{
  "id": "WGI-STORY-003",
  "title": "NUS Law changed when shortlisted applicants reach interview",
  "theme": "verified change over time",
  "updated": "2026-09-14",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/story-packs/first-verified-change/",
  "one_line_finding": "The written test became a gate to interview rather than a stage that all shortlisted applicants were described as attending alongside the interview.",
  "scope_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.",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "signal": "SIG-195",
      "institution": "National University of Singapore (NUS Law)",
      "category": "Historical selection sequencing",
      "observation": "NUS Law's 2025 undergraduate admissions brochure states that shortlisted LLB applicants were required to sit for a written test and attend a formal interview, usually held in April-May in Singapore.",
      "market": "Singapore",
      "programme": "LLB undergraduate admissions (2025 publication state)",
      "retrieval_date": "2026-09-13",
      "source": "SRC-123",
      "source_url": "https://law.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-NUS-Law-Undergraduate.pdf",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "source_scope": "NUS Law 2025 undergraduate admissions brochure establishing the prior LLB sequencing in which shortlisted applicants were required to sit a written test and attend a formal interview",
      "status": "Verified 13 Sep 2026"
    },
    {
      "signal": "SIG-196",
      "institution": "National University of Singapore (NUS Law)",
      "category": "Current selection sequencing",
      "observation": "NUS Office of Admissions states that, with effect from 2026, only shortlisted Law applicants who are successful in the Admissions Written Test are invited to attend the Admissions Interview, establishing a sequencing change relative to the 2025 NUS Law brochure.",
      "market": "Singapore",
      "programme": "LLB undergraduate admissions (2026 selection cycle)",
      "retrieval_date": "2026-09-13",
      "source": "SRC-124",
      "source_url": "https://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/admissions/faculty-interview-and-test-dates",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "source_scope": "Current NUS Law LLB admissions sequencing stating that with effect from 2026 only shortlisted applicants successful in the Admissions Written Test are invited to the Admissions Interview",
      "status": "Verified 13 Sep 2026"
    }
  ],
  "source_urls": [
    "https://law.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-NUS-Law-Undergraduate.pdf",
    "https://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/admissions/faculty-interview-and-test-dates"
  ],
  "citation": "Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), NUS Law changed when shortlisted applicants reach interview, revised 14 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/story-packs/first-verified-change/"
}