Having enough standard score but still failing university if not meeting additional criteria

(Dan Tri) - Candidates who just meet the standard score are still at risk of failing the university entrance exam if they do not meet the additional criteria set by the school.

Secondary criteria are applied in cases where many candidates have the same admission score at the end of the list. These are candidates who have just met the admission standard, but if they are all admitted, it will lead to exceeding the allowed quota. To limit the number of successful candidates, each school will set different secondary criteria.

Most universities will use the rule of giving priority to higher wishes. That is, with the same admission score, the candidate with the higher wish will be admitted first.

Universities of Technology , Law University , University of Natural Sciences (National University), Hanoi Open University , Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology , University of Transport ... apply the above sub-criteria.

Another group of schools set a secondary criterion of the math score on the high school graduation exam. When there are many candidates with the same standard score at the end of the list, the candidate with the higher math score on the high school graduation exam will pass first.

This number includes Hanoi University of Science and Technology , Foreign Trade University , and University of Commerce . In case the math score still exceeds the quota, the schools will consider the order of priority wishes.

Candidates taking the 2025 high school graduation exam (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

At Hanoi University , when many candidates at the bottom of the list have the same total admission score and the same level of wishes, the school applies the following secondary criteria in order of priority: foreign language score, literature/physics/computer science score and math score.

Hanoi National University of Education uses the secondary criterion of the total average score of grades 10, 11 and 12 of the subject group according to the regulations of each major.

The Academy of Journalism and Communication divides the criteria into 2 groups. For majors with coefficients for main subjects, priority is given to candidates whose original total score of 3 subjects without coefficients, without priority points, without incentive points, and without rounding up is higher.

For the remaining majors and majors, the school gives priority to candidates with higher high school math exam results.

At the Academy of Finance , additional criteria apply to each admission method. For the talent admission method, the additional criterion is the average score of grade 12.

With the high school graduation exam score method, the secondary criterion is math score.

With the combined admission method, the school takes subject 1 score as a secondary criterion and considers from high to low.

Similarly, the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts also has different sub-criteria for each training group. The management group uses the order of wishes and the math score of the high school graduation exam to consider when there are many candidates with the same standard score at the end of the list.

For the art group, the candidate with the higher aptitude test score will be considered.

Candidates need to clearly understand the secondary criteria of each school to understand their chances of admission.

According to the schedule of the Ministry of Education and Training , universities can announce standard scores from the afternoon of August 20 and the first round of admission results must be announced no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 22.

In 2025, the general admission system recorded more than 7.6 million registered wishes, accounting for more than 73% of the total number of candidates. On average, each candidate selected nearly 9 wishes.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/du-diem-chuan-van-truot-dai-hoc-neu-khong-dap-ung-tieu-chi-phu-20250818154950134.htm