Important notes when applying for university admission

MSc. Pham Thanh Ha, Foreign Trade University, noted that to increase the chance of being admitted to their favorite major, candidates should not put too few wishes, nor should they put all their wishes on one school.

Ms. Pham Thanh Ha, M.Sc. - Deputy Head of the Training Management Department, Foreign Trade University - Photo: NAM TRAN

At the 2025 Wish Selection Festival organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper and other coordinating units on July 19 in Hanoi, a student wondered: This year, economic schools stopped determining admission quotas according to each method and converted them to a single admission score. How should I set my admission wishes?

Responding to students, MSc. Pham Thanh Ha - Deputy Head of the Training Management Department, Foreign Trade University - said that this year all universities do not determine quotas according to each method or admission combination, but only determine quotas according to each major/training program.

During the admissions process, the Ministry of Education and Training 's admissions system will automatically select the highest score among the available methods/combinations for each candidate, ensuring the best possible outcome for the candidate.

Therefore, strategizing when choosing university admission preferences is crucial.

When submitting your application through the ministry's online admissions system, there are three basic principles to keep in mind.

Firstly, when submitting your application on the Ministry's system, you need to divide your preferences into three different groups: Safe preferences (candidates can submit three preferences for majors with previous year's cutoff scores possibly lower than their current score); target preferences, within their capabilities; and dream preferences (submitting to majors/schools with slightly higher cutoff scores than their current ability).

Second, when placing your wishes on the ministry's general admission system, do not choose too few wishes, because the ministry's system does not limit the number of admission wishes. It is necessary to research how many wishes are appropriate.

"Put your preferences in order of preference, with your most favorite preference first. The ministry's system will run from top to bottom, and candidates who are admitted to a preference will stay at that preference," Ms. Ha emphasized.

Third , you should not focus your wishes on only one school. If you like economics and business, you can choose to apply to top, middle and lower schools to increase your chances of being admitted to your favorite major.

Many students and parents participated in the 2025 Wish Selection Festival organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper and other coordinating units on July 19 in Hanoi - Photo: DANH KHANG

From July 16 to 5:00 p.m. on July 28, candidates can register, adjust, and add their admission wishes an unlimited number of times. Admission wishes are ranked from 1 to the end (wish 1 is the highest wish).

All admission requests of candidates to the university will be processed on the system and each candidate will only be admitted to the highest request among the registered requests when ensuring the admission conditions.

There are two things candidates must do, otherwise they will not be considered for admission or will be removed from the list of admitted students: registering their admission preferences and paying the fees for the registered preferences.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nhung-luu-y-quan-important-when-setting-university-admission-applications-20250720112219845.htm