Rundown Application Details and Important Dates F.6 Grouping and Support from Careers Committee Strategies on Choices Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP) E-APP and Alternative Pathways Application Admission Figures 2011-2013 School Principal’s Nominations OEA, SLP and SRR Submissions Review on Interviewing Skills Q and A Session More on Principal’s Nominations

Application Details and Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui Important Dates Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui

Timeline Date Programme 18/9 JUPAS Talk 23/9 – 2/12 Submission of Applications for Admission by Applicants 3/12 – 20/5 Amendment of Programme Choices by Applicants 16/6 Checking of own allotted Time-slot for modification of choices by Applicants 15/7 Release of HKDSE Result 16-18/7 Modification of Choices after HKDSE Results by Applicants

Main Round Offer (Announcement) Timeline Date Programme 10/8 Main Round Offer (Announcement) 12/8 Release of results of rechecking and remarking of HKDSE Examination Results 13/8 Submission of request for Reconsideration of Application subsequent to upgraded HKDSE Examination Result 20/8 Offer Results for Reconsideration of Application 24/8 Clearing Round Offer (Announcement) 27/8 Subsequent Round Offer (Announcement)

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JUPAS account Register by yourselves through the JUPAS website Starting from 23/9 Read the instructions and user guide carefully before registration

Fee Fee Schedule Fee Application $420 Amendment of Programme Choices (3/12 – 20/5) $80 per submission Modification of Programme Choices (16 – 18/7) Free-of-charge (one submission only)

Payment Methods Application fee of $420 must be paid before 2/12/2014 DON”T do it on the LAST DAY Platforms Credit Cards PPS E-banking Cash in Bank Cash in JUPAS Office

Dates of Information Days Institutions 27/9 HKUST 4/10 HKBU 11/10 CityU & PolyU 18/10 CUHK 25/10 HKIEd & OUHK 1/11 LingnanU 8/11 HKU

Sources of information JUPAS website: (To be renewed on 16/9) www.jupas.edu.hk NSS U & I @ School Web www.munsang.edu.hk/secondary/nssuni.php 香港輔導教師協會 http://www.hkacmgm.org 學友社 www.student.com.hk

Sources of information MSC.Careers Facebook www.facebook.com/MSC.Careers Email through Munsang E-class system eclass.munsang.edu.hk

from Careers Committee Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui F.6 Grouping & Support from Careers Committee Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui

F.6 Grouping Group no. TIC Students Group 1 Lee CP 6B (Whole Class) 6F (Whole Class)   Group 2 Lam WM/ Tsoi SH/ Ho CL 6C (Whole Class) 6A (1) - 6A (17) Group 3 Luen MW 6D Whole Class) 6A (18) - 6A (26) 6G (1) - 6G (10) Group 4 Kwok MY 6E (Whole Class) 6G (11) - 6G (26)

Support Guidance on JUPAS Choices (Main Application: Sept – Dec) Date Item 31/10 Submission of Drafted JUPAS Options by Students to Careers Teachers 26/11 Careers Teachers finish discussing Drafted JUPAS Options with Students 28/11 Submission of Main Application by Applicants - School Deadline

Support Remarks Submit your drafted JUPAS choices in HARD COPY to the bookshelf (Outside staff room) of your assigned Careers Teacher before 31/10 (Late submission would not be entertained) Write down your Career Objectives and Preference in studying fields on the submitted paper

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Support Guidance on Personal Statement Writing Date Item 10/10 Class teachers finish proofreading Personal Statements (Content) 3/11 Students return their Personal Statements to English Teachers 5/1 English teachers finish proofreading Personal Statements (grammar)

Support Remarks Submit your drafted Personal Statement in HARD COPY to your Class Teachers and English Teachers whereas finalized SOFT COPY to the eClass - Location of submission in eClass: eClass  >  iPortfolio  >  JUPAS  >  Additional Information

Support Testimonial Writing Date Item 5/1 Submission of Student Personal Assessment by Students - Deadline

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Support Remarks Submit 2 HARD COPIES of your Student Personal Assessment form to your Class Teachers before 5/1 Students can download the Student Personal Assessment form MSC.Careers @Facebook or NSS U&I @School Homepage after the F.6 U-life Sharing Max. of 1 sheet (2 pages) is allowed

Support Verification on Other Qualification by School Date Item 5 - 9/1 Verification of Other Qualification by School (First Phase) 9 – 17/3 Verification of Other Qualification by School (Second Phase)

Support Remarks Submit the documents to Ms Connie Lam (Staff @General Office) during the above 2 timeslots

Support Post-D day counseling service (16 - 18/7) Careers Teachers will offer careers guidance service on JUPAS and alternative pathways at schools The timeslots will be announced in June through MSC.Careers @Facebook

Support Careers Teachers are always here to support Careers Teachers Ms Ho Chun Lan Ms Lam Wing Man Mr Chan Wing Shun Ms Luen Man Wah Mr Lee Cheuk Pui Ms Wong Hiu Tung Ms Kwok Mei Yu Mr Li Chun Wai

Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui Strategies on Programme Choices Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui

Allocate 20 programme choices in 5 bands 1 - 3 B 4 - 6 C 7 - 10 D 11 - 15 E 16 - 20

20 individual applications  Will be processed at the same time Student A 20 programme choices  20 individual applications  Will be processed at the same time Band A Band B Selection criteria: HKDSE Examination Results Banding Interview Other Academic Results Music Qualification OEA SLP SRR others Band C Band D Band E

Student A ✖ ✔ Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E A1 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 ✖ Band A A2 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 ✔ Band B A3 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 Band C B1 70 … 105 106 107 108 109 110 Band D Band E

Remarks The participating-institutions only have a general idea of how you rank your programme choices. They do not have access to your actual rank list. Your preferences are made known to the participating-institutions in the form of 5 bands. Actually Priority What the institutions see JS6004 JS1011 Band A JS1011 Band A JS4018 JS4018 JS6004 JS3005 JS2014 Band B JS2014 Band B JS3005 JS6015 JS6015

Range of institutions Wider range of admission grades Bottom line setting Associate-degree pogrammes Higher-diploma programmes

Range of fields Choose few programmes (e.g. 2-3) of fields which may not be your first priority but you are still keen to study

Over 20 choices Eliminate some choices with similar natures and admission grades

Sequence Rank the programmes which you prefer most and require interviews top the list before 20 May Amend the priority to ensure an offer you would like to accept on 16-18 Jul Aim high in A1 Play safe in A3

New arrangement of JUPAS During your allocated time-slot after the release of DSE result Students can REPLACE up to 5 programme choices on the selection lists with new programmes / ADD a maximum of 5 new programmes to the original choices (as long as the total number of programme choices does not exceed 20)

Strategies after DSE Result release Band A Step 1: Replace the “Unrealistic options” (Options with too high/low admission score to you) with maximum of 5 programmes you did not choose before Band B … Band E

Band A Step 2: Put the “Unrealistic options” (Options with too high admission score to you) to the lower band (e.g. Band D & Band E) Band B … Band E

Ensure an Offer Step 3: Be AMBITIOUS for A1 Be SAFE for A3 Put your Dream Choice you have 30% - 50% chance to get in A1 Risk loving or Risk averse? It’s up to you A2 Band A Put a choice you are likely to get an offer A3 Remarks: The universities DO NOT know your sequence of options within the same banding

Step 4: Put the bottom line option at Band B B1 Put the options with lowest admission score among your 20 choices B2 Band B B3 Admission Score: A1 > A2 > A3 > B1 > B2 > B3

Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP) Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui

SSSDP Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors a new subsidy scheme initiated by the Education Bureau to subsidise up to 1,000 students per cohort to pursue designated full-time locally-accredited self-financing undergraduate programmes in selected disciplines to nurture talents to meet Hong Kong's social and economic needs. The unit subsidy will be administered by a two-tier arrangement subsidy of up to $40,000 is provided to non-laboratory-based programmes subsidy of up to $70,000 is provided to more costly programmes which are laboratory-based.

Participating institutions Chu Hai College of Higher Education Hang Seng Management College The Open University of Hong Kong Tung Wah College Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council

Participating institutions Source: http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/j4/sssdp

Application details The places of the subsidized programmes should be allocated mainly through the JUPAS in order to ensure eligible students are selected through a merit-based system Each programme under SSSDP has a JUPAS code such as JSST01 Application is the same as other programmes under JUPAS

Application details – Case Study OUHK – Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in General Health Care

Application details JSSU40 JS9740 *Two different choices Band A Band B Band C *Two different choices JS9740 Band D Source: http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/j4/sssdp Band E

Sources of information http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/j4/sssdp

Sources of information http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/j4/sssdp

Alternative Pathways Application Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui E-APP and Alternative Pathways Application Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui

E-APP - Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes a one-stop internet-based online application system developed by the Education Bureau to facilitate the 2015 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination candidates to lodge advance applications for locally-accredited post-secondary programmes (both sub-degree and undergraduate programmes) not covered under the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS)

Participating institutions Caritas Bianchi College of Careers Caritas Institute of Higher Education Centennial College Chu Hai College of Higher Education City University of Hong Kong - Community College of City University Hang Seng Management College HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College Hong Kong Art School (Division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre) Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education School of Continuing Education Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education

Participating institutions Hong Kong College of Technology Hong Kong Institute of Technology The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) Lingnan University The Community College at Lingnan University Lingnan Institute of Further Education Pui Ching Academy SCAD Foundation (Hong Kong) Limited The Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Continuing and Professional Studies The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Participating institutions The Hong Kong Institute of Education The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Hong Kong Community College The Open University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education The University of Hong Kong - HKU SPACE Community College Tung Wah College Vocational Training Council- Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) / Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) Vocational Training Council - Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong Yew Chung Community College YMCA College of Careers

Timeline Date Programme Early Dec Commencement of E-APP main round application Late May Deadline for E-APP main round application Early Jun Commencement of E-APP second round application Late Jun Deadline for E-APP second round application

Sources of information www.eapp.gov.hk

Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan Admission Figures Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan

Admission Figures 2011-12 Name of University No. of Offer Total % HD Associate Degree Degree A The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   19 10.38% B The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 13 7.10% 8 4.37% 21 11.48% C The University of Hong Kong 12 6.56% D The Chinese University of Hong Kong 23 12.57% E City University of Hong Kong 4 2.19% 9 4.92% F Hong Kong Baptist University G Lingnan University 0.00% H The Open University of Hong Kong 3 1.64% I The Hong Kong Institute of Education 1 0.55% 5 2.73% 6 3.28% Total : 14 7.65% 88 48.09% 106 57.92%

Admission Figures 2012-13 Name of University No. of Offer Total % HD Associate Degree Degree A The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   7 3.55% B The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 10 5.08% 15 7.61% 25 12.69% C The University of Hong Kong 26 13.20% D The Chinese University of Hong Kong E City University of Hong Kong 2 1.02% 12 6.09% F Hong Kong Baptist University 5 2.54% G Lingnan University H The Open University of Hong Kong 8 4.06% I The Hong Kong Institute of Education 1 0.51% 3 1.52% Total : 100 50.76% 114 57.87%

Admission Figures 2013-14 Name of University No. of Offer Total % HD Associate Degree Degree A The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   11 6.15% B The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 7 3.91% 10 5.59% 17 9.50% C The University of Hong Kong 28 15.64% D The Chinese University of Hong Kong 26 14.53% E City University of Hong Kong 5 2.79% 22 12.29% F Hong Kong Baptist University 6 3.35% G Lingnan University 2 1.12% H The Open University of Hong Kong 13 7.26% I The Hong Kong Institute of Education 1 0.56% Total : 114 63.69% 126 70.39%

School Principal’s Nominations Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan

Rationale To give due recognition to students who have contributed to social services or made outstanding achievements in non-academic areas such as sports, music, social services, other cultural activities, or who have demonstrated leadership abilities.

Level of achievements International Regional School

Number of nominees In total of 5 students will be nominated through the scheme

in E-COPY Things to be submitted A one page personal statement showing your area of strengths Record of Achievements Supporting documents Band A Choices in E-COPY

Application period 16 Dec 2014 to 17 March 2015 Submit your documents to Ms Connie Lam (Staff @General Office)

Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan OEA, SLP & SRR Submissions Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan

Other Experience & Achievement (OEA) Select 10 OLE items to be submitted for JUPAS Application Date Item 23/9 Submission of Main Application by Applicants - Starting 5/2 Submission of OEA by Applicants - Deadline

Student Learning Profile (SLP) Date Item TBC Students can obtain the SLP from School Computers - Starting 31/3 Submission of SLP by Applicants - Deadline

Student Learning Profile (SLP) Personal Information (check) Year Results (NSS 1 – 3)  3 – 4 years OLE Records (select later) Internal Scholarships & Awards in Athletics Meet etc (if any) Other Achievement Records (input: 24th till end of the month & select later) Student’s Self-account (input later)

Student Workshop for SLP A series of workshops will be conducted for F.6 classes during paper-checking (9/2/15 – 13/2/15). Students must have the following ready in eClass by 13/2/15. OLE Records Other Achievement Records Self-account

Selection of Records & Issue of SLP Students must finish the selection of OLE & Other Achievement Records for SLP by TBC. The SLP can be downloaded at school from TBC. Further information will be released in the workshops.

Student Reference Report (SRR) Academic results from BOTH daily and mock exam marks will be calculated for SRR rating. We do not include "Below Average" as one of the ratings for our students. The percentile (& rating in JUPAS SRR) and our grading system (in the ReportCard) are not the same.

Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan Careers Teachers: Ms Luen Man Wah Interviewing Skills Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan Careers Teachers: Ms Luen Man Wah Ms Wong Hiu Tung Mr Chan Wing Shun

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Principal’s Nominations Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui More on School Principal’s Nominations Careers Teacher: Mr Lee Cheuk Pui

Remarks on SPN “If you are nominated under SPN, you will be considered by the JUPAS participating-institution(s) and / or the SSSDP institution(s) concerned for your Band A choices as at 20 May 2015 on an individual basis.”

Strategies Rank the programmes which you prefer most and require interviews top the list before the announcement of the School Principal’s Nominations

Strategies If you are nominated under SPN, you are suggested to pay $80 to amend your priorities before 20 May to secure a more effective use of the nomination. - Aim high in A1 Play safe in A3

Ensure an Offer Be AMBITIOUS for A1 Be SAFE for A3 Put your Dream Choice you have 30% - 50% chance to get in A1 Risk loving or Risk averse? It’s up to you A2 Band A Put a choice you are likely to get an offer A3 Don’t “WASTE” the Principal’s Nomination

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