Letters to the Editor
Eligibility for BUET admission test
I am a GPA-5 holder of this year's HSC exam. But instead of celebrating my achievement, my parents and I are literally in a state of mourning. This is because I missed the A+ in English. I got A. With this score, my long cherished dream of studying at BUET now looks uncertain.
Last year, BUET authorities made it mandatory for candidates to have 20 points to be eligible for its admission test instead of the previous 19 points. The points are counted on the basis of 5 for each of the three papers of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and also English. In the past, A for English was enough. This year's result is poorer on all counts. The BUET authorities might have assumed that results were getting better with every passing year. But there has been a reversal this year. If the BUET authorities revert to the criterion of 19 points, allowing only those who have scored no less than A in English, we will be able to sit for the admission test. Let the authorities do this in the interest of better competition among students excelling in science subjects.
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