Careers Talk on JUPAS 2008 Date : September 21, 2007

JUPAS 2008 Application Procedure Guidelines to programme choices JUPAS selection scheme Programme Briefings on individual programmes Group Discussion by K.K. Lee by WYK old boys BREAK

JUPAS 2008 Application Procedure Sep 17Online Registration and Application start ¹any of those means described on p. 18 ²see list of relevant certificates in p Nov 19 Internal Deadline (11:59 pm) Nov submission of copies of ²certificates at School Office ¹Payment of application fee ($420) Dec 3Official Deadline of JUPAS 2008 application

Online Registration NOW IMPORTANT! Have the printer ready! Register with your ID no. and the one-time password Receive a randomly generated APPLICATION NUMBER Compile a new password Check and enter very carefully your personal information (phone no, addr., addr. etc.) Print a hard-copy for your retention

Submission of copies of certificates ONLY those list in p Write your application no. at the upper right corner All copies will be certified by the school principal and sent to the JUPAS office.

For qualifications obtained after 3 Dec 2007, you should submit the certified true copies to the JUPAS office yourself no later than 26 June To certify the copies, you can take them to the school office.

Amending programme choices 7 Jan May 2008 $80 per submission

Checking time-slot for re-prioritization 2 June 2008 onwards

Announcement of 2008 HKALE results 30 June 2008 (Monday)

Re-prioritization of programme choices July 2008

Announcement of 2008 Main Round Offer 30 July 2008 (Wed) Acceptance of Main Round Offer 31 July August 2008

JUPAS 2008 Application Procedures (cont.) Important Dates for JUPAS 2008 main exercise please refer to: JUPAS Guide p.6-9 and the amendment notice. JUPAS Web page

More about JUPAS 2008… 1. Self Recommendation Scheme - deadline Feb 29, 2008 (11:59 pm) - appendix 4 (p ) - need to submit certified true copies of supporting documents for achievements as listed under Section 1 ONLY in appendix 4 2. School Principal’s Nomination - quota: 3 - details of application procedures will be announced in late January 2008.

Reminder - Keep Application No. and Password as your own secret. - Carefully check your programme choices and get a hardcopy for your retention on or before 26 May 2008.

Guidelines for Programme Choices - Interests and Aptitude - available information of Degree/Sub-degree programmes (JUPAS guide, Web pages, information day, JUPAS Talks etc.) - minimum entrance requirements - admission grades and other statistical data

Information Days (JUPAS guide p ) HKUSTSep 22 CUHKSep 29 HKBUOct 6 PolyUOct 6,7 City UOct 13 Open UOct 13 HKIEdOct 20 Lingnan UOct 20 HKUOct 27, 28

General Entrance Requirement HKALE Results Degree programmes AD/HD programmes Grade E or above: 2 AL or 1 AL + 2 AS AS UE* (Grade D or above for HKU) AS CLC Grade E or above: 1 AL or 2 AS AS UE or CE Eng. (for AD) AS CLC or CE Chin. Lang. (for AD)

General Entrance Requirement HKCEE Results MOST of you should meet the minimum HKCEE requirements. Please refer to JUPAS guide for details.

5 bands of Programme Choices BandChoice No. A B C D E

Individual programme entrance requirements Please read the JUPAS Guide 2007 (General Entrance Requirements & Lists of Programmes).

About JUPAS selection scheme A merit order list of each programme is compiled based on: HKCEE and HKALE results; performance in interviews (if any); and other achievements.

About JUPAS selection scheme All the merit order lists are input to computer for iteration process. X(1) X(3) X(6) X(4) X(2) X(5)

Can the selection committee of indivdual programme access your list of progamme choices? Yes, but only the banding position not the exact position.

Is there any bonus score earned if I put a programme in higher bands? No, unless it is specified. In some programmes, preferences were given to those Band A choices.

What are the weightings of AL and CE results in calculating the scores? Refer to 大 學 聯 招『號外』 (2006 更新版 )

Can I earn exact scores by taking 1 or more additional AL/AS subject(s)? Refer to 大 學 聯 招『號外』 (2006 更新版 )

How should I draw my ‘safe line’? It depends. Normally, you should put SOME ‘safe line’ programmes in your list.

How should I reprioritize my list of programme choices if I obtain a better/poorer AL results? NO definite answer.

Admissions Grades or Admissions Scores JUPAS web page (download area). Access through individual institutes’ web sites

Discussion STAGE Bio. Sci. Medicine Phys. Sci., Comp, Eng BBA, Acc Econ, Finan Arch, Survey BA, Social LLB, Commu