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 2015 School Principal’s Nominations OEA & SLP submissions UK and Cambridge Admission by Dr. Andrew Murray Q & A session 11. More on Principal’s Nominations

Application Details and Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton Important Dates Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton

Timeline Date Programme 18/9 JUPAS Talk 22/9 – 2/12 Submission of Main Applications by Applicants 3/12 – 24/5 Amendment/ updating of Programme Choices by Applicants 14/6 Checking of own allotted 24-Hour Time-slot for modification of Programme Choices by Applicants 13/7 Release of HKDSE Result 14-16/7 Modification of Choices after HKDSE Results by Applicants

Main Round Offer (Announcement) Timeline Date Programme 8/8 Main Round Offer (Announcement) 10/8 Release of results of rechecking and remarking of HKDSE Examination Results 11/8 Submission of request for Reconsideration of Application subsequent to upgraded HKDSE Examination Result 18/8 Offer Results for Reconsideration of Application 22/8 Clearing Round Offer (Announcement) 25/8 Subsequent Round Offer (Announcement)

Timeline

Information to be completed by applicants Personal Profile Programme choices (maximum of 20 choices) OEA SLP Other Academic Results (Language subjects) (optional) Music Qualifications (optional) Disability information (optional) Prior education (optional)

Timeline - MSC.Careers @Facebook - NSS U & I @School Web Download:

JUPAS account Register it yourself through the JUPAS website Starting from 22/9 (Tuesday) Read the instructions and user guide carefully before the registration

JUPAS account Source: http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/submission-of-application/application-period-and-method/ The Applicants’ User Guide will be available on 22/9/2015!!

Fee Fee Schedule Fee (in HK$) Application $420 Amendment/ updating of Programme Choices (3/12 – 24/5) $80 per submission Modification of Programme Choices (14 – 16/7) Free-of-charge (one submission only) Acceptance of offer $5,000

Payment Methods NO PAYMENT via SCHOOLS !!! Application fee of $420 must be paid before *1/12/2015 DON’T do it on the LAST DAY Platforms Credit Cards PPS online (not by phone) E-banking Cash in Bank Cash in JUPAS Office NO PAYMENT via SCHOOLS !!!

Dates of Information Days Institutions 26/9 HKUST 10/10 PolyU 17/10 City U & HKBU 24/10 CUHK & LingnanU 31/10 HKIED 7/11 HKU & OUHK

Dates of Information Days Source: http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/calendar/

Sources of information JUPAS website 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 Musang eClass - eclass.munsang.edu.hk 7. Through your personal email

from Careers Committee Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton F.6 Grouping & Support from Careers Committee Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton

F.6 Grouping Class TIC 6A Ms. Luen MW 6B Ms. Lam WM 6C Ms. Ho CL 6D Ms. Kwok MY 6E Mr. Koo CY 6F Mr. Kwan CW 6G Ms. Luen MW (1 – 11) Ms. Lam WM (12 – 22) Ms. Kwok MY (23 – 33)

Support Guidance on JUPAS Choices (Main Application: Sept – Dec) Date Item 16/10 Submission of Drafted JUPAS Options by Students to Careers Teachers 26/11 Deadline for discussion on Drafted JUPAS Options with Students 27/11 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 16/10 (Late submission will not be entertained) Write down your Career Objectives and Preference for studying fields on the submitted paper

Support Sample

Support Guidance on Personal Statement Writing Date Item 9/10 Class teachers finish proofreading Personal Statements (Content) 9/11 Students return their Personal Statements to English Teachers 8/1 Students receive proofread Personal Statements from English Teachers (Grammar)

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

Support Testimonial Writing Date Item 6/1 Submission of Student Personal Assessment by Students - Deadline

Support Sample

Support Sample

Support Remarks Submit 2 HARD COPIES of your Student Personal Assessment to your Class Teachers before 6/1 (Wednesday) Students can download the Student Personal Assessment from 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 Qualifications by School Date Item 4 - 8/1 Verification of Other Qualifications by School (First Phase) 11 – 24/3 Verification of Other Qualifications 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 counselling service (14 - 16/7) Careers Teachers will offer careers guidance service on JUPAS and alternative pathways at school The timeslots will be announced in June through MSC.Careers @Facebook

Mr Kwan Chun Wing Newton Support Careers Teachers are always here to support Careers Teachers Ms Ho Chun Lan Ms Lam Wing Man Mr Kwan Chun Wing Newton Ms Luen Man Wah Mr Koo Chun Yin Ms Wong Wing Tung Ms Kwok Mei Yu Mr Li Chun Wai

Mr. Kwan Chun Wing Newton Strategies on Programme Choices Mr. Kwan Chun Wing Newton

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

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

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 OEA SLP SRR SPN Other Academic Results Music Qualification 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 A1 ✖ Band A 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 ✔ A2 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 A3 70 … 105 106 107 108 109 110 B1 Band B Band C Band D Band E

Sequence 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 JS1001 Band A JS1001 Band A JS4018 JS4018 JS6004 JS3005 JS2014 Band B JS2014 Band B JS3005 JS6015 JS6015

Sequence Rank the programmes which you prefer most and require interviews top the list before 24 May Amend the priority to ensure an offer you would like to accept on 14-16 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 have not chosen before Band B … Band E

Band A Step 2: Put the “Unrealistic options” (Options with too high admission score to you) to lower bands (e.g. Bands D & 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) Ms Luen Man Wah

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 (THEi)

Participating institutions Source: http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/page/detail/531/

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 UGC-funded 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/sssdp/about-sssdp/objectives/

Sources of information http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/sssdp/about-sssdp/objectives/

Alternative Pathways Application E-APP and Alternative Pathways Application Ms. Luen Man Wah

Source of information www.ipass.gov.hk/edb/index.php/en/ www.eapp.gov.hk www.ipass.gov.hk/edb/index.php/en/

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 Community Education 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 HKCT Institute of Higher Education HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho 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

Participating institutions Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education 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 SCAD Foundation (Hong Kong) Limited The Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Continuing and Professional Studies

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 (THEi) Yew Chung Community College YMCA College of Careers

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

FAQ about E-APP

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

Admission Figures 2014-15 Name of University No. of Offer Total % HD Associate Degree Degree A The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   14 6.15% 7.91% B The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 16 9.04% 10 5.59% 26 14.69% C The University of Hong Kong 11 15.64% 6.21% D The Chinese University of Hong Kong 23 14.53% 12.99% E City University of Hong Kong 3 1.69% 9.50% 17 9.60% F Hong Kong Baptist University 7 3.35% 3.95% G Lingnan University 5 1.12% 2.82% H The Open University of Hong Kong 20 7.26% 11.30% I The Hong Kong Institute of Education 2 0.56% 1.13% J  SSSDP 6 3.39% Total : 112 63.28% 131 74.01%

Admission Score 2014 http://www.jupas.edu.hk/f/page/267/687/af_2014.pdf http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/download-area/

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

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 2015 to 17 March 2016 Submit your documents to Ms Connie Lam (Staff @General Office)

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 12 May 2016 on an individual basis.”

Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan June OEA & SLP Submissions Careers Mistress: Ms Ho Chun Lan June

Other Experience & Achievement (OEA) Select 10 OLE items to be submitted for JUPAS Application Date Item 22/9 Submission of Main Application by Applicants - Starting 2/2 Submission of OEA by Applicants - Deadline

Student Learning Profile (SLP) Date Item TBC Students can obtain the SLP from School Computers - Start 29/4 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 class teacher periods in early December 2015 by Mr. Mok Kwok-wai. Students must have the following ready in eClass. 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.

UK and Cambridge Admission Dr. Andrew Murray Director of Studies in Natural Sciences & Admissions Tutor (Sciences) Trinity Hall University of Cambridge

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