昨日，DSE放榜如約而至，學生們的熱切期待終於迎來碩果。然而，對於DSE，你究竟了解幾分？我們今天來細細分述。The DSE results arrived yesterday, right on schedule, and students' long anticipation finally bore fruit. But how much do you really know about the DSE? Today we set it out in detail.
02｜成績評級02 | How Results Are Graded
香港DSE大部分科目按5**、5*、5、4、3、2、1評級，等級5**等於7分，5*等於6分，5等於5分，4等於4分……如此類推。至於公民與社會發展科的成績匯報只設「達標」與「未達標」。Most Hong Kong DSE subjects are graded 5**, 5*, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1. A 5** is worth 7 points, a 5* is worth 6, a 5 is worth 5, a 4 is worth 4, and so on down the scale. Citizenship and Social Development, however, is reported only as 'Attained' or 'Not Attained'.
03｜大學最低入學要求03 | The Minimum University Entrance Requirement
教育局公佈，普通考生的最低大學錄取標準為「332A22」。The Education Bureau has announced that the minimum university admission standard for an ordinary candidate is '332A22'.
內地考點Mainland Examination Centres
今年，也是內地設置考點的第一年，考點分別位於廣州和深圳。首年，共有約110名考生在內地考試點應考。今年內地開設的考點學校分別為：This year was also the first in which examination centres were set up on the mainland, in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. In that first year, about 110 candidates sat the examinations at mainland centres. The two host schools were:
1. 廣州暨大港澳子弟學校1. Jinan University Hong Kong and Macao Children's School, Guangzhou (廣州暨大港澳子弟學校)
2. 深圳香港培僑書院龍華信義學校2. Shenzhen Pui Kiu College Longhua Xinyi School (深圳香港培僑書院龍華信義學校)
選擇Where a DSE Can Take You
DSE考試是被國際認可的、用中文考試的公開測試。DSE考試之所以令廣大的學生羣體趨之若鶩，原因就在其成績得到海內外眾多學校的認可。The DSE is an internationally recognised public examination that can be taken in Chinese. What makes it so sought after by students is precisely that its results are accepted by a great many institutions both in Hong Kong and abroad.
內地院校Mainland Institutions
據統計，內地共有138所高校招收香港DSE考生，新增六所院校，包括華南農業大學、西南交通大學等院校。By current count, 138 mainland institutions admit Hong Kong DSE candidates, six of them newly added this year, among them South China Agricultural University and Southwest Jiaotong University.
新聞曾指出，今年，逾3成應屆考生考慮赴內地升學。在香港考生選擇去內地求學深造的同時，內地的優才、高才帶着子女逐漸適應香港的生活，更多的優、高才子女選擇應考DSE。News reports have noted that more than 30 per cent of this year's candidates are considering further study on the mainland. At the same time, as mainland professionals who came to Hong Kong under the Quality Migrant and Top Talent schemes settle into life here with their children, more and more of those children are choosing to sit the DSE.
這種雙向奔赴的互動交流，無疑成為一種喜聞樂見的現象。This traffic in both directions is surely a development to be welcomed.
海外學校Overseas Institutions
早前，因核心科目變動原因，有人質疑DSE在海外升學的認可度。考評局則回應，並非不認可，而是海外相關院校尚未更新最新的入學要求。Some had earlier questioned how well the DSE is recognised for overseas study, given the changes to the core subjects. The Examinations and Assessment Authority responded that this was not a matter of non-recognition: the overseas institutions concerned had simply not yet updated their published entrance requirements.
教育局官網顯示，有超過600所非本地高等院校接受學生持文憑試成績申請入讀其本科課程，當中除英國、澳洲、加拿大、美國等較多學生選擇升學的英語國家╱地區外，亦包括逾300所德國公立大學。The Education Bureau's website shows that more than 600 non-local higher education institutions accept DSE results for entry to their undergraduate programmes. Besides the English-speaking countries and regions that attract the most Hong Kong students — the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States — these include over 300 public universities in Germany.