College Admissions: 5 Solutions to Create Fairness

Those working in admissions this year said that the 2025 admissions had many expectations of fairness and convenience for candidates, but in the end it was confusing.

- Ảnh 1. — More and more students are taking IELTS courses and exams due to the bonus point policy in university admissions.

"It seems that no one anticipated the complexity of the conversion, each school applied a different method and when schools announced the admission scores, students did not know whether they passed or failed. It was also the change in the admission method, the lack of early admission combined with the score conversion that caused the number of applications to increase sharply this year. The number of applications was too large, too many variables affected the virtual filtering process. After the virtual filtering, students could not look up the results due to technical errors," an admissions expert in Ho Chi Minh City analyzed.

From there, this expert recommends that what needs to be done is to establish an admission regulation that is easy to understand, easy to apply, and stable over a period of time. "If we have followed the organization of university entrance exams and admissions in recent years, we have probably all noticed the instability in the implementation method. Every year, the Ministry of Education and Training announces a stable admission method and only adjusts technical details to create more favorable conditions for schools and learners. However, these adjustments actually have a huge impact on school admissions and indirectly cause disruption to learners, this expert commented.

To ensure fairness in admissions, synchronous improvements are needed.

First of all, build a national score conversion framework: The Ministry of Education and Training needs to issue comparison standards, IELTS scores, school records, competency assessment tests... with common rules, avoiding each person doing it their own way; there needs to be scientific research and cooperation from assessment and measurement experts at home and abroad.

Second, transparency and limit of bonus points: Priority is necessary, but must be controlled. The bonus level should be limited reasonably (maximum 2 points), foreign language certificates should only be converted to English, not added directly to the total score.

Third, reduce method overlap: Only keep methods that truly reflect capacity, avoid inflation of selection methods.

Fourth, in parallel, develop an independent standardized test: Like the SAT/ACT, this will be a pillar of assessing thinking ability, giving universities a reliable tool.

Fifth, autonomy goes hand in hand with responsibility: Autonomy in enrollment is an inevitable trend, but must be within the framework of general principles. The Ministry needs to play the role of "referee" - issuing the rules of the game, while schools have the right to design models suitable to their training mission.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tuyen-sinh-dai-hoc-5-giai-phap-de-tao-su-cong-bang-185250827211249056.htm