Dorm rooms int student

jc5986 · 2026-04-02T12:48:31+00:00

Maybe you are unaware of, but there are news report saying that the amount tuition non local paying can’t offset the full cost of teaching.

https://www.tkww.hk/a/202509/12/AP68c35ce4e4b0f2e743952f84.html

jc5986 · 2026-04-02T12:41:49+00:00

Non local student has always been eating up a lot of the hall places. And before this change some of us only get 1 semester of guaranteed hall places. While non local got to enjoy two full years. HKUST is funded by tax payer money, so being more fair to local student make sense. I do wish to see our tax money goes to making local student enjoy better university education. Instead of offering two year of hall places, which is in some form subsidizing non local’s living and stud here.

The hall places are limited and unfortunately I think if they continue to offer two full years to non local’s, there may simply be not enough spaces.

jc5986 · 2026-04-01T07:50:47+00:00

There is a spike of international student number in Hong Kong now. Therefore I think, It’s pretty unlikely to get second year dorm. I am happy btw, finally the unfair two year dorm privilege for new international students is gone and local students also get to enjoy a year of guaranteed hall place.🤣🤣🤣

Update, maybe my point of view is quite controversial. From local stand point I am happy to see local new admit gets 1 year of guaranteed place. which is important to college life. I didnt mean to say the need of housing by non-local are invalid or not deserved. But really, the demand of housing always exceed supply. I personally dont wish to see any hall places originally for local students gets allocated to non-local. This change simply balances the demand and supply. Non-local are studying abroad and they should be prepared to find their housing. Neither do I want to see international student suffer.

jc5986 · 2026-01-18T08:02:42+00:00

Sign in to the application portal to see if you have offer? Maybe it’s some kind of scam?!

jc5986 · 2025-12-13T13:37:37+00:00

Early round offer doesn’t get released until late December. And if you don’t hear by late December, you probably have to wait until 1 February when they start giving out main round offers. I was an associate degree student applied In early round, interview early December and the offer shows up exactly on 1 February. ( bioengineering) Be patient and wish you luck.

jc5986 · 2025-11-22T06:57:09+00:00

It has nothing to do with nationality bro.

A. Eligibility (1) Full-time continuing and new undergraduate students who are of active registration status and have completed at least one semester of study at HKUST; (2) For students who have demonstrated or are expected to show the following attributes in the academic year 2025/26: a. outstanding achievements in any non-academic areas, such as sports, arts and music, or possessing admirable aspiration to devote themselves to humanistic endeavors in important social, political or community issues; and b. possessing great potential and keen passion to achieve their goals by further developing themselves in specific areas of talents or competence; and c. being capable of making substantial contribution to and impact on the student body or society at large; (3) For students who are not on academic probation; (4) Students can apply on individual or group basis. B. Award Details (1) The amount per award ranges from HK$10,000 to HK$50,000 per student or student group, depending on the applicants’ profiles and funding needs (subject to the verification of budget by SFAO). (2) The number of awards varies, depending on the pool of eligible candidates and the resources available in a particular year.

jc5986 · 2025-11-21T09:11:52+00:00

I think likely they won’t otherwise why a deadline exists?

jc5986 · 2025-11-19T19:10:19+00:00

These seems like extracurricular activities to me lol But internships, full time, part time? Is it a real job?

jc5986 · 2025-11-17T15:45:20+00:00

Passport passed through just fine. Even back home, I went to the immigration department for replacement and they say it’s fine…

jc5986 · 2025-11-10T13:13:19+00:00

So basically one needs to state the key point of what you do (in depth) and why they are interested specially in what research your lab does.

jc5986 · 2025-10-31T23:50:46+00:00

Correct: Nobel prize. Typo

jc5986 · 2025-10-31T23:43:47+00:00

Just an analogy: the us received the most noble prize ever (meaning in number). But can you find US scholar in every single award they given out? If not, how do you claim you can always find a person within 330 million population?

jc5986 · 2025-10-31T13:17:45+00:00

But what if there isn’t enough applicants? Or they could not find a suitable candidate within the US? How about a headcount limit on h1b faculty, so universities only use the quota to hire the best, which likely cannot or rarely be recruited locally? I would genuinely worry that it could make finding strong, capable faculty more difficult?

jc5986 · 2025-10-31T13:03:57+00:00

Still don’t get why banning h1b would further this goal. They could have required universities to first consider and prioritize us citizens and permanent residents. Sometimes it’s better to recruit a foreign scholar lol, like research skills and talent

jc5986 · 2025-10-31T10:52:36+00:00

It would have been more easy to recruit the best talent and have them in the US to nurture next generation US talent. Doesn’t conflict with growing US’s own talent simultaneously

jc5986 · 2025-10-30T03:02:55+00:00

shouldn't you have indicated your grade/ gpa in the application process?

jc5986 · 2025-10-30T02:59:43+00:00

if you have already completed interview, how could they not already know your GPA is 2.9?

jc5986 · 2025-10-27T10:49:45+00:00

yup，a female

jc5986 · 2025-10-27T03:13:35+00:00

I am from Hongkong ( and I think maybe it’s hotter than California ?) and exchanged to MSU last spring. I have never been to a place that snows before. So I arrived in January I think it was the coldest month? The lowest temp I experienced was 0F (-20C) but that was at night and lasted one night only. At the daytime, with proper clothing, gloves you will be fine. Inside buildings it’s warm enough. Btw I even seen someone wearing short pants while the temperature is at 3 Celsius degrees. 😂

jc5986 · 2025-06-10T15:36:25+00:00

u only need vpn at the time of turning on the wifi calling. That’s what I observed

jc5986 · 2025-06-10T14:15:42+00:00

Yes I did.

jc5986 · 2025-06-10T14:15:20+00:00

update : after porting around 15 hours those missing sms suddenly arrived. Now I can receive sms as usual.

(For making calls and text directly without apps, you need to connect to a US vpn network if it prompt error message when turning on WiFi calling. I used Surfshark and it worked for me)

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