Some universities in Ho Chi Minh City plan to reduce or eliminate admission based on high school transcript scores.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Education plans to eliminate the admission method based on high school transcript scores, while Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade reduces the quota for this method.

Candidates come to receive advice at the 2024 University and College Admissions Consulting Day in Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: DUYEN PHAN

2025 is the year of the first batch of students completing grade 12 under the new general education program. With many changes in the new program, some universities plan to no longer consider admission based on academic records, or reduce the percentage of admission quotas based on academic records.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Trung, vice principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, said that in previous years, the school used academic transcript scores for admission as an independent method (10% of the target) or in combination with specialized competency assessment test scores (30-40% of the target).

However, from 2025, the school plans to no longer use the transcript results in both of these methods. Because next year's candidates will study under the new program, each student will choose and have transcript scores in different combinations.

The school expects that considering the results of the specialized competency assessment exam will become an independent admission method, and one of the main admission methods of the unit in 2025.

Accordingly, candidates need to take at least two subjects according to the combination prescribed by the school in each major, including one main subject. The admission score is the total score of the main subject multiplied by a coefficient of two plus the score of the remaining subject.

The published sample exam questions show that the content of the subjects closely follows the 2018 General Education Program; in which 12th grade knowledge accounts for 70 - 80%, the rest is from the 10th and 11th grade programs.

This method is expected to be applied to enroll students in 30 training majors with 40-50% of the target, depending on the major. Along with that, the school will use methods to consider the 2025 high school graduation exam scores; prioritize admission of specialized students and direct admission.

Previously, from 2022, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education began organizing specialized competency assessment exams and used the results of this exam combined with high school study results to recruit part of the admission quota.

To be admitted by this method, candidates must choose to take at least one subject from the subjects organized by the school. The admission score is the total score of the specialized competency assessment test multiplied by a factor of two, plus the score of the two remaining subjects in the combination (the average score of the subject in 6 semesters in high school).

Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade also plans to reduce the quota for the high school transcript review method from 30% to 15-20% of the total quota in 2025. In addition to traditional methods, the school will have an additional method of considering the specialized competency assessment test scores of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/mot-so-truong-dai-hoc-o-tp-hcm-du-kien-giam-bo-xet-tuyen-diem-hoc-ba-20241031165039619.htm