Indeed, Manila universities are grossly overhyped as i have written previously.
In the recently published result of the Architecture board exam, UST, a school in Manila got three topnotchers, while the provincial school USC got two topnotchers (top 2 and 4).
Hey UST has 3, and USC has only 2?!
Well, i’m not finished yet.
USC (Univ. of San Carlos) - 68% (13/19) 13 passed out of 19 takers
UST - 56% (35/63) 35 passed out of 63 takers
USC even with few exam takers it still able to have two topnotchers. In numbers that’s 11% excellent students for USC, while UST has only 5% excellent ones.
Just got lucky?!
Nope.
On our Architect’s board last 2006, USC had 2 topnotchers, I think UST got 3. USC had 13 passers out of 26, UST had 57 passers out of 144 takers, that’s 50%.
USC with fewer students produced more academically good graduates.
Let me show you the nursing exam results this year (2008). Just the passing percentage.
A. WITH 100 AND MORE EXAMINEES
1 Saint Louis University (Baguio) 146/144 99.00 %
2 Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro) 233/229 98.00 %
3 Silliman University (Dumaguete) 321/312 97.00 %
NOTHING FOLLOWS———————-
B. WITH 30-99 EXAMINEES
1 Trinity University of Asia (Trinity – Quezon City, that’s Manila) 41 40 98.00 %
2 Mindanao State University ( Marawi City) 76 74 97.00 %
University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (another Manila, thankfully) 31 30 97.00 %
3 Palawan State University (P. Princesa) 57 54 95.00 %
NOTHING FOLLOWS———————-
Where is the much overhyped UST in the list? UST is way down the list with 75% rate.
Ateneo and De Lasalle probably don’t have architecture and nursing courses.
I have nothing against Manila schools. I just like to encourage those students and graduates from Philippine provincial universities that we “promdis” are clearly at par if not better.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:57 am
naks… feature pud uban na schools sir ahihihi… espesyali ang uc maritime hahahaha….
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April 2nd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Not to forget that the topnotcher last year in the bar exam was a ‘promdi’. He did not even attend review school. Studied on his own.
At least he was humble when the media made a fuzz over him. Unlike Janina San Miguel. Hehehehe.
Joke