SNMPTN 2008

Posted by Vicky Sonya | 11:26 AM

State universities fill places

The 10,672 seats offered at five state universities, including the University of Indonesia, have now been filled.

Last weekend nearly 100,000 interested students across the country competed in a two-day Joint Admission Test (UMB) for the seats, and are now waiting for results to be announced on June 21.

The students will still have another chance if they fail. Coordinated by the National Education Ministry's Directorate General for Higher Education, the country's 57 state universities, including the five that held the test over the weekend, will offer seats through the National Selection to Enter State Universities (SNMPTN).

Students can apply for the selection test between June 16 and 28, sit the test on July 2 and 3 and see the results on Aug. 2.

Jakarta State University (UNJ) rector Bedjo Sujanto told The Jakarta Post on Monday there would be no difference in the difficulty of the two entrance tests.

"In fact, test materials of the SNMPTN are prepared by the SPMB Association (organizer of the UMB). SNMPTN has just been launched, while the SPMB Association has a test materials bank that is developed from year to year," Bedjo said.

Before it was split into UMB and SNMPTN, the national admission test to enter state universities for students across the country was administered under SPMB.

Bedjo said there would be no difference in tuition fees between students selected from the UMB and the SNMPTN, and that the UMB's application fee was only slightly more expensive than that of SNMPTN.

A UMB application form costs between Rp 150,000 (US$16) and Rp 175,000, while an SNMPTN form costs between Rp 175,000 and Rp 200,000.

The number of seats available from the two selection tests, however, is not quite comparable. The University of Indonesia, for example, offers 3,600 seats or nearly 80 percent of its over 5,000 available seats through UMB, but only offers 900 seats through SNMPTN.

UNJ, meanwhile, offers 1,800 seats or some 38 percent of 4,800 available seats through UMB and 1,000 seats through SNMPTN.

Both Bedjo and UI rector Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri said they preferred allocating more seats through UMB to SNMPTN because while the former used the already "proven and reliable" system of SPMB, the newly launched SNMPTN had yet to show reliable results.

In total, of the 180,000 seats that should be available at the 57 state universities, only 60,000 are offered through the two national selection tests, a decline from over 99,000 seats last year.

The reduction is the direct result of universities increasing allocations for seats through their own admission tests, which also typically require students to pay high tuition fees if they are accepted.

Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta offers most of its seats through its own admission test, while the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) offers around a half of its seats through its own test and the other half through SNMPTN.

Many state universities also offer seats through direct recruitment of the best high school graduates in regions and through partnerships with local administrations.
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What is SNMPTN?

Posted by Vicky Sonya | 6:40 AM

Log In Selection National University Affairs (SNMPTN) is a selection of potential students to enter universities in the country level with the National Pattern exam tests skills and write a special program for a specific study. Organizing the selection process was conducted by the Committee SNMPTN and placed in the cities where the strategic Universities Affairs is located. Testing write Snmptn Affairs held simultaneously and integrated at the same day and with the same problem in the PTN in Indonesia, so that participants are expected to choose the location nearest selection is organizing activities. 
Processing results of the tests conducted with the use of computer and nationally. For the study group program IPA or IPS, each participant has the opportunity select a maximum of two courses, while for the IPC can select a maximum of three courses which is a joint program of the Natural Science and Social Science. Order of selection program of study indicates the priority option. In the process of data processing results of the test, when the first choice is full choice fell on the second option, if the second option has the full choice fell on the third option. The number of prospective students received in accordance with the capacity of each course, so that when the power is fully tampungnya the prospective student can not be received. 
Fill in the Registration Form (PDF) or the Answer Sheet Testing (LJU) test participants should read carefully and closely with all the instructions contained in the Guide Book and The Script Soal Test SNMPTN. Any errors that occur because they do not follow the instructions will not terbacanya result by the computer field. 
Participants SNMPTN Guide Book is a major reference book form and registration sheet Best Exam. Any other form of instructions to the contrary SNMPTN that the content of the guide is considered the committee's not true. 
Congratulations Selection through the National Universities Masuk Affairs, hopefully successfully.
Dewan

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Most high school students perceive the National University Entrance Examination (SNMPTN) as the best way to prove academic superiority and secure university admission, although only 23 percent actually make it to college, an expert says.

Only 90,815 of the 393,168 applicants seeking entrance to state universities have been accepted, meaning the others have to settle for private sector colleges, which are more expensive. 

""There is always a huge gap between the number of applicants and the available places. Yet passing the national entrance exam remains the best way for students to prove their academic standing,"" educationist Arief Rachman said Friday. 

He said high school students continued to take the exam even though a number of state universities offered different methods of entrance, giving places to students with high grades or to those who could afford to pay higher fees, for example. 

""Getting into university through the national entrance exam means the students pay lower fees than they would at a private university. State universities also offer higher education quality since the state controls them,"" Arief said. 

Hadi Suprapto, the head of public relations at the state-run Padjadjaran University (Unpad) in Bandung, said most students could afford to go to the university as tuition was only Rp 600,000 (US$66.66) per semester. 

""We also award scholarships to poor students, as long as they provide evidence of their financial condition,"" he said. 

Of the applicants passing the exam this year nationwide, 44,394 chose scientific studies and 46,421 chose social studies. and 8,815 places in both fields remain unoccupied. The large number of empty places this year is reportedly due to the opening of new state Islamic universities in Makassar and Pekanbaru. 

SNMPTN secretary Soesmalijah Soewondo said the committee would not hold a second exam to fill the empty places. Admission would depend on the policy of the universities, she said. 

""The universities are not required to submit a report to us on their plans to fill their places. It is possible they will remain unoccupied,"" she said. 

Hadi said that on average about 10 percent of the applicants did not register after securing a place. But, in order to avoid having empty places, the university always set a higher quota. 

Besides accepting Indonesian high school students, 129 Malaysian students were also allowed to take the entrance exam this year. Soesmalijah said this was part of a government-to-government agreement that had been running for more than 20 years. (14)
Capacity of state-run universities 
Year Applicants Seats available Number of studies
2002 398,589 81,471 1,471
2003 352,601 82,969 1,583
2004 337,707 86,000 1,615
2005 306,571 84,443 1,721 
2006 343,142 93,741 1,799
2007 393,168 99,630 1,924

Regards,
Dewan
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