The University Grants Committee earlier announced the launch of the "Student Athlete Learning Support and Admission Scheme", and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has also made special adjustments to its own "Student Athlete Admission Scheme".
The selection committee will take the applicant's athletic achievements as the main admission consideration, and will receive more personalized academic support after admission, including the option to extend the study period for up to eight years according to the study progress.
Su Huiyin, a local table tennis player, will be the first outstanding athlete student to be admitted to HKUST mainly based on her sports performance. She will be admitted to the college-based science course in September this year. Su Huiyin mentioned that she has been very concerned about the campus since she dropped out of secondary school and became a full-time athlete. Life, and even dreaming that I can continue to read.
HKUST has made special adjustments to the "Student Athlete Admissions Program", which will strengthen the original program and take athletic achievement as the main admission consideration.
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HKUST has made special adjustments to the "Student Athlete Admissions Program", which will strengthen the original program and take athletic achievement as the main admission consideration, and will also receive more personalized academic support after admission.
Including a special counseling team in charge of student sports, the sports consultants will adjust different academic arrangements in time according to the athletes' situation, and can choose to suspend or extend the study period according to the learning progress, which can be extended up to 8 years.
In addition, each student-athlete who receives a scholarship will receive a scholarship of at least HK$50,000 per year.
Liu Menglin, Director of the Undergraduate Admissions and Admissions Office of HKUST, pointed out that as of January this year, HKUST has received admission applications from 60 outstanding local athletes, and the school has not set a cap on the number of places. Sports organizations such as the Hong Kong team and youth national team can apply for nomination. Even if they do not meet the requirements, athletes who meet the minimum admission requirements of HKUST will be awarded extra points.
Su Huiyin, the bronze medalist in the women's team table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics last year, will become the first outstanding athlete student to be admitted to HKUST mainly on the basis of sports performance.
Su Huiyin mentioned that she has become a full-time athlete since Secondary 3. At that time, she never imagined that she would be a dozen or so for ten years. She would return to campus life after ten years. I dreamed that I was in the classroom, I would be very unhappy when I woke up, I felt as if I had missed the wild.”
In addition, Su Huiyin's determination to return to school has also been aggravated by the distress of the injury. She said that due to the influence of muscle tension, the nerves in her right hand will contract uncontrollably, which seriously affects her daily exercise. The practice time is reduced from 6 to 7 hours to 3 hours. There is no way to enjoy playing ping pong as before, "I don't have the ability to practice ping pong, it's like I'm wasting myself", so I decided to go back to school.
However, he also said that he would not give up table tennis, but instead devoted 90% of his time to table tennis, to 50% to table tennis and 50% to his studies. You can go to the stubborn road," and next Monday (7th) Su Huiyin will also set off to Singapore and Doha to participate in the Open.
Regarding the choice of the academic course of science, Su Huiyin said that she has been interested in astronomy and physics since she was a child, and believes that physics is like "seeing the world with a new set of eyes".
As for whether she is worried that it will be difficult to keep up with the progress of the university, she pointed out that although she is suspended from school, she has always maintained the habit of reading and is also guided by her family tutor. Zhou Jingliu, acting provost of HKUST, also said that Su Huiyin did not study because she wanted to do something in the future. It is because of interest, even if the preparations may not be sufficient at the beginning, but I firmly believe that with interest, "you will catch up soon", "the more you like, the better you can do it" means that as long as you have interest and have your own curiosity, can have a chance to play.
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