2. Do you know…?
JUPAS
E-APP
UGC-funded
OEA
SPN
SLP

3. Rundown Application Details and Important Dates
F.6 Grouping and Support from Careers Committee
Strategies on Choices and Reconsideration Request
Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP)
E-APP and Alternative Pathways Application
Admission Figures 2016
School Principal’s Nominations
OEA & SLP submissions
Q & A session

4. Application Details and
Important Dates
Mr. Koo Chun-yin

5. Timeline Date Programme 22/9 JUPAS Talk (MSC) 21/9 – 1/12
Submission of Main Applications by Applicants
2/12 – 23/5
Amendment/ updating of Programme Choices by Applicants
13/6
Checking of own allotted 24-Hour Time-slot for modification of Programme Choices by Applicants
12/7
Release of HKDSE Result
13-15/7
Modification of Choices after HKDSE Results by Applicants

6. Main Round Offer (Announcement)
Timeline
Date
Programme
7/8
Main Round Offer (Announcement)
9/8
Release of results of rechecking and remarking of
HKDSE Examination Results
10/8
Submission of request for Reconsideration of Application
subsequent to upgraded HKDSE Examination Result
17/8
Offer Results for Reconsideration of Application
21/8
Clearing Round Offer (Announcement)
24/8
Subsequent Round Offer (Announcement)

7. Timeline

8. Information to be completed by applicants
Mandatory
Personal Profile
Programme choices (maximum of 20 choices)
OEA
SLP
Optional / if applicable
Other Academic Results (Language subjects)
Music Qualifications
Disability information
Prior education

9. Timeline
Download:
- NSS U & Web -

10. JUPAS account Register it yourself through the JUPAS website
Starting from 21/9 (Wednesday)
Read the instructions and user guide carefully before the registration

11. JUPAS account
Source:

12. Late Application Penalty: HK$300
Fee
Fee Schedule
Fee (in HK$)
Application
$420
Amendment/ updating of Programme Choices (2/12 – 23/5)
$80 per submission
Modification of Programme Choices
(13 – 15/7)
Free-of-charge
(one submission only)
Acceptance of offer
$5,000
Late Application Penalty: HK$300

13. Payment Methods NO PAYMENT via SCHOOLS !!!
Application fee of $420 must be paid before *1/12/2016
DON’T do it on the LAST DAY
Platforms
Credit Cards
PPS online (not by phone)
E-banking
Cash in Bank
Cash in JUPAS Office
NO PAYMENT via SCHOOLS !!!

14. Dates of Information Days
Institutions
24/9
HKAPA, HKUST
8/10
PolyU
15/10
City U, HKBU
22/10
CUHK, EdUHK
29/10
HKU
5/11
LingnanU (TBC), OUHK
11/11
CIHE
12/11
CIHE, VTC – THEi
19/11
HSMC, TWC
26/11
CHC

15. Dates of Information Days
Source:

16. Sources of information
JUPAS website
NSS U & School Web
香港輔導教師協會
學友社

17. Sources of information
MSC.Careers Facebook
through Musang eClass
- eclass.munsang.edu.hk
7. Through your personal

18. from Careers Committee
F.6 Grouping & Support
from Careers Committee
Mr. Koo Chun-yin

19. F.6 Grouping Class Teacher in-charge 6A Ms. Kwok MY 6B Ms. Ho CL 6C
Mr. Kwan CW 6D
Ms. Luen MW 6E
Mr. Li CW 6F
Mr. Koo CY

20. Support Guidance on JUPAS Choices (Main Application: Sept – Dec) Date
Item
14/10
Submission of Drafted JUPAS Options by Students to Careers Teachers
25/11
Deadline for discussion on Drafted JUPAS Options with Students
28/11
Submission of Main Application by Applicants - School Deadline

21. Support
Remarks
Submit your drafted JUPAS choices in HARD COPY to the bookshelf (Outside staff room) of your assigned Careers Teacher before 14/10
(Late submission will not be entertained)
Write down your Career Objectives and Preference for studying fields on the submitted paper

22. Support
Sample

23. Support
Sample

24. Support Guidance on Personal Statement Writing Date Item 12/10
Class teachers finish proofreading Personal Statements (Content)
7/11
Students return their Personal Statements to English Teachers
9/1
Students receive proofread Personal Statements from English Teachers (Grammar)

25. Support Remarks Submit your drafted Personal Statement in
HARD COPY to your Class Teacher and
English Teacher whereas the finalized one in
SOFT COPY to the eClass
- Location of submission in eClass:
eClass  >  iPortfolio  >  JUPAS  >  Additional Information

26. Support Testimonial Writing Date Item 4/1
Submission of Student Personal Assessment by Students - Deadline

27. Support
Sample

28. Support
Sample

29. Support
Remarks
Submit 2 HARD COPIES of your Student Personal Assessment to your Class Teachers before 4/1 (Wednesday)
Students can download the Student Personal Assessment from or NSS Homepage after the F.6 U-life Sharing
Max. of 2 pages (2-sided printing) is allowed

30. Support Verification on Other Qualifications by School Date Item
4-13/1
Verification of Other Qualifications by School (First Phase)
10 – 20/3
Verification of Other Qualifications by School (Second Phase)

31. Support
Remarks
Submit the documents to Ms. Connie Lam Office) during the above 2 timeslots

32. Support Post-D day counselling service (13 – 15/7)
Careers Teachers will offer careers guidance service on JUPAS and alternative pathways at school
The timeslots will be announced in June through

33. Support Careers Teachers are always here to support! Careers Teachers
Ms. Ho Chun Lan
Ms. Lam Wing Man
Mr. Kwan Chun Wing
Ms. Luen Man Wah
Mr. Koo Chun Yin
Ms. Wong Wing Tung
Ms. Kwok Mei Yu
Mr. Li Chun Wai

34. and Reconsideration Request
Strategies on
Programme Choices
and Reconsideration Request
Mr. Kwan Chun-wing

35. Allocate 20 programme choices in 5 bands
1 - 3 B
4 - 6 C
7 - 10 D E

36. HKDSE Examination Results Banding Interview OEA SLP SRR SPN
Student A
Band A
Selection criteria:
HKDSE Examination Results
Banding
Interview
OEA
SLP
SRR
SPN
Other Academic Results
Music Qualification
Others
Band B
Band C
Band D
Band E

37. Student A ✖ ✔ Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E A1 A1 ✖
Band A ✔ A2 A3
70 … B1
Band B
Band C
Band D
Band E

38. Sequence
Remarks
The participating-institutions only have a general idea of how you rank your programme choices. They do not have access to your actual rank list. Your preferences are made known to the participating-institutions in the form of 5 bands.
What the institutions see (in numerical order only)
Actually Priority
JS6004
JS1001
Band A
JS1001
Band A
JS4018
JS4018
JS6004
JS3005
JS2014
Band B
JS2014
Band B
JS3005
JS6015
JS6015

39. Strategies Wider range of admission grades Different disciplines
Availability of interviews

40. Sequence
Rank the programmes which you prefer most and require interviews top the list before 23 May
Amend the priority to ensure an offer you would like to accept on Jul
Aim high in A1
Play safe in A3

41. New arrangements of JUPAS
During your allocated time-slot after the release of DSE result
Students can REPLACE up to 5 programme choices on the selection lists with new programmes / ADD a maximum of 5 new programmes to the original choices (as long as the total number of programme choices does not exceed 20)

42. Strategies after DSE Result release
Band A
Step 1:
Replace the “Unrealistic options” (Options with too high/low admission score to you) with maximum of 5 programmes you have not chosen before
Band B …
Band E

43. Band A
Step 2:
Put the “Unrealistic options” (Options with too high admission score to you) to lower bands (e.g. Bands D & E)
Band B …
Band E

44. Ensure an Offer Step 3: Be AMBITIOUS for A1 Be SAFE for A3
Put your Dream Choice you have 30% - 50% chance to get in A1
Risk loving or Risk averse?
It’s up to you A2
Band A
Put a choice you are likely to get an offer A3
Remarks: Again, the universities DO NOT know your sequence of options within the same banding

45. Step 4: Put the bottom line option at Band B B1
Put the options with lowest admission score among your 20 choices B2
Band B B3
Admission Score:
A1 > A2 > A3 > B1 > B2 > B3

46. Reconsideration Request
After rechecking and remarking of HKDSE results,
students may submit Reconsideration Request
Questions in mind:
1. Would applicants for Reconsideration Request be disadvantaged, since the Main Round offer results have already been announced?
2. Should I accept the Main Round offer before submitting the Reconsideration Request?

47. 1. Would applicants for Reconsideration Request be
1. Would applicants for Reconsideration Request be disadvantaged, since the Main Round offer results have already been announced?
NO!

50. 2. Should I accept the Main Round offer before. submitting
2. Should I accept the Main Round offer before submitting the Reconsideration Request?
Accept the Main Round offer only if you wish to
NOTE: The Main Round offers are the BEST AND ONLY offers to be made in the same academic year (2017 – 2018) and are of the highest possible priority on their programme choice lists in the case that applicants do not have RR results, or do not receive "better" offers after they have submitted requests for reconsideration of applications based on RR results.

51. What you should do when you want to apply for Reconsideration Request after the release of rechecking and remarking results
1. Move the programme which has been offered in the Main Round to a different position (but not as the first choice).
2. Only programmes placed ABOVE those which applicants have been offered in the Main Round will be reconsidered
NOTE: However, applicants are NOT allowed, at this stage, to delete the programmes they have been offered in the Main Round.

52. Before Reconsideration Request:

53. Programme choice list after submission of Reconsideration Request

54. With Reconsideration Request result
With “Better” offer
The “Better” offer will be the only and FINAL offer
The Main Round offer will be withdrawn
Without “Better” offer
The Main Round offer will be the FINAL offer
The acceptance status (accepted or rejected) of Main Round offer will remain unchanged

55. Flow chart for considering reconsideration request

57. Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP)
Ms. Luen Man Wah

58. SSSDP Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors
a new subsidy scheme initiated by the Education Bureau to subsidise up to 1,000 students per cohort to pursue designated full-time locally-accredited self-financing undergraduate programmes in selected disciplines to nurture talents to meet Hong Kong's social and economic needs.
The unit subsidy will be administered by a two-tier arrangement
subsidy of up to $40,000 is provided to non-laboratory-based programmes
subsidy of up to $70,000 is provided to more costly programmes which are laboratory-based.

59. Participating institutions
Caritas Institute of Higher Education
Chu Hai College of Higher Education
Hang Seng Management College
The Open University of Hong Kong
Tung Wah College
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council (THEi)

60. Participating institutions
Source:

61. Application details
The places of the subsidized programmes should be allocated mainly through the JUPAS in order to ensure eligible students are selected through a
merit-based system
Each programme under SSSDP has a JUPAS code
such as JSST01
Application is the same as other UGC-funded programmes under JUPAS

62. Application details – Case Study
OUHK – Bachelor of Nursing with Honours
in General Health Care

63. Application details JSSU40 JS9740 *Two different choices Band A Band B
Band C
*Two different choices
JS9740
Band D
Source:
Band E

64. MSC Examples 2016 Accepted SSSDP
Offered by OUHK: Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in General Health Care
Degree
Local 6C
Accepted
SSSDP
Offered by TWC: Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) – Major in Nursing
Degree
Local
Accepted
SSSDP
Offered by TWC: Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) – Major in Nursing
Degree
Local

65. Sources of information

66. Sources of information

67. Alternative Pathways Application
E-APP and
Alternative Pathways Application
Ms. Luen Man Wah

68. Source of information www.ipass.gov.hk/edb/index.php/en/

69. E-APP - Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes
a one-stop internet-based online application system developed by the Education Bureau to facilitate the 2015 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination candidates to lodge advance applications for locally-accredited post-secondary programmes (both sub-degree and undergraduate programmes) not covered under the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS)

70. Participating institutions
Caritas Bianchi College of Careers
Caritas Institute of Community Education
Caritas Institute of Higher Education
Centennial College
Chu Hai College of Higher Education
City University of Hong Kong - Community College of City University
Gratia Christian College
Hang Seng Management College
HKCT Institute of Higher Education
HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
Hong Kong Art School (Division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre)
Hong Kong Baptist University
College of International Education
School of Continuing Education

71. Participating institutions
Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education
Hong Kong College of Technology
Hong Kong Institute of Technology
The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE)
HKU SPACE Community College
Lingnan University
The Community College at Lingnan University
Lingnan Institute of Further Education
SCAD Foundation (Hong Kong) Limited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Continuing and Professional Studies

72. Participating institutions
The Education University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Hong Kong Community College
The Open University of Hong Kong
Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education
Tung Wah College
Vocational Training Council
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) / Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI)
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi)
Yew Chung Community College
YMCA College of Careers

73. Timeline Date Programme Early Dec
Commencement of E-APP main round application
Mid May
Deadline for E-APP main round application
Late May
Commencement of E-APP second round application
Late Jun
Deadline for E-APP second round application

74. FAQ about E-APP

75. Careers Mistress: Ms. Ho Chun Lan June
Admission Figures
Careers Mistress: Ms. Ho Chun Lan June

76. Admission Figures 2015-16 Name of University No. of Offer Total % HD
Associate Degree
Degree A
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 11
6.47% B
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 13
7.65% 24
14.12% 37
21.76% C
The University of Hong Kong 26
15.29% D
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 32
18.82% E
City University of Hong Kong 4
2.35% 5
2.94% 9
5.29% F
Hong Kong Baptist University G
Lingnan University 2
1.18% H
The Open University of Hong Kong 16
9.41% I
The Education University of Hong Kong 3
1.76% J 
SSSDP 7
4.12%
Total :
130
76.47%
147
86.47%

77. Admission Score 2016

78. School Principal’s Nominations Careers Mistress: Ms. Ho Chun Lan June

79. Rationale
To give due recognition to students who have contributed to social services or made outstanding achievements in non-academic areas such as sports, music, social services, other cultural activities, or who have demonstrated leadership abilities.

80. Level of achievements
International
Regional
School

81. Number of nominees
In total of 5 students will be nominated through the scheme

82. in E-COPY Things to be submitted (Total size<10MB)
A one-page personal statement showing your area of strengths
Record of Achievements
Supporting documents
Band A Choices
in E-COPY
(Total size<10MB)

83. Application period 14 Dec 2016 to 20 March 2017
Submit your documents to
Ms. Connie Lam (General Office)

84. Remarks on SPN
“If you are nominated under SPN, you will be considered by the JUPAS participating-institution(s) and / or the SSSDP institution(s) concerned for your Band A choices as at 23 May 2017 on an individual basis.”

85. Careers Mistress: Ms. Ho Chun Lan June
OEA & SLP
Submissions
Careers Mistress: Ms. Ho Chun Lan June

86. Other Experience & Achievement (OEA)
Select 10 OLE items to be submitted for JUPAS Application
Date
Item
21/9
Submission of Main Application by Applicants - Starting
23/1
Submission of OEA by Applicants - Deadline

87. Student Learning Profile (SLP)
Date
Item
TBC
Students can obtain the SLP from School Computers - Start
28/4
Submission of SLP by Applicants - Deadline

88. Student Learning Profile (SLP)
Personal Information (check)
Year Results (NSS 1 – 3)  3 – 4 years
OLE Records (select later)
Internal Scholarships & Awards in Athletics Meet etc
(if any)
Other Achievement Records (input: 24th till end of the month & select later)
Student’s Self-account (input later)

89. Student Workshop for SLP
A series of workshops will be conducted for F.6 classes during class teacher periods in early December 2016 by Mr. Mok Kwok-wai.
Students must have the following ready in eClass.
OLE Records
Other Achievement Records
Self-account

90. Selection of Records & Issue of SLP
Students must finish the selection of OLE & Other Achievement Records for SLP by TBC.
The SLP can be downloaded at school from TBC.
Further information will be released in the workshops.

91. Student Reference Report (SRR)
Academic results from BOTH daily and mock exam marks will be calculated for SRR rating.
We do not include "Below Average" as one of the ratings for our students. The percentile (& rating in JUPAS SRR) and our grading system (in the Report Card) are not the same.
SO…WORK HARD IN F.6!

92. Summary Information to be completed by applicants: Mandatory
Personal Profile
Programme choices (maximum of 20 choices)
OEA
SLP
Optional / if applicable
Other Academic Results (Language subjects)
Music Qualifications
Disability information
Prior education

93. Summary Degree Sub-degree (Asso, HD) UGC-funded JUPAS
JUPAS (City Asso, Poly HD)
Self-financed
JUPAS (OUHK)
E-app
Shue Yan

94. Ms. Ho Ka sin Karis & Mr. Hong Chi kei Chris
Guest Sharing
Ms. Ho Ka sin Karis & Mr. Hong Chi kei Chris

95. Question & Answer

96. The End
Thanks