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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2020-06-02 19:16
Last update date: 2020-06-02 20:48In the 2020/21 school year, CityU will abolish the "Honours Classification" system, which has been in use for many years, and change to a "Distinction" system with only three levels. The school held a meeting of the Academic Affairs Council today. It is understood that the decision was adopted at the meeting, and the rating threshold was tightened again. The ranking was ranked from the top 18% of the full grade to the top 15% before being rated. It is estimated that the average grade point of the total score (CGPA ) Only a rating of 3.46 or above is obtained; referring to the current system, that is, the second grade (Upper second) with the honorary grade A or higher scores is rated first. The plan is suitable for freshmen who enroll in September or later.
Some college advisors believe that the current system is effective, but at present, only the eight major universities in the city are changing the system, describing the changes quite a bit. I believe employers and others will need time to adapt. It is expected that the new system will have more disadvantages in the first few years. He cited, for example, "there was no honor rating before the pass", but the majority of those without a rating under the new system may make the outsiders wonder about the ability of these graduates. City University issued a press release at night, saying that the new system refers to the American school system, which effectively eliminates the expansion of the current system of scores and the metaphor of discrimination.
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The 2020/21 school year of CityU will abolish the "honor level" system, which has been in use for many years, and change it to a three-level "excellent" system. (Profile picture)
New degree grades only get the first 15% of grades to get a new rating
The City University held a meeting of the Academic Affairs Council today. It is understood that the school will revise the existing bachelor's degree grading system and abolish the "honor grading" that has been implemented for many years, and change it to only a three-level "Distinction" system and apply to 2020/ The undergraduates who are enrolled in the 21st school year and later will not be affected, that is, the fastest implementation will be in 2024. Under the new system, instead of referring to the divided CGPA levels, it is commonly known as "pull curve" and is rated according to the preset percentage of candidates for each level.
It is understood that under the new system, the percentage of graduates who can be rated has been further narrowed. The original full-level results of the same subject discussed earlier ranked the first 18%, and the rating was reduced to the first 15% before being rated, while the remaining 85% were not rated. According to the 2018/19 school year graduates’ achievement data, the graduates’ CGPA must obtain a score of about 3.46 or above, which is equivalent to First Class honours or higher second class honours. .
Wu Baocheng, a student counseling consultant of Alumni Association, believes that the "honor level" in the eight universities is effective, but at present, only the City University is changing the system. The new system is different from the ordinary people's understanding of degree grading and describes a lot of changes. (Profile picture)
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Wu Baocheng, a student counseling consultant of Alumni Association, believes that the “honor rating” of the eight universities is effective, but at present, only the City University has changed its system, which describes a lot of changes. It is different from the ordinary people’s understanding of the degree classification.
For example, if graduates in the past were classified as "qualified" (taking City University as an example, that is, CGPA 1.99 to 1.77), they would not be awarded the honorary grade. "However, many students are graded", most of them won the honorary grade B. For students of grades C and C, if these two grades are not rated, it will cause the outside world to question, "The graduates with no rating in the new system are equal to poor ability?"
Secondly, he believes that employers may not spend time deliberately. Understand the new rating system of CityU. If graduates are not rated, they may not be interviewed. He believes that if the outside world needs time to adapt, the graduates of the school who are not rated will join the workplace. After a period of time, they will show their work strength before the job market will slowly be certified.
As for whether the new system will prevent City University graduates from pursuing their master's degree, Wu estimates that the impact is relatively small, because college admissions may not necessarily only look at the honor grade, and will also examine the subjects and performance details of undergraduate graduates. It needs to be detailed." And the first round of re-selection of the university's joint admissions program will end tomorrow, Wu believes that this year's candidates need to pay attention to the revision of the city's university grades, but it is estimated that the new system will affect the city due to the impact of admission scores and the subjects offered by the institutions. Large admissions may not have much impact.
The school pointed out that when formulating the honor standards for degrees, it adopts the approach of American universities and abolishes the three-level "honor" system that previously granted the vast majority of graduates. (Profile picture)
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City University also announced in the evening that after discussion with 118 members, it voted to pass the minimum graduation CGPA and the new "honorary degree" system, which aims to enhance the reference value of the degree rating system and correctly reflect the performance of true outstanding graduates.
The school pointed out that when formulating the honor standards for degrees, it adopts the approach of American universities and abolishes the three-level "honor" system that previously granted the vast majority of graduates. The new system also eliminates metaphors that traditionally divide graduates into second and third grades with a "sub-level" discrimination.
The school also pointed out that many professors and teachers are extremely concerned about the grade inflation of subject scores, and the commonly used ratings in Hong Kong do not accurately reflect the students' ability, and require the adjustment of the minimum graduation point CGPA and graduation "honor grading" for undergraduates. Make adjustments with reference to the educational system of advanced American universities. According to the school, the minimum graduation CGPA will be raised to 2.0 points; at the same time, students with an average GPA of less than 1.7 points for any three semesters will lose City University membership.
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