Registering, adjusting, and adding admission wishes: Need a reasonable 'tactic'

GD&TĐ - From July 16 to 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2025, candidates register, adjust, and supplement their admission wishes on the General Admission Support System of the Ministry of Education and Training (System).

Experts note that candidates need to complete all steps and have a reasonable registration strategy to avoid "unfairly failing".

Do not stop and exit midway

According to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training , candidates can register, adjust and supplement their admission wishes an unlimited number of times. Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung - Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training) noted that the registration of admission wishes for majors/programs must be done online on the System or the National Public Service Portal.

Candidates must complete the entire registration process from start to finish, until these wishes are confirmed by the System. Candidates are not allowed to stop and exit midway, because then the operations have not been recorded by the System.

When changing their wishes, candidates must do the same, paying attention to the final steps. In previous admission seasons, some candidates adjusted and changed their wishes but did not complete the final step, so the System did not record the change and returned to the previously registered wish. For candidates who were admitted directly, the training institution must upload the wish to the System to process according to the general schedule.

To avoid mistakes, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Phong Dien - Vice President of Hanoi University of Science and Technology advises that when entering wishes into the System, candidates need to arrange them in order of priority from wish 1 (highest wish) to the next wishes. Regardless of the admission method, candidates should put their most favorite wish, the wish they want to be admitted the most first (wish 1). This ensures their rights, helping them have the opportunity to be admitted to the highest and best wish among all wishes that are eligible for admission.

According to regulations, candidates are allowed to register an unlimited number of wishes. Therefore, Mr. Nguyen Quang Trung - Deputy Head of the Department of Communications and Admissions, University of Commerce advises candidates not to register only a few wishes. This invisibly reduces the chance of admission. Candidates should have a strategy and tactic to register their wishes appropriately. Accordingly, they should not put all their wishes into just one group of majors and schools with a very high level of competition. Candidates should also not register too many wishes.

“In the previous admission season, there were cases of registering more than 100 wishes. This was unnecessary and even wasteful,” Mr. Nguyen Quang Trung shared, and at the same time recommended that candidates should divide their wishes into groups: top, middle, and lower schools, to increase their chances of being admitted to university. That means they should not “put all their eggs in one basket” but should spread out their “wish portfolio” to minimize risks.

Candidates take the aptitude test to enter the Central University of Art Education. Photo: NTCC

Avoid "unfair failure"

Emphasizing that candidates must not ignore the additional criteria (if any), Prof. Dr. Le Thanh Son - Principal of the University of Natural Sciences (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) shared that some universities have additional criteria when considering admission, if candidates do not pay attention, it can lead to "unfair failure".

According to the 2025 university and college admission guidelines, the Ministry of Education and Training will provide technical support to training institutions on the General Admission Support System (Business page) regarding admission information, candidates' admission registration wishes, high school graduation exam scores, graduation exam scores, competency and thinking assessment test scores, V-SAT (if any), high school learning outcomes (for candidates studying grade 12 in 2025), evidence of priorities and admission software (training institutions must update the correct admission software version)... to help training institutions conduct admission smoothly.

Training institutions should note that the Admissions Processing System only filters out candidates who have passed the higher admissions to other training institutions from the expected admission list that the training institution sends to the System. It does not have the function of adjusting the quotas and benchmarks that the training institution has determined. The System does not consider admissions on behalf of training institutions.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that training institutions will receive full priority information of candidates after candidates register for admission on the System. Training institutions organizing admission are not allowed to set requirements that cause inconvenience to candidates contrary to the Government's regulations on abolishing the requirement to submit and present household registration books and certificates of residence information when performing administrative procedures.

Training institutions must strictly comply with and consistently implement the regulations on the admission list. The official list of candidates admitted to the training institution is sent back to the training institution by the Admission Application Processing System (based on the list of candidates expected to be admitted uploaded by the training institution to the System) after the final processing of applications on August 20, 2025. Training institutions are absolutely not allowed to adjust this official Admission List.

Candidates only register for admission by major. Therefore, training institutions that use many methods and combinations for admission, the software must consider all methods and combinations for admission for candidates (if candidates meet the regulations) according to the announced admission information.

The Ministry of Education and Training requires that training institutions must arrange a permanent department, including: Competent and experienced staff in enrollment work, with a good understanding of regulations to answer questions related to the enrollment work of the training institution and priority in enrollment. Create conditions to support candidates to use the training institution's computer rooms connected to the Internet to register for admission (if candidates have a need).

The Ministry of Education and Training notes that candidates need to carefully study the admission information and admission regulations of the training institution, and not register their wishes for majors or training programs that do not meet the requirements. In cases where the training institution organizes separate forms of admission registration, submitting applications and evidence directly or online at the training institution, candidates still follow the regulations of the training institution but must also register on the System to be considered for admission together with all other candidates.

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