Vinh University High School for the Gifted announced its 10th grade admission plan with many changes.

According to the newly announced announcement No. 1 of Vinh University, this year the school will enroll students in grade 10 -High School for the Giftedand enrolling in grade 10 of High School - Primary School, Middle School & High School of Pedagogical Practice, Vinh University, school year 2024 - 2025.

Accordingly, for grade 10 specialized high school, the school recruits students nationwide, grade 9 students with all the following conditions: graduating from junior high school; academic performance and conduct of 4 years of junior high school is good or higher; average score of specialized subjects at junior high school is 7.0 or higher.

This year, the school enrolls 385 students and specializes in Math, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature and English. Of which, the Math and Literature specialized class takes 2 classes and the English specialized class takes 3 classes. For the Computer Science specialized class, the school will consider recruiting up to 40% of the quota for candidates who register to take the exam with Math.

There are many new features in the admission method for the 2024-2025 school year. Accordingly, in previous years, in addition to the specialized subjects organized by separate exams, the school will use the base score for the 10th grade entrance exam from the Nghe An Department of Education and Training (and the provinces where students take the exam). However, this year, candidates taking the exam to enter the school will take 1 comprehensive exam and 1 specialized exam. In which, the comprehensive exam is in the form of objective multiple choice with a time limit of 120 minutes and candidates take the exam on a multiple choice answer sheet. The exam includes a Foreign Language and a Math exam.

For specialized subjects, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Literature are tested in essay format, on paper. Meanwhile, English is a combination of multiple choice and essay, and Information Technology is tested on a computer.

According to the school's plan, the exam is expected to be held on June 16, 2024. This year, Vinh University High School for the Gifted will continue to not consider direct admission but only prioritize admission by adding points for candidates who have won provincial-level excellent student awards or IELTS certificates. Priority points range from 1 to 5 points.

Admission score = Specialized subject exam score x 1.5 + comprehensive exam score + priority score (if any). In which, specialized subject exam score is on a 20-point scale and comprehensive exam score is converted to a 10-point scale.

Also according to this announcement, this year the Specialized High School will no longer enroll students.grade 10high quality system. Instead, the school will enroll 4 grade 10 classes with 120 quotas for Primary School, Middle School & High School of Pedagogical Practice (advanced program following the international integration trend).

For these classes, the school will have 2 admission methods, in which method 1 is direct admission and priority admission, up to 50% of the target. Priority candidates must be students with good academic performance and conduct in grade 9 of junior high school. In addition, direct admission candidates must meet 1 of the following criteria: winning 3rd prize or higher in the provincial excellent student competition or the provincial science and technology competition or the provincial youth IT competition (grade 9); achieving IELTS from 5.5 or higher or the total score of 3 subjects including Math, Literature, English in grade 9 must be 24 points or higher.

Method 2, admission based on exam results. Accordingly, candidates take the entrance exam to specialized schools and register for admission to their second choice at the Primary, Middle & High School for Pedagogical Practice (10% of the target).

In addition, the school reserves 40% of the quota for candidates who register to take the comprehensive exam at the same time, with the same exam questions as candidates taking the entrance exam for grade 10 of the specialized high school, Vinh University. Admission score = Foreign language test score x 2 + Math test score./.