Why did Professor Ngo Bao Chau suddenly receive notice of college admission?

Suddenly… accepted

The story of Professor Ngo Bao Chau suddenly receiving a notice of admission to Ho Chi Minh City College of Economics and Technology recently made the public laugh out loud because of this unique situation.

A representative of the Ho Chi Minh City College of Economics and Technology responded to Thanh Nien Newspaper that the cause of this case was due to a mistake in the data provided by the candidates. At the same time, right after Thanh Nien Newspaper published the information, Mr. Ngo Thanh Sang, Deputy Director of the School's Admissions and Communications Center, sent an email to apologize to Professor Ngo Bao Chau.

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Khi giáo sư toán học và cán bộ hưu trí cũng nhận được thông báo trúng tuyển - Ảnh 1. — Professor Ngo Bao Chau received an email announcing his admission and enrollment into college.

A reader named NT said he is a retired cadre but also received an admission notice from a university.

In recent years, the situation of "passing without registering for admission" has become quite common. Three years ago, nearly 200 students from An Thoi High School, Phu Quoc District, were also "suddenly admitted" to a university in Ho Chi Minh City. Mr. Le Thanh Van, the principal of An Thoi High School at that time, shared with the press that after the university came to the school to advise, seeing that the number of students registering for the school was quite large, so to avoid each student having to photocopy their transcripts and send them themselves, which could lead to losing the original, Mr. Van asked the office to send the students' information to the university.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau unexpectedly received notice of admission to college.

Where does the school get candidate data from?

Master Tran Hai Nam, Director of the Admissions Center of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, commented: "The reason why people who do not register for admission still receive admission notices is because schools take candidate data from high schools or from admission fairs, then send mass admission notices in the hope of attracting more students. Nowadays, candidates and parents have a very good grasp of the information, so this method is actually ineffective, and can even cause a negative reaction and be boycotted."

In addition, Master Nam also said that there may be situations where candidates register online, the email address is missing, incorrect or typed quickly, causing the school's admissions department to send a notification to the wrong address, leading to the situation of "suddenly being admitted" like Professor Ngo Bao Chau recently.

"However, if schools carefully check information about names, ID cards, academic records, etc., there will be less confusion," said Master Nam.

"Until now, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology has only taken care of candidates based on the data that candidates registered for the school, there is no such thing as getting information from high schools or from the admissions fair," Master Nam added.

An admissions officer at a university in Ho Chi Minh City said that many universities and colleges, due to pressure to meet their quotas, have "randomly" sent admission notices to a large number of candidates, using data taken from high schools, the Department of Education and Training, or from admissions fairs.

"If a candidate is not knowledgeable, they may enroll without carefully researching information about the school that sent the notice, leading to many consequences later on such as too high tuition fees, not liking the major...", this officer acknowledged.

According to Master Tran Hai Nam, the fact that some schools have the above admission methods will greatly affect society's view of universities and colleges. "Society will think that university and college admissions are like multi-level marketing, and must find ways to "entice" candidates. Not registering for admission but suddenly being admitted is no different from the fact that every day we have no need to buy land or borrow money but still receive phone calls inviting us to buy land or borrow money, which makes us feel very annoyed," Master Tran Hai Nam shared.

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