2. Rundown Application Details and Important Dates
F.6 Grouping and Support from Careers Committee
Strategies on Choices
Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP)
E-APP and Alternative Pathways Application
Admission Figures 2015
School Principal’s Nominations
OEA & SLP submissions
UK and Cambridge Admission by Dr. Andrew Murray
Q & A session
11. More on Principal’s Nominations

3. Application Details and Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton
Important Dates
Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton

4. Timeline Date Programme 18/9 JUPAS Talk 22/9 – 2/12
Submission of Main Applications by Applicants
3/12 – 24/5
Amendment/ updating of Programme Choices by Applicants
14/6
Checking of own allotted 24-Hour Time-slot for modification of Programme Choices by Applicants
13/7
Release of HKDSE Result
14-16/7
Modification of Choices after HKDSE Results by Applicants

5. Main Round Offer (Announcement)
Timeline
Date
Programme
8/8
Main Round Offer (Announcement)
10/8
Release of results of rechecking and remarking of
HKDSE Examination Results
11/8
Submission of request for Reconsideration of Application
subsequent to upgraded HKDSE Examination Result
18/8
Offer Results for Reconsideration of Application
22/8
Clearing Round Offer (Announcement)
25/8
Subsequent Round Offer (Announcement)

6. Timeline

7. Information to be completed by applicants
Personal Profile
Programme choices (maximum of 20 choices)
OEA
SLP
Other Academic Results (Language subjects) (optional)
Music Qualifications (optional)
Disability information (optional)
Prior education (optional)

8. Timeline -
- NSS U & Web
Download:

9. JUPAS account Register it yourself through the JUPAS website
Starting from 22/9 (Tuesday)
Read the instructions and user guide carefully before the registration

10. JUPAS account
Source:
The Applicants’ User Guide will be available on 22/9/2015!!

11. Fee Fee Schedule Fee (in HK$) Application $420
Amendment/ updating of Programme Choices (3/12 – 24/5)
$80 per submission
Modification of Programme Choices
(14 – 16/7)
Free-of-charge
(one submission only)
Acceptance of offer
$5,000

12. Payment Methods NO PAYMENT via SCHOOLS !!!
Application fee of $420 must be paid before *1/12/2015
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 !!!

13. Dates of Information Days
Institutions
26/9
HKUST
10/10
PolyU
17/10
City U & HKBU
24/10
CUHK & LingnanU
31/10
HKIED
7/11
HKU & OUHK

14. Dates of Information Days
Source:

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

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

17. from Careers Committee Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton
F.6 Grouping & Support
from Careers Committee
Mr. Kwan Chun-wing Newton

18. F.6 Grouping Class TIC 6A Ms. Luen MW 6B Ms. Lam WM 6C Ms. Ho CL 6D
Ms. Kwok MY 6E
Mr. Koo CY 6F
Mr. Kwan CW 6G
Ms. Luen MW (1 – 11)
Ms. Lam WM (12 – 22)
Ms. Kwok MY (23 – 33)

19. Support Guidance on JUPAS Choices (Main Application: Sept – Dec) Date
Item
16/10
Submission of Drafted JUPAS Options by Students to Careers Teachers
26/11
Deadline for discussion on Drafted JUPAS Options with Students
27/11
Submission of Main Application by Applicants - School Deadline

20. Support
Remarks
Submit your drafted JUPAS choices in HARD COPY to the bookshelf (Outside staff room) of your assigned Careers Teacher before 16/10
(Late submission will not be entertained)
Write down your Career Objectives and Preference for studying fields on the submitted paper

21. Support
Sample

22. Support Guidance on Personal Statement Writing Date Item 9/10
Class teachers finish proofreading Personal Statements (Content)
9/11
Students return their Personal Statements to English Teachers
8/1
Students receive proofread Personal Statements from English Teachers (Grammar)

23. 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

24. Support Testimonial Writing Date Item 6/1
Submission of Student Personal Assessment by Students - Deadline

25. Support
Sample

26. Support
Sample

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

28. Support Verification on Other Qualifications by School Date Item
4 - 8/1
Verification of Other Qualifications by School (First Phase)
11 – 24/3
Verification of Other Qualifications by School (Second Phase)

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

30. Support Post-D day counselling service (14 - 16/7)
Careers Teachers will offer careers guidance service on JUPAS and alternative pathways at school
The timeslots will be announced in June through

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

32. Mr. Kwan Chun Wing Newton
Strategies on
Programme Choices
Mr. Kwan Chun Wing Newton

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

34. Range of institutions Wider range of admission grades
Bottom line setting
Associate-degree programmes
Higher-diploma programmes

35. Range of fields
Choose few programmes (e.g. 2-3) of fields which may not be your first priority but you are still keen to study

36. Over 20 choices
Eliminate some choices with similar natures and admission grades

37. 20 individual applications  Will be processed at the same time
Student A
20 programme choices 
20 individual applications 
Will be processed at the same time
Band A
Band B
Selection criteria:
HKDSE Examination Results
Banding
Interview
OEA
SLP
SRR
SPN
Other Academic Results
Music Qualification
Others
Band C
Band D
Band E

38. 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

39. 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.
Actually Priority
What the institutions see
JS6004
JS1001
Band A
JS1001
Band A
JS4018
JS4018
JS6004
JS3005
JS2014
Band B
JS2014
Band B
JS3005
JS6015
JS6015

40. Sequence
Rank the programmes which you prefer most and require interviews top the list before 24 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 arrangement 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: 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. Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP)
Ms Luen Man Wah

47. 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.

48. Participating institutions
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)

49. Participating institutions
Source:

50. 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

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

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

53. Sources of information

54. Sources of information

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

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

57. 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)

58. 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
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

59. 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 School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE)
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

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

61. 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

62. FAQ about E-APP

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

64. Admission Figures 2014-15 Name of University No. of Offer Total % HD
Associate Degree
Degree A
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 14
6.15%
7.91% B
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 16
9.04% 10
5.59% 26
14.69% C
The University of Hong Kong 11
15.64%
6.21% D
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 23
14.53%
12.99% E
City University of Hong Kong 3
1.69%
9.50% 17
9.60% F
Hong Kong Baptist University 7
3.35%
3.95% G
Lingnan University 5
1.12%
2.82% H
The Open University of Hong Kong 20
7.26%
11.30% I
The Hong Kong Institute of Education 2
0.56%
1.13% J 
SSSDP 6
3.39%
Total :
112
63.28%
131
74.01%

65. Admission Score 2014

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

67. 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.

68. Level of achievements
International
Regional
School

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

70. in E-COPY Things to be submitted
A one page personal statement showing your area of strengths
Record of Achievements
Supporting documents
Band A Choices
in E-COPY

71. Application period 16 Dec 2015 to 17 March 2016
Submit your documents to
Ms Connie Lam Office)

72. 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 12 May 2016 on an individual basis.”

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

74. Other Experience & Achievement (OEA)
Select 10 OLE items to be submitted for JUPAS Application
Date
Item
22/9
Submission of Main Application by Applicants - Starting
2/2
Submission of OEA by Applicants - Deadline

75. Student Learning Profile (SLP)
Date
Item
TBC
Students can obtain the SLP from School Computers - Start
29/4
Submission of SLP by Applicants - Deadline

76. 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)

77. Student Workshop for SLP
A series of workshops will be conducted for F.6 classes during class teacher periods in early December 2015 by Mr. Mok Kwok-wai.
Students must have the following ready in eClass.
OLE Records
Other Achievement Records
Self-account

78. 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.

79. 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 ReportCard) are not the same.

80. UK and Cambridge Admission
Dr. Andrew Murray
Director of Studies in Natural Sciences &
Admissions Tutor (Sciences)
Trinity Hall
University of Cambridge

81. Question & Answer
Thanks

82. The End
Thanks