Strangely, accounting students are recruited based on subjects such as... literature-history-geography.
Accounting and auditing majors recruit with a combination of Literature-History-Geography, biology majors recruit with a combination that does not include Biology... there are too many "strange" things in this year's admissions.
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| Strangely, accounting students are recruited based on the subjects... Literature-History-Geography. |
In the 2018 enrollment period, many universities recruited combinations that were too unfamiliar to the major.
The combination of literature - history - geography has long been only used to recruit students for social sciences. However, this year, this combination has been expanded to recruit students for foreign languages, engineering, technology, and even accounting and auditing!
Expanding the exam blocks increases the choice opportunities for candidates, which is also a good thing. But expanding too far is a sin for candidates!
Many other groups have also expanded their enrollment sectors. There are more opportunities to choose a major, but candidates need to consider carefully to avoid wasting opportunities, time and money because they cannot keep up with the training program."Expensive" Literature - History - Geography
At Dong Nai University of Technology, except for the health care, English language and some technology majors, the remaining majors recruit a combination of literature - history - geography and literature - history - civic education. These include engineering and technology majors such as automobile engineering, electricity - electronics, mechanical engineering, construction engineering, and information technology.
Not only that, specific economic sectors such as accounting, finance and banking also recruit these combinations. If you look at the training programs of engineering and technology and economics, you can see that the basic knowledge is closely related to natural sciences such as advanced mathematics, probability statistics, and economic mathematics.
Similarly, in the engineering and technology sector, the knowledge of natural sciences is heavier with calculus and physics.
Not as open as Dong Nai University of Technology, but many other universities also recruit literature - history - geography combination for many economic and language majors.
At Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, this group enrolls students in economic majors such as international business, marketing, management, multimedia communications, and English.
Nam Can Tho University and Hung Vuong University in Ho Chi Minh City also recruit the above combination for the majors of accounting, finance and banking, and management. Phan Chau Trinh University recruits the combination of literature - history - geography for the major of English, and the University of Agriculture and Forestry (Hue University) recruits for the majors of agricultural extension and rural development.
Another special field is architecture and design, many schools recruit groups without aptitude. For example, Thu Dau Mot University, Nam Can Tho University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology... besides groups with aptitude subjects, they also recruit groups of math - physics - chemistry, math - literature - English.
Many other universities recruit majors in biotechnology and biology with combinations that do not include biology; chemical technology and food technology do not include chemistry.
High risk of dropping out
According to many experts, expanding the admission combination is the right of schools to increase the number of students for the school and give students more opportunities to choose their major. However, determining such an abusive admission combination will have a negative impact on students.
Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Thu - Principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport - said that many universities have easy admission requirements, but candidates need to consider carefully. When their strengths do not match the training program, studying will be extremely difficult, because the basic knowledge and major are very heavy.
Students may not be able to keep up with the program and may be suspended from school. If they do graduate, they may have difficulty doing well in their jobs. Every year, many students are suspended from school due to poor results.
Sharing this view, according to an official from Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, if the architecture industry does not have a talent screening program, students will face many obstacles because the first requirement of this industry is creativity.
Without artistic talent, it will be very difficult, because studying this major, students have to draw a lot. It is not a simple technical drawing with vertical and horizontal lines, but a combination of technique and art.
According to Dr. Tran Dinh Ly - Head of Training Department of Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry, going to university is not enough, it is also the process of studying and working later.
Choosing a combination of strengths that is not suitable for the training program will cause the candidate to waste time in the present and in the future, because he may not be able to complete the program, and if he graduates, it will be difficult to find a good job because it is not his forte. Choose a combination that is close to the training industry and suitable for his abilities and strengths.
Mr. Pham Thai Son - Deputy Director of the Admissions and Training Services Center of Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry - said that the entrance exam combinations are a threshold to determine the ability to receive the school's training program, but not necessarily an accurate assessment of the learner's ability.
However, if the admission combination is too different from the training program, the admission subject is completely different or there is no core subject of the training program, teaching will be difficult, because learners do not have the same basic knowledge of training. Learners will face great obstacles in receiving knowledge, the risk of dropping out of school is very high.
Teaching in high school is quite skewed when students determine which subject combinations to use for university entrance exams and focus on those subjects, ignoring the remaining subjects. Therefore, the basic knowledge between subjects is uneven, even very different.
"Strange" combinations
According to regulations, each major can only use a maximum of 4 combinations for admission. However, many schools recruit more than this maximum threshold.
According to the 2018 enrollment plan of the East Asia University of Technology, the majors of accounting, finance, banking, and business administration enroll 5 groups, including the literature - history - geography group.
At Nam Can Tho University, although each admission method (academic transcript and national high school exam results) only has 4 combinations, many majors with each method have up to 4 different combinations.
In particular, many "strange" combinations are included in the admission process, such as architecture, construction engineering, chemical technology, food technology, medical imaging technology, accounting... In the admission method based on high school transcripts, technology and information technology subjects are also included in the admission combinations.
