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UPCAT
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UPCAT Review and Reviewers – Free at our FB Fanpage
Academic-Clinic is holding informal UPCAT review sessions at our Facebook Fan Page. You can join us in our cram sessions anytime. If you need free reviewers, we also provide downloadable PDF copies of our UPCAT review modules there. The informal review and the reviewers are all free. Share the love!... »
U.P. UPG Cut-Off Scores and Reconsideration
Sometimes, your best laid plans to study at the University of the Philippines can go awry. Fortunately, there's always a possibility of asking the school authorities to reconsider your case, or applying at a sister campus other than your original choice. There are some things you should know about the UPCAT UPG cut-off figures, though. Before you apply for reconsideration or... »
UPCAT 2010 Forms (for AY 2011-2012 Admission)
To get the UPCAT application forms, you should go to the Office of the Registrar of the UP Campus nearest you. In UP Diliman, you can go to the UP Office of Admissions instead. Alternatively, you can get the UPCAT forms online. Click on the following links to download a copy of the UPCAT Application Form for Admission (UPCAT Form 1) and... »
UP Academic Calendar for AY 2010-2011
Aspiring UP students looking for UPCAT application deadline filing information and current UP students looking for UP's academic calendar, here is a copy. Click on the following link to download the PDF file. You must have a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader) installed to be able to view the file. UP academic calendar... »
UPCAT 2010: SY2011-2012 Schedule Updates
It’s probably around May that parents and schools alike begin preparations for the start of the upcoming school year in June. The University of the Philippines, however, is also interested in preparing for the next school year, so much so that has its variables already set up—all that remains is to execute its plan. The kids may still be on vacation... »
UPCAT Review Guide
Doctor Harold J. Sala once said that “you can never know everything there is in the world, though there are some things you can’t afford to be ignorant of.” Part of the fun lies in discovering more things as you go along, especially when they involve college entrance exams. In a previous article I wrote about the UPCAT, I included some... »
UPCAT Coverage
For students who have yet to go through the “Stations of the Cross” (read: the entrance exams of the country’s top universities), the coverage might all look the same to the untrained eye. While these exams do share certain things in common, they also possess specific characteristics that distinguish them from each other. Understanding those differences will help you prepare for... »
College Entrance Exams: General Science Coverage
Like the math portions of college entrance exams, the science portions also have a kind of pattern to them. The tests draw from certain major branches of science, each with their respective sub-branches. If you’d like a listing of the kind of high school science subject matter you’ll see on nearly every college entrance test out there, then look no further. ... »
College Entrance Exams: General Math Coverage
To an applicant going through a lot of stress, math sections of college entrance tests may appear as odd assortments of numbers, problems and headaches. Fortunately, there is an inherent pattern to it—a method to the “madness,” if you will. Since the tests almost always draw from general high school math, here’s a listing of some topics and subtopics you can... »
College Entrance Exams: General English Coverage
In anime and manga, a nosebleed refers to a male character’s manly interest in an attractive female character. In college entrance tests, though, a nosebleed is a sure sign that one is struggling with the English section of the exam. Fortunately, the old cliché “to be forewarned is to be forearmed” still holds true today. To get a better idea of... »