Impressive high percentage of candidates taking the aptitude test

Specifically, on the morning of May 30, 2015, the first day of the competency assessment exam, the total number of candidates registered for the competency assessment exam was more than 6,500, the number of candidates present was nearly 6,300, accounting for 95.52%; The number of candidates taking the Foreign Language exam present was 13,250 out of the total registration of 14,590, accounting for 90.79%. The exam site with the highest attendance rate was 97%, the lowest was 83.33%; There were 47 cases of candidates having to change the exam session to the afternoon of the same day, May 30.

On the morning of May 31, 2015, 6,247/6,504 candidates were present to take the competency assessment exam, accounting for 96.05%, 14 candidates had to change the exam session to the afternoon of the same day, no candidates were disciplined or suspended from the exam. On the afternoon exam session of May 31, 2015, there were 6,270 candidates out of a total of 6,499 registered candidates, reaching 96.48%.

According to the information of the Admissions Steering Committee, at the end of the morning exam session on May 31, at a testing site in Hanoi with 499 candidates, the person with the highest score was 115/140 points, the number of candidates with an average score (70 points) or higher was 352/499 (accounting for 70.3%). According to the assessment of Vice President of VNU Nguyen Kim Son, the rate of 2/3 of the total number of candidates achieving an average score or higher shows that the ability to classify candidates of the exam set is reasonable and good, the differentiation of candidates is also quite clear.

“The number of candidates who had to change exam shifts was concentrated in 3 exam clusters in Hanoi. At exam clusters in Nghe An, Da Nang or Thai Nguyen… the number of candidates who had to change exam shifts was very small. That proves that information technology level is not a big obstacle for candidates in remote areas,” said Deputy Director Nguyen Kim Son. However, the Head of the 2015 VNU Admissions Steering Committee affirmed that VNU will continue to pay attention and remind candidates to fully and correctly follow the exam process.

In addition, thanks to the enthusiastic support and assistance from more than 1,000 volunteer students of VNU, as well as the arrangement of cool resting places, free drinking water for candidates' families at the examination sites and especially the cooler weather, the health of candidates, invigilators as well as the security situation in the first two days of the examination had no unusual occurrences.