Hong Kong Top 5 · Hong Kong · High Reach

The Chinese University of Hong Kong香港中文大学

QS 2026 Global #32 (QS World University Rankings 2026)

“博文约礼”

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At a glance

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a High Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Top 5, QS 2026 Global #32 per QS World University Rankings 2026), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Where past admits landed

Past admits (whole school, anonymized)GPA and test scores are rounded for anonymity; ACT cases converted to the SAT axis via official concordance
3.43.53.63.73.83.94.012001300140015001600SAT (ACT converted)GPA

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Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.83P25-P75: 3.67 – 3.96
Median SAT1525P25-P75: 1410 – 1580
Median AP count5P25-P75: 2 – 10

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture.

Anonymized admit cases

外交与国际事务AP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 3-4 门

Psychology, Social ScienceAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 5-6 门

MusicAP

GPA 3.6-3.79 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 95-106 · AP 3-4 门

Social ScienceAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 95-106 · AP 3-4 门

Global CommunicationAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 1-2 门

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.