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Explore evidence · change over time

What's changed

One verified change is recorded in the current corpus. Every other recent addition is a first observation of an institution or route, not a change.

A change needs a verified comparable pair: an earlier and a current official observation of the same institution, route and feature. See the change tracker (JSON), the release notes and the correction policy.

Verified changes

National University of Singapore (NUS Law)

Singapore · LLB undergraduate admissions · written-test-to-interview sequencing · verified

Previously
The 2025 NUS Law undergraduate brochure stated that shortlisted applicants were required to sit for a written test and attend a formal interview. SIG-195
Current
With effect from 2026, only shortlisted applicants successful in the Admissions Written Test are invited to attend the Admissions Interview. SIG-196

Material difference The written test became a gate to interview rather than a stage that all shortlisted applicants were described as attending alongside the interview.

Limit This is one institution, one undergraduate Law admissions route and one sequencing feature. It does not establish a wider trend in university or elite selection.

Full answer and evidence route

First observed

New coverage: the institutions most recently added to the register, with the date each was first observed. A first observation cannot show change.

Institutions by first observation date
InstitutionStateFirst observedSignals
DentonsFirst observed6
KPMG SingaporeFirst observed2
Pinsent MasonsFirst observed12
SteerFirst observed3
Hang Seng BankFirst observed3
Osborne ClarkeFirst observed7
Watson Farley & WilliamsFirst observed5
HFWFirst observed3
RPCFirst observed5
SMBCFirst observed4
Point72First observed5
Advent InternationalFirst observed1
AkinFirst observed2
Akuna CapitalFirst observed3
AllianceBernsteinFirst observed4
Alvarez & MarsalFirst observed2
AmundiFirst observed2
Andreessen HorowitzFirst observed2
Apax PartnersFirst observed2
ArdianFirst observed2

Rules for a change

  • A change must be evidenced by a retrievable official primary source or explicitly marked unresolved.
  • Existing snapshot observations remain versioned history; new evidence does not silently rewrite the past.
  • Failure to re-find a published feature does not by itself establish that the institution stopped using it.
  • The tracker records published process changes; it does not infer why an institution changed its process unless the source states the reason.
  • Only approved changes may be promoted into public findings, reports or comparison pages.