Hong Kong's colleges and universities, where the middle class is pouring in, discourage many students from leaving as soon as they start school.

The student questioned the school's unfair punishment, so to the court.Judicial review. His reason is that the failure to meet the standards in the previous three semesters has been reviewed, and the school should not be included in the assessment repeatedly.

The Court did not accept this view.。

The judge pointed out that the school's previous review decision does not mean that previous low-grade records will not be considered, nor does it mean that the school cannot consider these historical academic performance in the future.

In the end, the court held that the decision of the Hong Kong City University was not unfair and did not exceed the scope of the school's power, so the student's application for judicial review was rejected.

Meanwhile,The student was also ordered to pay HK $160000 in legal fees to the school.As for whether the Hong Kong City University will ultimately implement this cost order, it is up to the school to decide.

In fact, the withdrawal case of HKTU is not an isolated case.

Looking at the public records of Hong Kong universities in recent years, other Hong Kong universities also have cases in which students have been terminated for failing to meet their academic standards, and even resorted to law or the media.

Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityA student majoring in electric power engineering was also dismissed by the school because his grades were not up to standard. The way this student came up with was to forge his graduation certificate and two false transcripts in a vain attempt to rely on false academic documents to restore his student status, renew his student visa and maintain his residency in Hong Kong.

However, these documents were full of mistakes and were found out by the school on the spot.

Not only was the official anti-counterfeiting watermark missing, but even the date of the inscription was wrong. The date of submission was July 7, and the printing date on his document was July 15.

The most important thing is that the results on his documents are seriously inconsistent with the records of the school system. The school authorities transferred the school's student status file system on the spot for comparison, and the original results retained by the system were not up to standard. But in the fake report card,All subjects were revised to high scores and qualified, and the data were completely out of line.。

In July this year, the Hong Kong police were accused 「Exercise of false instrument''arrested the classmate.

Non-local students are up to 85.6 per cent of the students who have dropped out.

In fact, the matter of dropping out of school has always existed in Hong Kong universities, but in the past it was a "local news 」.

According to the UGC, a total of 1282 full-time undergraduates dropped out of the eight universities in the 2017/18 academic year,1.53 percent of total students。

In the public analysis at that time, most of the reasons for dropping out were transferring to overseas colleges and universities, re-taking DSE, or personal factors such as finance, health, and family.

With the proportion of non-local students relaxing all the way, the number of drop-out students first reached a peak of more than 2700 in the 2021/22 academic year, dropped slightly to 2336 in the 2022/23 academic year, 2106 in the 2023/24 academic year, and 1930 in the latest 2024/25 academic year.

Of these 1930 people, 1839 are undergraduates, accounting for 95%. According to the status of students,1653, or 85.6 per cent, of non-native students.。

In other words, 89 out of 10 people who dropped out of Hong Kong schools today are not local children in Hong Kong.

This figure can easily be read as an ugly sentence: "Not for mainland children 」.

But judging from the admission threshold data, we know that the mainland children entering Hong Kong schools today,Basically, they are all high achiever who have passed five hurdles and cut six generals.

Take the undergraduate acceptance standard of HKU in 2026 as an example: 36 points for routine business IB, 40 points for law LLB, 41 points for BBA(Law)& LLB and IBGM, and 43 to 45 points for medical MBBS.

On the-Level side, top business and law need to start with 3 A *, engineering elite projects need to start with A * A * A * A, and medicine needs at least 4 A's.

The college entrance examination channel is also rising.

Take Hong Kong Chinese as an example, science usually has to exceed a line of 140 to 160 points, popular majors have to have more than 170 points, and English alone has to have 135 points. Gangcheng University's entry lines in some provinces,It has already surpassed the upper middle 985.

What is the problem with the non-local student who was dropped out of school?

The reason may be,"Learning ability" and "adaptability" are always two things.

First,The inadaptability of the assessment mode。

Many children from the mainland are exam-oriented students, accustomed to the final exam and memorizing the key points to get high marks.

However, the teaching mode of Hong Kong schools is very flexible and the composition of achievements is diverse.Mid-term exams, final papers, group projects, class participation, homework and so on, so many people complain on the little red book that there are endless pre, endless essay, and it is difficult to study in Hong Kong schools.

And that's why,Hong Kong schools have particularly liked IB students in the past two years.Because they were used to this ecosystem in high school.

SecondlyThe maladjustment of learning mode。

Many mainland children have developed the skills in the past 12 years, such as memorizing the key points, brushing through the questions, and hitting the final exam with one shot,Classes in Hong Kong suddenly fail。

Hong Kong schools will not be like mainland university counselors "in charge of students", course selection, homework, examination and professor communication, these need to rely on students to complete.

Therefore, those children who have been pushed away since childhood suddenly gain complete freedom after entering the Hong Kong school. Some people may be very uncomfortable and will appearLack of self-management, time managementThe phenomenon, step by step led to the collapse of the final GPA.

At the same time, the mainland children also have a little "embarrassed to open" cultural psychology.

Hong Kong schools have academic counseling centers, writing centers, psychological counseling centers and other support systems, but many students do not ask for help for the first time until they are warned by academics.

■ We have sharedHKU Senior SisterRosie's First Hand ExperienceShe is studying in business school, and the 40% drop-off rate is under great pressure.

In Hong Kong schools, once the grades are low to the red line,A series of persuasion means is still quite "thunder.

The rules of each school are slightly different, but the red line of general academic warning is 1.7-2.0, that is, if the score is lower than this for multiple semesters, the withdrawal procedure will be started. For example, if the GPA is lower than 1.0 in Hong Kong, the withdrawal procedure will be required.

Moreover,In general, there is no make-up examination for suspended subjects in Hong Kong colleges and universities.。

After the course is suspended, it can only be retaken, and there is also an upper limit for retaking. For example, the required course of City University can be retaken up to 2 times, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology can be retaken up to 1 time, and the second retake requires special approval from the dean.

After the reconstruction, the new results will be registered, but the F will stay on your report card forever and follow you to apply for research and apply for a job.

In addition, some people were persuaded to quit,It was because the academic qualifications were found to be fraudulent.

Recently, there have been frequent cases of fake academic qualifications in various colleges and universities in Hong Kong. Hundreds of applications suspected of using fake academic qualifications were found in the 2025/26 academic year of Hong Kong Chinese.

The frequent occurrence of academic integrity also forces schools to be more standardized in teaching assessment, strictly implement the system of trial reading and dropping out of school, and clarify the academic bottom line.

Really don't believe that how much money you give to which university agency, such academic level, even if really confused, will eventually be screened out by the strict screening system of Hong Kong schools.

■ We have also followed this news➡️Smashing the 700000 sent her daughter to a prestigious school, but she was dropped out: the intermediary's water was too deep.

How to survive in Hong Kong school?

After reading the previous cases and data, if only let people feel that "Hong Kong school is terrible", then this article is written in vain.

If we have already decided to attend a Hong Kong school, we must admit the reality of "strict entry and strict exit" of Hong Kong schools, and then do what we should do every step before applying, after entering the school and when we encounter difficulties.

Pre-application: Carefully assess the school

In Hong Kong, the academic intensity of different majors in the same school is not an order of magnitude at all.

From the point of view of the scoring structure,The most stressful ones are usually these.：

One is a specialty with extremely dense scoring points, suchBusiness, Media, Social ScienceIn this category, the results are added layer by layer from mid-term examination, final paper, group project, class participation and usual homework. At the end of a semester, you have to hand in more than a dozen things.

What's dangerous about them is that,Without a chance to turn the table, no matter how good the final exam is, it will not be able to make up for the usual points lost in front of you.

Second, there are hard practical aspects of the professional, suchEngineering, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Nursing, ArchitectureIn addition to the classroom, laboratory rotation, clinical practice and map evaluation are also added. The class hours themselves are 1.5 times that of others.

The biomedical engineering studied by this student of Hong Kong City University is precisely in this category.

Third, the popular majors selected by the ranking, suchFinance, Computer, Data ScienceThe admission score was extremely high, and all the classmates were masters. Naturally, the competition was especially fierce.

S Hong Kong college students play stem, now the campus is very many people, everywhere queue (figure源@getouthku）

Before applying, you can check the curriculum of the target major:

How many required courses are there? Is the scoring method mainly examination or thesis group project? Are there any additional requirements such as clinical practice and laboratory rotation?

This information can be found on the relevant pages of the school's official website, social media and university application forums. If not, you can also find it from senior students.

To take a step back, if you don't even have the basic ability to find these materials, it will be really difficult to study in a Hong Kong school.

After admission: familiar with academic rules, establish the path of active help

The academic regulations of Hong Kong schools are very strict,Plagiarism, writing, and even incorrect citation formats can trigger an academic integrity review.Every year, mainland students cut their heads because they "don't know if this is plagiarism.

After admission, it is best to read the school's academic standards and policies carefully so as not to step on the red line.

Moreover, Hong Kong schools basically have them.Writing center, academic counseling service, psychological counseling center, etcStudent service, after admission, you can carefully look at the page of the student affairs office, whether there are language support programs, peer counseling programs, etc. for non-local students.

No one in Hong Kong school will chase you like a Senior high school teacher and ask, "Have you been following me recently 」.

You need to establish your own help path: the OfficeHour time of the professor of each course, the contact information of the teaching assistant, the appointment method of the academic counseling center, and the address of the psychological counseling service.

It's best to put this information in a form and save it in a mobile phone memo. When you really use it, you will thank yourself.

■ HKU Writing Centre, which helps students improve their work, but clearly states that it "must be done independently", AI its use is limited.

In case there is really a problem with the results: we must pay attention to it.

If the GPA is really below the threshold, then the best way is not to "wait for the ruling 」,But act immediately.

Hong Kong schools usually issue at the end of the semester.Academic Warning Letter. Receiving this letter means that you still have a chance to remedy it. Immediately make an appointment with an academic consultant to analyze which courses the problem lies in and work out a re-repair plan for the next semester.

If academic difficulties arise from physical, psychological or major life changes,Application for suspensionIt is also an alternative path. Hong Kong schools allow students to apply for one semester or one academic year of suspension. During this period, credits will be retained and they will continue after returning.

If you do receive a withdrawal notice, andcomplaint channel。

Every Hong Kong school has an academic grievance procedure. Students can submit a written grievance within a specified time. The reasons usually include: school procedures are flawed, scoring has major deviations, and individuals have demonstrably major changes that have not been considered.

We are not writing this to persuade anyone not to go to Hong Kong.

In the past two years, we 've been with a lot of kids who are doing well in Hong Kong,No one said Hong Kong was easy.. You have to queue up for everything, you can't understand Cantonese, you can't grab the dormitory, you can't finish the essay and the pre, and you can't finish it one by one.

Rosie, the Hong Kong University elder sister we shared, described her class with a 40% drop rate as "very stressful 」. Some children even said that the feeling of studying in Hong Kong is "studying abroad, but it seems that there is no study abroad 」.

But strangely,These words never turned into "I'm leaving 」.

Because they all have something they want to do in their hearts. Some people want to go to a top university in the United States, and others want to find a satisfactory job in Hong Kong and gain a foothold. The goal is there, and the queue, language, and deadline are all classified as "troubles to be overcome" and cannot be used as "reasons to escape 」.

Just like everyone who comes to Hong Kong, sooner or later they will hear the old saying: "Salted fish is worth thirst 」.

It also has another meaning, "I know what to give, I accept 」.