Ho Chi Minh City University of Science announces score conversion and additional criteria

(Dan Tri) - On the afternoon of July 28, the University of Natural Sciences, VNU-HCM announced the equivalent conversion of standard scores between admission methods and additional criteria in the university admission method in 2025.

Candidates learn about admission information to the University of Natural Sciences , Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Hoang Thanh).

According to the school, equivalent conversion is the conversion of admission score thresholds between admission methods and admission combinations.

The school uses the percentile method in converting equivalent scores between admission methods.

The school relies on the following factors to build a percentile table to serve the admission work based on many different bases.

In which, the reference to the equivalence table between the 2025 high school exam combinations issued by the Ministry of Education and Training . Combination codes other than the common combination are referenced to the following 6 combination codes:

From the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training and Ho Chi Minh City National University, the school builds a table of percentile scores for the 2025 high school exam combinations corresponding to the percentile scores of the capacity assessment (ĐGNL), percentile scores of the transcript combinations according to the reference combination codes above (6 combinations), the percentile used for the score combinations converted from foreign language certificates combined with 2 transcript subjects of method 1d from the data of candidates registering for admission to the school on the admission information portal of the Ministry of Education and Training, in which the original combination is A00 (or A01) of the 2025 high school exam results.

The value between the two percentile levels k% and (k+1)% is calculated by the following formula knowing that the values ​​in the percentile table are arranged from low to high. For example, calculating the y position based on x is as follows:

Based on the percentile table built above, the school conducts admission according to each threshold corresponding to each row on the percentile table with the value change level on each row of the original combination A00 (or A01) being 0.01.

Candidates at the same level will have the same standard score. Candidates with scores in many methods or combinations will be considered for the method or combination with the highest benchmark in the percentile table corresponding to each major or group of majors the candidate registered for.

In case the number of candidates passing the standard score is greater than the number of targets, additional criteria will be used according to the priority level.

The first sub-criteria, the priority level is based on the level of academic awards considered by the school. Awards with high points will be given priority over awards with low points. International/national awards are given priority over provincial/municipal awards.

At the same level, based on the first, second, and third place rankings, the championship medals (gold), silver, bronze, and finally the consolation prize. See the 2025 admission information for more details on the awards that are awarded points.

Second sub-criteria, in case the first sub-criteria is not sufficient for classification, use the second sub-criteria as follows: If candidates have the same standard score and the same bonus score of the award, the order of priority for admission will be determined according to the order of priority of the candidates' registration wishes.

This announcement was made in the context that there are only a few hours left before the Ministry of Education and Training's application registration system will close.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/dai-hoc-khoa-hoc-tu-nhien-tphcm-cong-bo-quy-doi-diem-bo-sung-tieu-chi-20250728164845439.htm