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I’M A UPD DPWAS UPCAT PASSER

a thread;

i have created this thread to share my story to all dpwas upcat passers out there na already losing their hopes and getting more anxious day by day. firstly, i wanna congratulate you for making it to the premiere university of the country! padayon mga bagong iskolar ng bayan

so i was from batch 2019 (yes freshie pa sana kung di pa nagrerelease ng upcat 2020 results hahaha) and i really wanted to be admitted to up diliman kasi dream school ko ‘to eversince. i was a person back then na dream school over dream course kasi sobrang undecided ako.

things quite changed tho kasi ginusto ko bigla mag-nursing before graduation and yah wala nun sa up diliman. i told myself before pa na upcat or nothing pero sayang nung chance din so i took 2 more cets and the dost scholarship na bubuhay sa’kin sa college.

fortunately i passed all exams na kinuha ko including the cet where i got bs nursing and sabi ko nun yes may sure school nako. but the problem is di naman siya covered ng dost so parang mababalewala yun and aasa ulit ako sa parents ko for college so i have to wait upcat results.

as an undecided person, masuwerte ako na medyo okay naman yung pinaglalalagay ko sa upcat form

1. bs mbb (wow feeler)
2. bs bio
3. bs geol
4. ba psych (di ko alam bakit ko ‘to nilagay)

although mga quota courses pala yan haha pero atleast if ever maadmit, pre-med yung first 2.

if nursing’s not for me, magmemed nalang ako (let’s see haha) so ayun april 1 last year lumabas yung results at ginive up ko yung 2 schools where i got scholarship sana dun sa isa. i am left with up diliman and since inilaban ko na umpisa palang sabi ko ilalaban ko hanggang dulo.

typical na emotion yung naramdaman ko, masaya kasi nakapasa sa upcat pero at the same time bothered kasi walang course at di alam kung saan papatungo. dami ko rin questions nun if bibigyan ba priority yung dost scholars and the likes. been reading a lot of tweets lately and ify!

so pumunta ako directly sa our to ask that and sadly they said “wala kaming ibibigay na priority sa dost scholars, kung ano yung nasa list yun na yun” verbatim yan kasi shet sobrang sampal talaga yun sa’kin. umabot sa point na di ko na alam if tama pa ba mga decisions ko :(((

along the way what i only have is a gc ng mga dpwas passers na nagreremind sakin na di ako nagiisa, may iba na pinili nalang ibang schools kasi nandun dream course nila at yung iba naman like me tamang “tigas lang” kasi nilet go ko na yung 2 schools at wala na akong babalikan pa.

it was on may 20 nung naglabas ng list and guess what andun lahat ng courses na gusto ko. the batch run was 50 days lang naman nang paghihintay pero at some point i see light haha. but then again mahirap pa rin kasi di assured na makukuha ko yung gusto kong course.

imagine a battle with no clues. di namin alam upg namin, di rin namin alam kung ilang slots lang available. we are to choose 3 courses and rank them based on our preference. sa pagkakaintindi ko, syempre uunahin first choice mo and lahat ng naglist nun ay irarank din based on upg

kung ilan man yung available slots ififill yun nung mga top rank, and then pagdi nakuha sa first another ranking sa second and third pero syempre lesser chance since possible na first choice yun ng iba. at the end of the day, worth risking ba yung choices mo? kasi sa’kin idk haha

sa first batch run i know na wala talaga akong chance sa mbb or bio pero sabi ko laban na. i made a list, inilista ko yung mga dost accredited program at pinagaralan ko rin yung mga course guide like ano anong mga subject sa first year yung close enough para madali magshift if so

here’s my list:

1. bs mbb
2. bs bio
3. bs comm nutri

dagdag mo na rin yung bs chem kasi halos kamukha niya yung course guide ng bio at mbb. ayun di ako pinalad pero yung iba naadmit na sa mga courses na yan (there’s hope!) and i have to wait for the second batch run :(((

as expected sobrang kumonti yung choices and 5 or 6 nalang na dost accredited programs. sa pagkakaaalala ko:

1. bs mining engg
2. bs stat
3. bs math
4. b lib and info science
5. science teaching (bse or beed)

and sobrang iyak pala ako nun after ng first run hehe as a soft boi

i took a lot of time to reassess and see myself sa mga courses na’to and i can’t see myself as an engr or someone who’s good enough in math. all i know is that the closest possible to bs mbb/bio is b secondary education major in bio/chem. and gusto ko rin talagang maging teacher

wala namang kontra sa plans ko and my parents support me whatever path i take. although a lot of people would say na “ay eduk lang?” na “ang talino mo tapos magteteacher ka lang?” which may demotivate you and may push you to choose courses na binibigyang premium ng society natin

tbh i was a bit bothered pero mas naging motivated ako na i-take yung eduk kasi i wanna change this perception na hindi “lang” ang eduk, at these are the reasons kaya mas kailangan natin ng mas matatalinong teacher para ieradicate ang ganitong thinking ng mga tao.

wait i’m getting away na haha pero ayun sa second batch run mas naliwanagan nako ng gusto kong i-take na kahit di magshishift, i know i’ll be happy.

1. bse biology
2. bs mining engg
3. b lib and info science

and finally i got it. hindi lang fully admitted for few more reasons.

i needed to undergo 1 panel interview and take 2 written exams and kinaya naman kahit alam kong ubos na ubos nako. after 75 days, i was admitted to up college of education yey! and bse biology yung course ko na puwedeng pre-med at pre-law.

sobrang haba na ng thread na’to and andami kong sinabi haha pero if you reach this point and upd (or kahit anong campus man) dpwas upcat passer ka, don’t lose hope! ang pagiging dpwas ay extra-challenging pero hindi ‘to ibibigay sa’yo kung hindi mo kaya.

just look at the bright side! we are given a period to reflect among ourselves and to think again kung anong course ba talaga gusto natin, nevertheless magkaka-course ka sa up at kung papalarin maadmit ka sa gusto mong course

there’s a lot of ways pa naman na makuha gusto mong course, galingan sa freshie year and then magshift. huwag matakot madelay, huwag matakot magshift, at lalong lalo na, huwag matakot na hanapin ang sarili mo! padayon iskolar ng bayan, paglingkuran ang sambayanan

i have a lot of things to say pa pero seguro irereserve ko nalang muna, will end this thread by this cringe line i used to tell sa mga up aspirants

UP is a calling, and it’s on you whether or not to answer the call

#ServeThePeople
#JunkTerrorBill
#MassTestingNowPH

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