Hong Kong Universities

btw... does anyone know about the differences between HKU halls?

btw... does anyone know about the differences between HKU halls?

obviously halls vary between locations. like some are on campus, so are 5 minute walk away and some u just need to take a bus / minibus.

but halls compete very fiercely in terms of sports and competitions. renown halls like ricci hall and st. john are long-time rivals which rumours had said that no one living in those halls sleep before 2am everyday, despite the fact that they have to get up for 8.30 classes the next morning....

basically it's the hall culture which is different. some halls are demanding while some others are not so demanding (although it's quite exhasutive...). so before u register for a hall, u better check about their background, very demanding or not, your curriculum as u wont have much time to join hall activities if u have a busy schedule.

if u are obviously international, it is up to u to join hall activities or not. they won't force u to join. and if u join, they'll be very glad. for local students, like u are obviously a hongkonger, it's sort of compulosry to join hall activities no matter if u are studying medicine or law or business or arts. (compulsory in terms of risking being isolated if u don't participate in hall works) local students dont have a choice

From the top of my head, here are some of the halls based on distance from the campus:
Swire and SKY Lee (I THINK) are both located on campus.
Starr Hall, Lady Ho Tung, and Ricci are 5 minutes away from campus.
St. John's is 15 minutes away.
The rest, I can't remember. I fail at remembering names of halls :P

Rumors have it that new halls are being constructed on the centennial campus.

HKU BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS CONDITIONAL OFFER!! so happy! ))

wow u are working... in health-care or science sector? well.... actually i applied last year but sadly wasnt admitted. so i'm basically taking a gap year and reapplying to med schools in hk. i filled my application form last december for 2012-2013 round.

hmmmm.... i'm not sure about the reason of being admitted into CUHK. they only give feedback if u are rejected (provided that u ask them for feedback) and doesnt give comments on those who receive offers. perhaps i perform better than i expect during interview? i just dont know and i dont have a reallyreally strong reference (only one from my school principal). i just know that CUHK admits ppl not only with strong academics but with strong desire to study medicine. perhaps that's why i impressed the professors....

thanks for the reply. I am so busy these days that could not get a chance to get on TSR.

That is a very encouraging story to learn about indeed. Was that a very challenging interview? What kinds of things that you were talking about in the interview?

Btw, any news from HKU?

But for now, I'd better work hard on the GCE AL first!

No, I wouldn't visit any country were I couldn't expect a fair trial or be in fear of voicing my opinion.

Hello everyone here, I have just discovered this forum just now. I can see many of the non jupas applicants here so I would like to share some information here since many of my friends including me have also applied non jupas this year and I have GOT MY OFFER just few days ago.

For me, I am a year 3 undergraduate studying in HKUST and major is MBMS (molecular biomedical science). And I am a HK local student. I have applied medicine of both HKU and CUHK for second degree using my GPA result. My cumulative GPA is 4.08 (but shows only 4.00 in my transcript since 4.00 is considered full mark in a semester). Luckily, I have received conditional offers for medicine of both HKU and CUHK!!!!!!! For HKU, my condition is to keep my cumulative GPA not less than 3.9 and be granted the 1st class honour. For CUHK, my condition is to keep cumulative GPA 4.0 and be granted the 1st class honour. And I have accepted the HKU offer. Actually in my Hong Kong AL examination, I have got 4A1B1E, 4A for AL Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Pure Mathematics, B for AS Chinese Language and Culture (CLC), E for AS Use of English. I was sick when I was taking my Use of English exam so I performed poorly. So I can only enter HKUST MBMS due to my poor UE result. I have retaken UE exam when I was MBMS year 1 and I have got a C grade. But I still want to finish my MBMS degree first since I didn’t want to waste my 1 year time and I have to quit the university to apply jupas so I did not apply jupas again at that year. And I have taken IELTS exam last year and got 8.0 (actually I have prepared so long and work very hard).

Apart from me, some of my friends (most of them are my high school classmates and will graduate from university this year) have also applied non jupas. One is now studying MBMS with me in HKUST and he also applied for medicine of HKU and CUHK. Ridiculously he has got an offer from HKU medicine by his GPA only about 3.5 but CUHK is only under consideration. And the condition for him is just simply 1st class honour. He said that he perform very well in the HKU fast track interview. But I think the reason is that the places of medicine this year increase significantly due to the academic reform and the addition of 30 places to each cohort so it becomes easier to enter. (may be even easier than pharmacy and dentistry: since I heard someone from CUHK life science applied for dentistry in HKU by GPA 3.6 cannot get an offer from fast track).

One of my friends is studying public health in CUHK. He told me that 5 of his classmates apply for second degree: 4 for medicine and 1 for pharmacy. The one who applies for pharmacy is the top student in public health and he has got an offer from CUHK. The condition is to graduate with 1st class honour. The 4 people who apply for medicine are just still under consideration.

I have another friend who is studying account and finance in HKU. His GPA is about 3.65, he also got an offer from HKU medicine!!! But CUHK is still under consideration. What the fxxk easy to enter HKU medicine this year!!! In the previous year, it is hardly to get into HKU medicine even you have GPA more than 4.0 if you are an undergraduate applicant. I think CUHK did not give too much offer because the deadline has not been passed. I highly recommend you all to apply medicine for both HKU(although only late application now) and CUHK this year as soon as possible. I think this year is the only chance in your life that medicine is so easy to enter. Good luck for you all!!!

I am a local applicant for (HKU MBBS, CUHK MBChB).

I am a geaduate for HKU BSc 6901 this year. My allpication status are still under consideration.

Wow~ wllee!! I would like to know how many of your friends got an offer from HKU and CUHK Medicine?

How are their performence in HKAL? HKCEE? is that easy to get an offer from med this year?? is it difficult to obtain 1st Hon in ust??

Thanks

Hi there. I'm also a local applicant from cu. did u attend the interview for mbbs/ mbchb already? i did, but now am still waiting for their consideration.

I got the interview from both of them in February. but still waiting for the results.

What is your CGPA?

i got 3.7, but i think it doesn't count too much once you are invited; interview somehow accounts for 100% of your score. when did your interview take place? 28 Feb? I was there too. do u know who interviewed u?

You are asking the HKU one, right?

I forgot the names of the professor... as the teachers are different from us..
but there were 2 male professors interviewing me.

any classmates of yours is applying too??

I think the HKU interview was quite harsh....the same as mentioned by dragon_knight.

How about your interview?

I've applied to both HKU and CUHK for medicine through non-JUPAS this year and I'm still waiting for replies from both of them. Do I need A* in all the subjects I do or an average of 90%+ UMS in the subjects overall (GCE A-levels) in order to get an interview?

Just for an interview? No, i wouldn't think so. Have you already completed your A levels?