CUHK Medicine - Choosing a College

If you have started filling in the non-JUPAS application form, you should have noticed that there're 4 colleges from which to choose: Chung Chi College (崇基學院), New Asia College (新亞書院), United College (聯合書院), and Shaw College (逸夫書院). The college system of the CUHK is akin to that of some North American universities; the colleges are congenial communities with their own hostels, dining halls, and other facilities. All undergraduates are affiliated to one of them.

On the non-JUPAS application form, you're asked to indicate your preference and rank them from 1 to 4. You may wonder, which college is the best? Well, I don't know. There're always pros and cons to joining any one of them. When I applied to CUHK in the past, my friends (who at the time were CUHK students themselves) told me Chung Chi College is the most popular among medical students. Of the 4 colleges, Chung Chi has the most med students. One possible reason is that Chung Chi is the most generous in terms of offering grants and scholarships for its students.

You may wish to find out more on this by browsing the following Chinese forum:

http://www15.discuss.com.hk/forumdisplay.php?fid=196

For your info, triple rooms are not uncommon in CUHK hostels! If you can't even stand being in a double room, you may need to consider living off campus!