Candidates taking the 2025 high school graduation exam. Although exam scores decreased, the benchmark scores of many schools increased - Photo: TRUNG TAN
The article "University benchmark scores 'inflated', nearly 10 points per subject still failed, what happened?" attracted many debates from Tuoi Tre Online readers regarding changes in admission policies and fairness.
University benchmark scores 'inflated' due to too many admission methods?
"With 29 points, I still failed the university entrance exam. How can I study? What's the problem?" is a question asked by a reader. Perhaps this is an excellent exam score but still failed the first choice, making this reader worried. Meanwhile, reader Nguyen Tuan Loc half-jokingly said, "Our children are really good...".
Also talking about scores, reader Ky Tranh said that only excellent and good students can get 3 subjects above 27 points.
With this result, if students cannot enter the university of their choice, the admission process needs to be reviewed.
Many readers explained the reasons, debated the admission and graduation exam policies as well as the fairness in admission and proposed solutions to limit the "standard score inflation" situation.
"Analyzing the score distribution announced by the Ministry of Education and Training in 2025, I see that only the math - chemistry - biology combination of the medical university group reflects the score results relative to the high school graduation exam results. Other combinations of universities and other colleges are unknown...", reader Nguyen Ha commented.
Explaining why candidates with nearly 10 points in each subject still fail their first choice, reader Nam said there are two reasons. One is that the graduation exam is too easy, with all scores being 9-10 without differentiation. Two is that the admission quota based on graduation exam scores is too small.
Many other readers agreed with the above opinion and said that the reason for the inflation of benchmark scores is that there are too many admission methods. Reader Nguyen affirmed that it is the result of university admission through academic records.
Also analyzing the cause of benchmark inflation, reader Nguyen Hai Au said that admission by means of transcripts, capacity assessment,... is almost enough to cover expenses.
The method of using high school graduation exam results to consider the very limited quotas leads to high scores (many students even get 1.5-2 points extra). The Ministry of Education and Training needs to review the admission methods of schools.
From another perspective, reader anhhaophilos believes that the high standard scores in some schools are due to the conversion of percentiles, but if the graduation exam with the combination of math - physics - chemistry to get a score of 25 - 29, the candidate must study very solidly.
Some schools such as the University of Natural Sciences (Ho Chi Minh City National University) have a very high standard score for "hot" majors, and there are many candidates who have won national or international prizes and are eligible for direct admission, so high school candidates have to compete very fiercely.
Fix regulations that may cause unfairness
Besides explaining the causes, many readers also wondered and proposed solutions to limit this situation.
"High benchmark scores are mostly in pedagogical fields, which is a good thing, but there are too many things to worry about for this year's university and college admissions season. There needs to be a long-term stable solution for admissions," reader Vinh Hai wrote.
Reader Truong thinks that the high, very high standard scores are due to the many admission methods. This is unfair. "In my opinion, we should only rely on the graduation exam results as the main factor, and consider secondary factors such as academic records and foreign languages," this reader suggested.
Similarly, reader Thanh suggested separating the graduation exam and university exam. Because graduation exam questions are very likely to be inflated, causing university scores to be distorted.
Sometimes, going back to the time of choosing a school and major before taking the exam will help students study according to their dreams instead of applying for admission after knowing the scores.
Sharing the same point of view, reader Anh Vu believes that reform is to reduce, make things simpler and more convenient, not to complicate the problem, which has many unreasonable points. I think this is the right time to separate the high school graduation exam and university and college admissions. To improve the quality of university education , it is necessary to remove the criteria for considering transcripts for university admission.
"Let the universities set the questions and choose their products to avoid omissions," reader Vinh wishes.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/29-diem-van-rot-dai-hoc-co-van-de-gi-vay-20250823150124156.htm
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