upcat application Archives - Review Masters https://www.upcatreview.com/tag/upcat-application/ Online UPCAT Review Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:33:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.upcatreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-RM-favicon-2019-32x32.png upcat application Archives - Review Masters https://www.upcatreview.com/tag/upcat-application/ 32 32 Are Grade 10 Students Allowed to Take the UPCAT? Here’s the Answer. https://www.upcatreview.com/are-grade-10-students-allowed-to-take-the-upcat-heres-the-answer/ https://www.upcatreview.com/are-grade-10-students-allowed-to-take-the-upcat-heres-the-answer/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:33:09 +0000 https://www.upcatreview.com/?p=1195 We have been asked by so many parent and student this question: Can Grade 10 students take the UPCAT this year? Before the implementation of the K to 12 curriculum, the procedure for application was simple to understand. Those who want to take the UPCAT should belong to any of the following: With the K to 12 program now being ...

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]]> We have been asked by so many parent and student this question: Can Grade 10 students take the UPCAT this year?

Before the implementation of the K to 12 curriculum, the procedure for application was simple to understand. Those who want to take the UPCAT should belong to any of the following:

  • Senior students (Fourth Year, Grade 12, Senior 6) of DepEd accredited schools or secondary schools abroad expecting to graduate at the end of the school year
  • Graduates of DepEd accredited schools or secondary schools abroad
  • Those declared eligible for admission to college after taking the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT).

With the K to 12 program now being implemented by DepEd, parents, students and school administrators are confused whether Grade 10 students can take the UPCAT.

Now we ask the controversial question: Are Grade 10 students allowed to take the UPCAT this year?

“Only those, mostly coming from private high schools with accelerated programs,” said University of the Philippines president Alfredo Pascual last Saturday, July 18, during an event with some of the university’s alumni.

Can Grade 10 students take the UPCAT this year?

“Only those, mostly coming from private high schools with accelerated programs”Alfredo Pascual, UP President

High schools with accelerated programs are those school that were able to secure a permit from CHED to let their students graduate by 2016. These schools will in a way maintain their 4-year high school but implement the accelerated K to 12 program.

Last Friday, the Commission on Education issued a memo saying that those who can enroll in college in 2016 should graduate from high school. These high schools got permits from CHED to start K to 12 earlier than the mandated year. Some of these schools also served as pilot testers of the Kto 12 curriculum.

The list of schools in the memo are listed at the bottom of this page. There are 391 high schools listed as of writing.

In addition, UP Vice President for Public Affairs Prospero de Vera gave a statement that the UPCAT taker has to have a certification that he or she is graduating this 2016.

Pascual also said that UP estimates only about 20,000 will take the UPCAT in 2015. This is due to the drastic decrease in number of high school students expected to graduate this year. This number pales in comparison to the 87,000 who took the UPCAT last year.

Memorandum From the Chairperson Re. Enrollment for SY 2016-2017 and SY 2017-2018

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The University of the Philippines has released the application guidelines for the UPCAT. Here are the highlights:

Ways to Get into UP

Did you know that there are several ways of getting into UP aside from the UPCAT?

Through the UPCAT

This is the most popular way of getting into UP. Students who aspire to enter the University of the Philippines have to take the UPCAT. For incoming freshmen of SY 2016-2017, the UPCAT will be administered nationwide on August 30, 2015.

Through International Qualification

Filipino and Foreign graduates of high schools abroad may qualify for freshman admission without having to take the UPCAT, provided they meet other requirements. Details on the specific requirements may be obtained from the Office of the University Registrar of the respective UP campuses.

Through the “Iskolar ng Bayan” Program

If you are one of the graduates from the Top Ten of the graduating classes of public high schools, you may apply for freshman admission for SY 2016-2017 without having to take the UPCAT. This is provided by a transitory provision of RA 10648, the Iskolar ng Bayan Law.

If you qualify for admission in UP under the Iskolar ng Bayan program, you are entitled to free tuition and other school fees for the first year of college.

Who may take the UPCAT?

We have always been asked this question by many parents and students. More so, there has been a lot of confusion because of the transition to the K-12 curriculum.

UP has finally spoken. Here are the specific conditions for eligibility based on the guidelines released by UP.

A Graduating Senior Student
You must be a Senior student expecting to graduate at the end of the school year from a DepEd-accredited high school or a secondary school abroad; OR

Note: Graduation means that the student can go to college already. Moving from Grade 10 to Senior High (Grade 11) is not considered graduation.

Aside from these, you must also:

  • Have Final grades for three (3) high school years preceding the year of graduation in a high school with DepEd recognition/permit to operate the curriculum during the transition period from the old Basic Education Curriculum to the new Enhanced Basic Education (K-12) Curriculum; AND
  • Have not taken any college subject/s prior to the semester/academic year for which the UPCAT is to be taken.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
  • There is no minimum high school average grade requirement for taking the UPCAT.
  • The UPCAT can be taken only once.
  • Your school cannot deny you to take the UPCAT if you are eligible. IT IS YOUR RIGHT AS A FILIPINO CITIZEN.

Deadline of Filing of Application

  • 24 July 2015 – Metro Manila PRIVATE schools
  • 27 July 2015 – Metro Manila PUBLIC schools
  • 29 July 2015 – Non-Metro Manila schools

Applications filed after the deadlines may be subject to late fees.

Online UPCAT Application

UP has rolled out an online application process, aside from the manual application that is currently being used. However, as of current writing, it is still not accessible.

UPDATE: The UPCAT Online Application is already available.

Online UPCAT Review

Aside from the online UPCAT application, UP is including an online UPCAT review. Watch out for that.

In the meantime, you may want to check out the Review Masters Online UPCAT Review. Review Masters has been giving a free online UPCAT review for several years already and we have helped thousands of students through the online review. Here’s the link: Review Masters Online Review Portal

We will be updating this page from time to time so make sure that you bookmark this page for future reference.

For more information, visit the UPCAT General Information.

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