Many universities are expected to have two types of admission scores.

This year marks the first time the Ministry of Education and Training has stipulated that students who graduated from vocational schools or colleges and wish to continue their studies at higher education institutions (college or university) but whose graduation date is less than 36 months old must participate in the entrance examination along with other university entrance exam candidates.

Many school leaders said that although the entrance exam is common, the school will set its own cutoff scores for transfer students, in parallel with the cutoff score as in previous years.

The admission cutoff score for transfer students is lower.

Although the exam results are not yet available, schools have indicated that the cut-off scores for students applying for transfer programs will be lower than the cut-off scores for regular high school students.

According to Mr. Dang Van Tung, Head of the Training Department at the College of Economics, Technology and Commerce (Ha Dong), a large number of vocational school students are taking the entrance exam for transfer programs this year. To facilitate this for the students, the school will set its own cutoff score, requiring only that the candidate's exam score is not below the minimum score set by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Establishing its own admission standards is also a plan of the Posts and Telecommunications Institute. Mr. Le Huu Lap, Deputy Director of the Institute, said that this year the school has more than 400 candidates taking the transfer exam.

"These students may receive certain preferential treatment regarding the cutoff scores to encourage their learning spirit; however, the scores cannot be too low," Mr. Lap said.

Compared to the Posts and Telecommunications Institute, the number of students taking the transfer exam at Hanoi University of Industry is much larger, exceeding 3,000. With this number, Hanoi University of Industry is probably one of the universities with the largest number of transfer exam candidates in the country.

According to Mr. Pham Van Bong, the school's vice principal, among these 3,000 candidates are both vocational school students taking the entrance exam to continue their studies at the college level and college students taking the exam to continue their studies at the university level.

"If the Ministry allows it, the school will also set its own admission standards," Mr. Bong shared.

Will there not be many candidates scoring above the minimum passing mark?

While acknowledging that there will be more favorable cutoff scores for students taking the transfer exam, school leaders also expressed little confidence in the pass rate for this group of students.

To allow vocational school students more time to prepare for the college entrance exam along with other candidates, the College of Economics, Technology and Commerce (Ha Dong) has accelerated the review and graduation exam schedule by several weeks compared to previous years.

However, according to the students taking the transfer exam at the school, the quality of their answers was still very poor. "We hardly remembered anything, so we couldn't do the exam," one student said sadly.

This is also the opinion of Mr. Dang Van Tung, Head of the Training Department. According to Mr. Tung, these students have neglected their high school education for two years and have been busy studying for their vocational school graduation exams, so they haven't had time to review. Therefore, it is difficult for them to perform well on the exam.

Looking at it more pessimistically, Mr. Le Huu Lap, Deputy Director of the Posts and Telecommunications Institute, believes that very few candidates taking the transfer exam will be able to reach the minimum passing score. "Three years ago, these students had just finished high school, their knowledge was still 'fresh,' and they had been thoroughly prepared and reviewed. If they still failed the exam after three years of neglect and lack of focused preparation, then passing after three years of neglect is very difficult," Mr. Lap analyzed.

Providing specific information, Mr. Lap stated that this year's university entrance exam was assessed as having some easy questions for average students. However, these questions would only account for a maximum of 3 points. Therefore, fewer candidates will score 0 points this year, but achieving an average score or higher will not be easy. Initial grading results at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute also confirm this.

"Therefore, achieving the minimum passing score, let's assume it's 13 points, similar to previous years, is difficult for transfer students. Schools will give priority, but the question is whether they can score above the minimum passing score," Mr. Lap said.

Therefore, being given priority in terms of admission scores by universities is good news for students applying for transfer programs, but it is also a challenge that not many students can overcome.

According to (vietnamplus.vn) - HL