r/HKUniversity

It's been months why the hell am I still under consideration 🤔

Like just return my application fee and delete my application at this rate.

Hi, CBSE applicant got their results yesterday, and due to increased difficultly and a controversial new checking method, pass rates and overall percentage of people scoring above 95% is down by 3% and 7000 students respectively (from 24000 or roughly 1.5% of test takers to 17000 or 0.97% of the test takers).

Personally, I've scored 96.4%. I missed the full tuition scholarship criteria by 3 marks out of 500. I'm not saying its the systems fault, but the difference between 3 marks can easily be attributed to having your paper checked by a different teacher, or getting a harder set.

Even if the university decides to give a 50% off on tuitions, an extra 500,000 HKD just because a student missed the cutoff by a minimal score is a very severe financial burden.

What do you guys think? 3% more students out of 2 million test takers failing is not a small number, and it would be harsh for the University to stay rigid in their expectations.

i gave up a full schol at umiami and offers at NYU, Tulane and Purdue to go to HKU,
But i'm beginning to seriously regret it, I think i may hate HKU and the culture there, If I go on, and do hate it, can i transfer to another university or will that just be a stupid choice changing environments in the middle of uni?
or should i take a gap year and apply to more us-based options
please tell me HKU isnt as competitive and as stressful as i hear some universities in HK are

And im not sure if the degree I applied to is what I want to do, but, I hear it's sm more difficult to switch majors in HK

upvote to see the number!

I’m currently a first-year engineering student in my country, but I’m looking to start over and apply to HKU as a first-year student because I’m really unhappy with the current academic system here. My academic qualifications actually exceed the requirements for HKU Engineering, but because I’m taking my TOEFL iBT in late May, I won’t be able to finalize my application until then. Here is my dilemma: because of the currency exchange rate in my country, the application process is a significant financial investment for my family, and I can only realistically attend if I secure a full-ride scholarship. I feel like this is a life-changing opportunity that I’ll regret missing, but I’m terrified of spending my family’s money in vain if the scholarship funds are already exhausted by the late round. Does anyone have experience with receiving full-ride entrance scholarships this late in the cycle

Someone HELP ME!

Hello! Indian CBSE student here

I will be applying for hku and hkust next year

I come from a middle class family so unless it's a 100% scholarship or full ride , my chances are pretty low

My stats are

Class 9th-92%

Class 10th-95.6%

Class 11th-Ongoing

Class 12th- will use predicted score

Will be giving JEE

SAT- Will give soon , my practice scores are 1500+

Learning Cantonese

Im interested in CS/Data science majors

I have made a few softwares and apps , out of which one is used by my school aswell

If I work hard and make the scores high, do I have a good chance??

Also

If not, what all could I add

Thank you 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

I applied not knowing this but a lot of people have been saying HKU doesn't accept Indian state board results. But the university website never mentioned it. Anyone with offers?

got into HKU for IBGM and LSE for management, I can't decide which one to go to. Money is not an issue and I'm leaning towards LSE, but I'm afraid that I won't have enough connections if i go there as I plan to return to HK for work in the future. HKU's cohort size for my course is also significantly smaller than LSE's, so there's probably more attention per student which is beneficial imo.

TLDR: big fish small pond vs small fish big pond

I wanna know if there are students who applied in late round and got accepted or even got a scholarship

Hoi guys!!
Results outtt
How did y'all do?
Achieved your predicted grades? conditionals?

I have a few questions. Do every applicant receive an aptitude test request?? Is it hard???? Where can I study please help

Invitation

What are the admission requirements for HK permanent residents especially for life science and MBBS? I am applying using OSSD (Ontario secondary school diploma) and I took 3 AP courses and im writing the SAT in June. My average in high school is 96 or 97 for grade 11 and 97 for grade 12.

heyy i did A levels and i have A*A*AA. I applied for hku pretty late (like 2 weeks back).

https://preview.redd.it/cwl85hr4xgzg1.png?width=1285&format=png&auto=webp&s=00adf8e1aa7ba13f296767f95cbd845a231d0c58

by when can i expect to hear back from them? and what are my chances

I’m an international student I want to ask about community colleges in Hong Kong. So I have average/bad grades in GCE A levels. Can I do an associate degree at a community college and then transfer from it to a university bachelors in Hong Kong maybe the top three or maybe City University of Hong Kong or Baptist. I also saw one college of university of Wollongong in Hong Kong, which had a two year associate after which you could transfer to a Hong Kong University or even to the university in Australia. So I want to know if any international students actually do this and should I consider it.

Hey so I'm from India, 18 years old and completed my 12th in 2025.

10th percentage - 92%

12th percentage - 82% overall (76% in physics ,chemistry and maths)

Don't really have a lot of extra curricular certificates, except for a few in school and club level football. Took part in a few MUNs, never won anything major.

Gave JEE this year(the engineering entrance exam), got a total percentile of 95.6, with 98%ile in maths, and an all India rank of 68000. Should I apply for any universities outside India? Can afford till 80-90 lakh rupees, which translates to 85-95k USD. I'm looking for stuff mainly in Asia itself, south Asia to be more specific.

I wanna major in CS + Finance, do I stand a chance anywhere? I've got good social and communication skills, great with public speaking and hold a keen interest in debates.

Hey!

One thing I'm genuinely worried about is the language barrier — how much does not knowing Cantonese or Mandarin affect day-to-day life, both on and off campus?

Is most social life in Cantonese? Do locals generally switch to English?