recruitment sources. It is impossible to compare two different institutions when the recruitment sources are different.

According to Mr. Dung, the conversion to a common scale aims to solve the problem that all candidates registering for a major or training program of a school will be arranged according to the same rules, from top to bottom, based on their best abilities in the methods that the training institution uses for admission.

The Ministry of Education and Training is urgently completing a draft circular amending and supplementing a number of regulations on university admissions to officially issue it in the next 1-2 weeks. Based on the admission regulations, training institutions will complete and announce the university admissions plan for 2025.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/tuyen-sinh-dai-hoc-2025-cong-khai-cach-thuc-quy-doi-diem-10301982.html