Seven students achieve perfect scores in Hong Kong's university entrance exams
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Hong Kong secondary school students received the results of their university entrance exams on July 21, 2021. Seven of the 49,976 students who sat this year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams achieved perfect scores. This is the first year the test results were sent to students via SMS.
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Man, it feels unreal that I'm the next batch who will be taking DSE next year :0
Best of luck to all the 2022 DSE candidates next year!!
Edit: Updates, I am currently in Eduhk studying ECE. The results weren't that great but able to get into Eduhk
Best of luck!!
the beomgyu pfp :D
Best of luck to all of you... Try your best 👍💓
Best of luck!
All the best man👍
I hope they know what being a doctor is really about and that they have genuine interest in the field of medicine. It takes much more than being smart to be one.
Lets hope they help research cures for cancers
Consistency
Yeah true.. dont become a doctor if you only searchin for prestige and money
not really. Have you seen doctors nowadays. Even some teenager can get way with pretending to be one for years. Overrated profession.
@@helloman3676 Overrated in other countries i guess. Theres actually not enough doctors in Hong Kong these few years
Let it be known that it’s totally fine to not have perfect scores. Let’s stop pressuring our kids.
I agree, I believe these things are possible, but working long term at them at such a high level it can some times be futile to keep up with it, especially if you aren’t interested. I believe parents should have high grades as a standard, but by no means be frustrated with low grades or fails unless consisting or there’s an underlying problem
americans be like
@@bepoo8267 More like any country that isn't in East Asia
@@bepoo8267 Im sure they understand that they have to keep pressure on their kids because these exams are so important but they’re saying the exams shouldn’t be like this
Yes, I totally agree with you.
In Japan, people who aren't content with the results of entrance exams continue studying to pass the next year exams, which is called rounin(浪人) in Japanese.
In Hong Kong, are there people studying for another year to enroll in the university they want to enter?
Yup, there are! In Hong Kong, these people are referred to as「自修生」, which basically means people who self-study, since people who would like to take the exam again would spend the remaining time studying outside of school, given that they have graduated from secondary school. Few people may choose to repeat the last year of secondary school completely instead of just retaking the exam.
@@dinithiwijayasinghe4851
One in five do so. Recently, the ratio is decreasing.
Is there any limit how many times you can take the exam? Like age limit maybe?
@@randompoptart1286
Thank you for letting me know. It is interesting there is the name for people doing a second try in Hong Kong like Japan!
Same in india, they are just called repeater, yesterday I have my university exam, looks like even I would have to repeat class
I don’t see much people talking about this but I am from HK and currently have just graduated from high school in Canada. I must say that there is a BIG DIFFERENCE in the education system. It is completely unfair that a big exam DSE will determine your entire post secondary plans. There is almost to no freedom in learning and choosing what you want to study. Yes, some can say that the schooling in Asia is what makes them so smart but that is only because they are FORCED to. They are pressured into trying they HARDEST and there is no room for relaxation. School in Canada is completely different, as we do we not have an exam at the end of our senior school year that determines where we can go. Of course it is based on marks, but those are accumulated from grade 10-12. The final exams for each subject in every grade do happen but they add into our average from other assignments so they aren’t too stressful. I am not saying that HK school system is HORRIBLE but I just feel that it needs change. Students need to be happy, its their prime year and I hope that people will remember that we only live once.
yeah but that's why hong kong have higher GDP per capita than canada despite having much smaller land and population. so many smart people.
Diamonds are made under pressure
hard situation creates strong men, easy situation creates weak men.
@@Coolzlps Yes
Haha, I'm actually from HK too and my family moved to Australia to live a new life. I must say that I agree with your statement entirely: the education system is very different.
I am now 67, and can look back at all those years of consistently being valedictorian from kindergarten, all the way to elementary, high school and the first 2 years of college, then stopped education for religion..
all my life in a blur, my take away is it might be better to just to start a business, rather than to achieve a diploma, and missing out a lot in life, especially in your youth..
my biggest regret- -I should have learned the piano, could have been much happier..you only live once, and to be young is the best in life..
i hope there is another chance at life, I will just play the piano, enough with all this academic excellence, it really does not make you happy...and neither does religion, but I digress..lol
congratulations to the lower scorers, you can have happier lives now..
a little less money, perhaps, but to be free to live is priceless..
no offense to the topnotchers, just speaking with the great advantage of hindsight..I am also happy for them.
Life begins at 70. Keep studying. Enjoy the insight it gives you
Can’t you still learn the piano? I think it’s possible!!! 🥰
my mom started taking piano lessons when she was in her late 50s.
What if your business fails 😕😔
you're never too old to do something so u can still learn to play the piano
Aim high, Pursue your dreams, Best of luck for these brilliant minds!!!!
Not sure if it's more popular or just coincidence, two of the top scorers choose to pursue study in medicine, not engineering, liberal arts, or law etc.
Coincidence
Not coincidence, they achieved these results in the corona years and during the boom of bio-engineering. (Crisper and related)
@@Laroac this is the DSE exam, they don't talk about those topics (unless liberal studies)
I assume that Medicine would’ve been the toughest course to enter so students had to be in the top tier.
3*
How did I guess they were all aiming to be doctors 😭
Because they are Asian, all Asian are doctors.
doctors in HK are really high paid just fyi, earning 60k hkd per month frest out of uni!
@@pharedbrayson4737 can’t tell if this is a joke or not
@@dnfrizz not a joke...all Asians whether south Asians or east or south east asians...they all want to become doctors
@@yourdad3235 asian parents want asian kids to become doctors*
The way they talk makes you think they are older than their age.
British English makes people sound 10 years older than American English
they’re tired
@@zacharyyan4898 their word choice too
No
I used to be a smartest student in my school till Senior High School. Studying till late of night . But now at my 40's age i questioned myself : what were the purpose of all of the efforts for?? I feel like they were just useless.
I feel the same way! With what job I have now,,, I could’ve dropped out of high and started my career at that age, and that would’ve been more helpful to me than staying and getting all As in high school... if i just had taken the time to figure out what I wanted to do instead of studying constantly, then my efforts could’ve been put it the right place.
funny most of the people i know that went to college have jobs that have nothing to do with their major. it makes you wonder if or how much of that education is relevant.
I can relate.., 💙💜💚
Then you realize it was for nothing because your peers all went to play while you crammed your books. Your peers end up better on their careers than you. It was for nothing.
So that you dont become a cleaner and earn 4 dollars a day
perfect scores!? how in the WORLD? that's so incredible. congratulations to all those students... i am so proud of serena ! please work hard for hong kong! 加油！
In America these type of interviews are for athletes’s, in Asia these interviews are for students
Hard work really does pay off, happy for them
No if we get A by hard work still we would have to sleep outside.
@@whitefeather8387 Thats a sacrifice you have to make, thats why not everyone is successful in life lol
That’s the one time and that child’s entire life with your parents will be half proud of them
"The important is you have finish your study" - no matter what is your capacity on your mind. We are not perfect at all, but the important is have a goal and dream job in the future, to help our family, and this will be the key of successful in our life. That's all, thank you 🙏.
Their parents be like "Get A or get out from my house"
See the neighbours kid got more marks than you
The neighbours kid
This joke is gettin old
@@alx9099 but still being real
Old
@@nakanik8375 yeah its real
Of course its medicine. The asian parent experience 101
I have heard that “humans aren’t perfect” and this ain’t human… bruh just look at them like their souls left the body 5 years ago… man Asians build different…
Remind me of UTBK that I took three months ago
Aww congratulations to them 💗 I hope the best for their future endeavors
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Congrats to the perfect scores!
When I see this news , I am quite sad that I couldn't continue my college education for two years. Due to pandemic, February 1st coup, myanmar military's aggressive repression on resisting students, constant internet shutdown, there is no hope and guarantee for my future education and now just trying my best to stay alive from covid, bullets and abductions by military. How fortunate for them to be able to study at schools in peace.
Go into the jungle and try to create something from nature and export your goods to the world. No point going to school when you going to make pennies working for someone.
@@MrMannyhw ?
I am sorry. I hope that the powers much larger than you ease back and you can go to school again.
Hope everything gets better in Myanmar .
Just leave your country then.
0:10 A top achiever and also a top dancer. He has it all. What a guy!
CONGRATULATIONSS!!!
i hope i do well next year 😭😭
That’s wonderful news for them I am happy for them. Best wishes on the other hand for those who did not make it through. There is always another way out there if you believe there is. Not doing too well does not mean it is the end of the world. As the saying goes success is not final and failure is not fatal.
Regardless you did score perfect or not in exam, you all have done well!
Meanwhile here i am playing genshin
Congrats to those who got high marks 👏 👏👏🎉🎉🎉 btw my brother’s gonna be taking this exam next year too lol
What age is the student who sits the exam for the first time?
No doubt they are exceptionally intelligent students, but I dread to think if there was a huge pressure from family to achieve that end. Education is engagement, not force.
Now they can basically forgot all of those knowledge needed for the eggsham!
So much for cramming all that knolegde for exam
Imagine getting 98/100 and still get scolded by your parents
TBH, I was a poor performer in my exams but later I improved and stared getting the A's so my parents never scold me ..even if I get B's or C's ..they are like
It's better than those horrifying F's
They are like it's better
All of you did amazing! Great job’
I’m glad there’s a lot of people wanting to be doctors. I reckon they’re important
There's much more to life than academic
I know right. But yet in my country that's all that matters.
Yeah. But if they want to become doctors it's their choice to prioritize academics. Like how I love dancing. I would do anything just to dance and feel free. 💜
In case of US canada australia uk yes but in asian country it is hard without academics
What’s up with everyone becoming a doctor? Who’s going to be the patient then?
U
@@vivekt.2038 😂😂😂👍
@@vivekt.2038 Sadly, I'm already a medical student 😉
@@yokeshkaliaperumal2012 u didn't get yo license Right ? that means u can be a patient before becoming a Doctor .
@@vivekt.2038 Oh
hey look, my chances of getting the minimum DSE mark for university just dropped through the floor!
meanwhile in my country. as long as you have the money to pay for enrollment fee you can enter any universities.
Any?
They have no capacity limit?
That's incredible!
Thats how top univ everywhere in the world works,
They need money too
@@TheLifeOfKane yes. they dont care even if its over the limit or the students dont have proper seats or space inside the classroom.
It's like that everywhere. The wealthy send their kids aboard. These kids getting perfect scores means nothing.
Country??
I'm happy for them! But I really wonder why everyone wants to be a doctor?
HKU and Hong Kong has one of the most prestigious and excellent medical programs in the world. They also have the best professors for different medical-related subjects such as pathology, surgery, etc. Also, you need to top it of with their geography which is dense, and highly urbanized. Hence, it contributes to why most of the students want to pursue medicine there. I can't see an objective reason why students would study forestry, and botany in a place like HK.
Doctors get paid really well and have a low chance of unemployment in Hong Kong. They also receive a high level of social recognition.
Doctors get paid 50k (hkd) right after they graduate while the average wage of university graduates is 15k
@@randompoptart1286 almost all parts of the world have high social recognition for doctors, and low chances of unemployment
@@Chan-me5wg woah 50k is alot👍👍
My caribbean country Trinidad and Tobago we do CXC/csec and if u fail or don't like the grade they can repeat to get a better grade. Also here above school age are called private candidates there is general and basic.....to be hired one has to have general profriency until age 50 can write over subjects many times but it's not free after the third chance. İ
They look like their souls left their body.
Souls are long gone
That’s because they can’t act crazy right in front of a camera where the whole world would see them so they just gotta do it like a questionnaire kind of thing. I believe that intelligence or grades will not make you have no emotions or soul, they just do not want to put how they feel all over the place
Yoo educated people know how to behave...
I'm a Neet aspirant...which is one of the toughest medical entrance examinations in India...i can understand how much effort these students must hv put in...kudos to them🙌❤️🙌
Not only in india in whole world
Well
Best of luck 👍
@@mahive2097 neet is not tough. The competition makes it tough. Although jee is hard
@@Ichigo-dh9rd haan yes...jee mains nd adv r way too tough!
@@pdthinks Yes, it needs a lot of practice. I remember solving thousands of problems and yet I was not confident enough.😅😁
lol i didnt read what was after the first 4 words so i thought that you wanted to become a neet(not in employment education or training)
Interviewer: so how did you achieve perfect score
0:09 This guy : D A N C E
Imagine the students that got one point less then perfect score
I genuinely hope to see one day in Asia parents (and society) quit pressuring children that only medicine is a reputable career path. Some may love medicine, but many select only due to status and money - leading to high burnouts and suicides. Losing a child is not worth any status or money.
If opportunity presents, please, you’re more than welcome to study in US. All fields are important and encouraged, which leads to creativities and innovations. Art and creativity are vital in human culture and interaction as well.
I think we all know that the true reason they want to become a “doctor” is because of the money and prestige.
Is this not a justified reason to work towards a goal?
Probably cause mommy said so (joke)
It’s a traditional Asian mentality. If anything money is in tech nowadays, but HK doesn’t have much of an industry for it
Plus majority has no idea how difficult it is…
Plus I do know a girl quitted in year 3 to pursue environmental conservation
Mainly because of the mom wanting a nice reputation telling all the aunties my daughter my son is a doctor earns $$ a month
I would’ve been depressed asf if i stayed longer in HK to take that DSE those four years of my life were kind of a waste of time not gone lie
0:09 spot the class clown xD
Congratulations 🥳🥳
Congrats 🥳
So lucky we don't have these national exams for universities. Each university have their own entrance exam and most top universities don't have too hard to pass exams. Like I only took one entrance exam to a uni I considered just cause I was so confident I would pass.
These youth speak well of the future of Hong Kong China. 👍👍👍
Great job! 😊
These people are the "what ifs" we always ask to ourselves and the boys when we just did our exam
Proud of them
Congratulations to our future EMPLOYEES working for the “boss”
Without those employees there are no innovations. Anyone can build a MVP, scale and optimisation is more important. Also these are the guys who would have the confidence to start anything new , thanks to their previous accomplishment.
And your *Life saver...
Imagine if one of them just guessed all the answers
DSE... it brings me PTSD. But at least I didn't need to worry about keeping my lights on.
Many young and talented people in Hong Kong are emigrating to other countries such as nearby Australia and New Zealand. Hong Kong is a very expensive city and housing is limited.
Full marks in any exam is amazing. But when you put everything into it, anything other than perfect seems like a failure.
The students that didn't receive perfect scores on these tests came up missing.
Some students are really committed I can never study constantly or even daily these sort of people study not only daily but around 7-9 hours a day
I'll be doing the same exam next....and watching this pains my heart.
In china once a child is born is taken Straight to the class room . 😂😂
What is the difference between the DSE exam and Gaokao exam in China?
Gaokao is conducted in china and DSE is conducted in Hong Kong. They are both different exam.
Since HK is not China, we don’t need to take same exams as them
@@hurainbibi2020 are you sure Hongkong is not part of China?
You will never have perfect score in Gaokao. So Gaokao I guess is way difficult than DSE.
@@jimmyrockkimaru6355 you wish
idk what but whoever wears that kind of glasses are going to score in school exams , the Harry Potter glasses
Plot twist 1 : The rest of the students got 99% for all the exams.
Plot twist 2 : Their parents aren’t impressed yet.
How I wish I wasn't dumb.
Even if they had low scores & still tried hard their worth it in my book.
More like Seven students who lost their childhood
and secured their future
@@Red-qk7hv What is *your* interpretation of a happy future??
Congratulations
In Singapore, my friend scored a perfect score for all his subjects in his prelims during his primary education around September? I think, he didn't came to sch that month....
How does DSE compares with GaoKao ? Is it tougher or equally tough?
Its a lot easier from what I heard
Think 1 million in each province fighting for 2-5 places at Tsinghua/PKU for Econ/law versus 50k fighting for 200 places of HKU medicine.
GaoKao is another level
Jia you....study work hard for a better future
That's awesome
You really know it's not what they really desire when they say they want to be a doctor hahahahah
Meanwhile I have no idea how they got car inside shop
Go on and go hard
#Congratulations
I'm curious as to why all (if not most) perfect scorers only seem to choose medicine as their goal 😅
Well doctors and people in the medicine field are the goals their parents has set upon them, especially the prestige that comes with a person who is in the field. Giving their parents bragging rights to their friends of some form and pleasing their parents.😂
Well being the only few ones to achieve the required score for that medical course(which is like super high) why not👀
Wow, this got released on the same day as the American AP test scores
The students who had 1 mistake: 👁️👄👁️
Yeah nothing to be ashamed for any grades.
Their responsibility become bigger as they lead others to the goal
Honestly at what cost
Yup they'll be makin rocket in 5 years
As a doctor, I congratulate them. But important to realize, that being a doctor will not save Hong Kong the city they love.
0:10 aaawwww so cute 😍😘
They have perfect score... How many are happy?
Recorded horizontally:)
How does one attain perfect scores ?!
Crazy how all of them want to pursue in sciences or med. Never start their own business
My parents (specially my mom) were super disappointed at me because I couldn't get the perfect cgpa to sit for medical entrance exam. She will be disappointed at me till the rest of her life :')
I hated exams, being so nervous before and afterwards. And I can't imagine taking that test your life depends on.
From secondary to uni?
U know they're not happy , cuz look at 0:04 look, she's like "I've won ,but at what cost ?"
What is the entrance exam?
Me, having problems with my schooling :
TH-cam recommendations : Salt for your wounds? 😃
I'm just kidding, congratulations to those who got the perfect scores and to those who didn't you are still worth.
Well done
wait is dse the same as SAT in the US?
Not even close lol, SAT is easier
We need to replace the word perfect for these situation, because scores arent perfect they are just maximum. Technically the test can be more or less difficult. Congrats to these student, and the rest that sot the exam.
Well, if they correctly answered every question of the exam then technically it was a perfect score. There is nothing said in regard to the difficulty, version or even the maximum possible score so, perfect is the correct term. Perfect : without blemish.
bruh the school is called queen elizabeth school?