The benchmark score of a major is higher than the score of the valedictorian, why?

(Dan Tri) - The benchmark score of this major is higher than the score of the top student in the 2025 competency assessment exam with more than 152,000 candidates taking the exam.

According to the 2025 benchmark score announcement of the University of Science (Ho Chi Minh City National University), with the method of considering the competency assessment test scores of Ho Chi Minh City National University, the Computer Science major (advanced program) has a score of 1,136/1,200.

In 2024, the benchmark for this industry was 1,052, this year it increased to 84 points.

The benchmark score for assessing the capacity of the Computer Science major at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science is 1,136 points, higher than the score of the valedictorian in this exam (Photo: NT).

This is an unprecedented high standard score and is especially higher than the score achieved by the valedictorian in this exam.

The 2025 competency assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City National University attracted more than 152,000 candidates with a total of more than 223,000 entries in both exam sessions.

The entire exam had more than 1,500 candidates with an average score of 1024.54 points, more than 1,500 students achieved an average score of 986.41 points. The top scorer in this exam achieved a score of 1,122 points/1,200 points.

Thus, based on the score, the valedictorian of this exam lacked 14 points to be admitted to the Computer Science major (advanced program) at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science.

A representative of the University of Natural Sciences (Ho Chi Minh City National University) said that the valedictorian's score was lower than the standard score because the standard score included both the basic bonus points and the priority points according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training .

The capacity assessment test score includes priority bonus points according to the Ministry's regulations along with basic bonus points.

This bonus score increases the benchmark score because the bonus score is quite high, from 30 to 80 points for candidates with less than 1,120 points. For candidates with higher test scores, the bonus score is limited according to the prescribed formula.

Due to the bonus points, many candidates scored higher than the valedictorian.

In other methods such as priority admission and graduation scores, there are also other regulations on adding priority points.

Candidates who are awarded additional base points are those with high achievements in domestic and international exams at both city and national levels or those studying at high schools on the priority admission list according to regulations of Ho Chi Minh City National University.

The priority points according to regulations are not more than 10% of the total score.

It is known that with the capacity assessment test score at Ho Chi Minh City National University, the priority score for region 2 is 10 points, for rural region 2 is 20 points and for region 1 is given 30 points.

There are two priority groups including priority group 1 with 80 points and priority group 2 with 40 points.

With this new scoring method and the benchmark score that has been calculated with priority points, this year the benchmark score for assessing capacity at some universities, especially at member schools of Ho Chi Minh City National University, is very high.

For example, at the University of Natural Sciences (Ho Chi Minh City National University), in addition to Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence has a benchmark score of 1,092; Data Science group has 1,019 points; Microchip Design has 1,002 points.

Students of Ho Chi Minh City National University (Photo: Hoai Nam).

At the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Ho Chi Minh City National University), the benchmark score for Multimedia Communications is 972; Psychology is 917; Journalism is 913...

At the University of Information Technology (Ho Chi Minh City National University), the benchmark for Artificial Intelligence is 1,089; Data Science is 1,010; Computer Science is 993...

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/diem-chuan-mot-nganh-hoc-cao-hon-ca-diem-cua-thu-khoa-vi-sao-20250825175828220.htm