UPCAT 2027 Link: For freshman admission AY 2027-2028

Not from UP pero andito ako para sa training and now lang ako nakakita ng ganitong design ng toilet at cubicle. So, paano kung nag jejebs ung nasa toilet? Walang cover? Fully exposed siya?

UP is full of theses and is a great place to train a creative mind. It is full of great ideas and I want to be able to improve them even further.

For context, I'm in my first year of engineering college sa UPLB and I want to make it a habit to explore the studies in my field. I want to be able to understand the world and discover its potentials in the perspective of my degree program and beyond. I want to be able to reflect on the value of each of the lessons I learn in my courses (even general courses in engineering such as Physics)

1. HOW DO I START?? (Consult professors? Familiarize the situation of the profession? Read in the library? Read online? Where to read?? What to read??)

2. How can I contextualize myself first?

3. To those who habitually read articles, what makes you want to read?

4. Ano thought process nyo sa before, during, and after magbasa?

5. How can I become reflexive when reading? (I can reflect on what the significance of the study is and how I can evaluate, apply, and improve it?)

6. Aside from articles, what are other good accessible resources? (YouTube, or events for UP students)

7. Others na namiss kong tanungin

*Sorry, hindi organized yung post. Di ko rin kasi alam yung mga exact na tatanungin ko. Basta gusto kong magbasa at matuto. Hindi ko lang alam kung paano simulan at pano yung pinaka effective

Im not sure if this is an isolated phenomenon but the second mock exam is brutal compared to the first. I thought magiging madali na ito since may loops na but oh boy! mas lalong humirap yung mga problems. Even a progmate of mine who scored 1400+ sa first HOPE ay nakasagot lang ng apat na problems sa second mock hope. Sa mga fellow cs11 takers dyan, what are your thoughts?

Ako lang ba or ang unresponsive ng groupmates ko recently? alam ko naman na midterms season na so maraming exams, kaya gets ko naman sila kung bakit di sila nagrereply sa gc, pero grabe dumating na yung deadline ng groupwork namin WALA PA RIN TALAGA 😭 idk kung anlala na ba talaga ng tasks ngayon kaya napapabayaan na yung ibang reqs OR yung subject namin ay elective lang nila so wala rin sila pake HUHUHUHU

For context, nag-aral ulit ako after ng undergrad ko, so kapa kapa ulit kasi different college na. Kumbaga ang mga kasama ko ay undergrad pero ako post-grad na. One year lang naman pagitan pero bakit sobrang nanibago ako at na-shock akong HUHUHUHU MAY GANON PALA TALAGANG GANAP NA DI MAGREREPLY YUNG GROUPMATES HAUHUSHUSHUAHHA

so idk enlighten me siguro kung "it's a normal thing" na DI DAPAT TINOTOLERATE or minalas lang ako hahahaha

Less than singko grado ko if lower than 55 grades ko sa LE 2 so need ko maperfect ang LE 3 and exams para matres - 2.75 max. Milagro talaga ang kailangan para lang makapasa.

It’s been weighing me down lately, if ever man na idodrop ko (abt 90% sureness) makakahabol pa kaya ako? Tanggap ko na nmn n pero worry ko if ioopen kaya nila sa second semester ang BA 99.1? Di ko maguage if marami bang magdodrop huhu. No choice na rin kasi if worst scenario. (which is too possible to deny 😭)

Btw gets n gets ko n ung process/theory pero may mga blind spots ako which I think napunterya nung exams when it comes to problem solving.

I'm from UPLB, expected to graduate next year (hopefully). I don't want to work yet because I don't like the job opportunities in my current program. Too late na rin nung na realize ko na ayaw ko talaga sa field so im hoping that with a masters i could successfully pivot out. MS AMAT mathematical finance yung ina-eye ko but i don't have advanced calculus or linear algebra sa undergraduate coursework ko. tatanggapin kaya nila ako?

hoping to hear thoughts here esp from those na nag ms with an unrelated bs!

Hello, i failed my first LE in chem 18.1, i also failed the drills. I have decent scores on my exers but i feel like im gonna flunk the next theo exam. Should i drop the course?

I'm curious kung saan at paano siya ma-aavail kasi may nakita ako last week na UP bike sharing and gusto ko rin ng ganun dahil magkabilaang mundo yung bldgs ko. And as someone na gustong makatipid kaya mas pinipiling maglakad instead of ikot, it would really help me a lot. Tyia!

Ilang taon na ako sa unibersidad na to, at ilang taon ko na ring ineendure ang triple e. Gusto ko naman yung course na kinuha ko, pero pagod na pagod na ako dito. I am sure hindi lang ako.

First of all, professors are awful!

a. One of our professors mentioned na may discussion daw sila ng other profs na magiging mahigpit sila sa pagbibigay ng partial points kasi expected daw na dapat alam na namin ginagawa namin kasi sa real life bawal daw magkamali

hello? gets naman na irl mistakes have dangerous consequences, pero nasa process kami ng pag-aaral. And tbh, even registered engineers make mistakes. Kahit mga professors namin may mistakes din sa solution kung minsan. Bawat puntos na pinagdadamot nyo sa students, kahit .10 lang yan, malaking bawas yan grade namin.

b. Speaking of grades, ang taas ng standards niyo sa exam niyo na mas mahirap pa sa boards! 90% LE? tapos last iteration ng 123 eh one is to one pa ang grades. Ang lala din ng exams btw lalo na yang mulcho niyo na pamatay. 2-4 points per item? Really?

EEE 143 iteration na ‘first time’ naging 50% ang passing, nagtataka kayo bakit ganon. Tignan niyo kaya yung exams? I remember during the 2nd LE, most of the students na kasabay ko mag-take e puro pinili na lang matulog at halos lahat kami walang nasagot. Tapos next iteration mas hinirapan niyo pa lalo, anong mindset yan?

Make it make sense. Engineers kayo, engineering students kami. Tinuturuan niyo kami ng problem-solving pero kayo mismo hindi niyo magawa sa real life situations.

c. EEEI -> ee, ece, coe. Isa lang course na tine take ko pero expected nila sayo magaling ka sa tatlong field na yan. First to third year kapag bumagsak ka sa subject na supposed to be hindi naman THAT related sa course mo, delayed ka na. Hello?

d. back to profs being awful, ang pangit niyo kausap! most of the profs napaka-dismissive kapag nagtatanong ka related sa lesson.

Hindi lahat kaya namin malaman sa google!! at yung iba sa inyo may gawa-gawa pang own process na minsan di namin maintindihan.

One of these days, EEEI you’ll be the reason of my death.

hello, I just wanna ask if anyone knows any reliable deep cleaning services for small apartments? (like, yung size halos ng isang regular bedroom sa normal na bahay tapos may sariling kitchen + bathroom). medj napabaya namin ng roommates ko yung paglinis ng super ayos because we haven't had the time in a while due to acads and other personal reasons, kaya iniisip ko na magpadeep clean nalang muna kami at least once lang tapos after we'll try to work hard to maintain the cleanliness ulit.

Just finished the 2nd LE earlier and I already know I will fail kasi mali lahat (or almost) ng problem solving part ko, which is 56 points and worth 50% of the LE 2. I made educated guess mostly sa multiple choice part, so I cannot rely on it either. I previously failed LE 1 with 50% grade 🥲. I am determined na bawiin siya sa LE 3 and/or sa finals po. Please please share genuine study tips, materials, or general advices because I am rally desperate for help. Your replies will be very valuable. Thank you po.

What I have been doing previously:

- Watching lots of YT videos (im an auditory-visual learner)

- Doing practice tests (I do yung mga binibigay ng orgs, prob sets, generated problems, YouTube)

My rooms for improvement

- Actually doing practice tests from the reference book (I don't do lahat before kasi tinitignan ko na yung solution kapag hindi ko na alam yung gagawin 😭)

- Cramming review in less than a week

- Not doing enough practice tests

Pls help ur iska out, pls chem set me freeee, and pls pls pls end the sem!!!

basta siya lang reason bat ako pumapasok ang pogi nia tlaguhhh

saan pwede bumili lumpiang togue sa upd hahehdhshd nagccrave ako

san pwede pumunta in metro manila to forget about that LE. somewhere na budget friendly I need to get away from this campus. I would love to bike and walk wherever. Bukas kaya national museum today?

Gusto ko lang magrant HAHAHA pero bro I am so drained. Ever since September, every week kaming may exam tapos halos daily rin yung quizzes namin. I just feel so burned out pero kalahati pa ng sem ang kailangan ilaban.

good am/pm po! title concern po. :)

i was told i will get an email regarding an appointment for picture taking, pero malapit na mag second sem and wala pa akong email/student id HAHAHA.

i’m planning to visit the registrar and ask about it while i’m in campus. asking lang kung ganito talaga with some people huhu. worried i’m being impatient since my sibs are always asking me kung kelan huhu.

yun lang, thank you po! ingat. :)

Nakikita ko rin lately tong poster/logo na toh around the campus. Same as OP, I'm also curious as to saang org/group kaya galing to and what does it mean?

I'm trying to start my account in the new UPOU OAS. I reached this point where I have to declare the household income (which is just me and my Mom). I am a fresh grad, 3-months in my first job (which pays approx 30k monthly). My mom is still 10 years from retirement. How do I compute our annual pension?

PS: Long rant incoming

Let’s talk about the current state of EEE 153 (and by extension, the ghost of EEE 143), because the disconnect between the handler's expectations and the reality of their assessments has reached a boiling point.

For those who don't know, EEE 143 used to be the breather course. It had an 80%+ passing rate and was widely considered the most manageable subject in EEEI (outside of the 1st year EEE courses). That was until two years ago, when the passing rate suddenly plummeted to 50%. The curriculum shifted, the difficulty spiked, and that brutal new standard has now carried directly over to EEE 153.

Here is the most frustrating part about this entire situation: the professors are actually great. They teach well, and they flood us with resources on UVLe. You walk out of lectures feeling like you genuinely grasp the material (at least in the first weeks when you were actually interested and passionate about the course). They even introduced discussion sessions recently which shows just how much they want you to learn. But then you sit down for the exam, and it is absolutely hell.

The exams are, for lack of a better word, diabolical. We are handed problems that look completely alien compared to what was discussed. When you look at previous LEs, I would say the students taking that exam then found it a bit difficult, but when you compare them to the more recent ones (as in the LEs this year), you will notice that the exams then were a walk in the park, absolutely easier than current ones. It’s not just about applying concepts, it feels like they expect you to have memorized every microscopic nook, cranny, and edge-case from both the lectures and obscure external materials just to figure out how to start step one of a problem.

But worse than that, their way of grading the exams is horrendous.

Engineering is inherently about process, methodology, and problem-solving. Yet, these exams are somehow graded on a strict right-or-wrong binary. You can map out the entire logic of a complex system, demonstrate your understanding of the underlying principles, and at least show the effort of trying to answer the already difficult problem. But if they find your work/solution unsatisfactory? Yes sometimes they give partial points, but I would not be surprised if they gave you absolutely nothing. Zero points. A complete invalidation of the learning you actually did.

And now, what's frustrating is the handlers have been complaining about how the recent batch is "lackluster."

You cannot fundamentally alter a course to make it hellishly difficult, design exams with alien problems, enforce a zero-tolerance policy for partial credit on complex engineering calculations, and then blame the students when the metrics drop. It is incredibly tone-deaf to artificially engineer a bottleneck and then act disappointed in the water for not flowing through it.

We aren't a lackluster batch. We are just exhausted from navigating an assessment system that feels designed to catch us out rather than measure what we’ve actually learned. You know it's really bad when the students are already considering dropping the course just after LE1. And not that LE2 just wrapped up, and the final results of LE1 have arrived, I would not be surprised if the majority is already considering dropping, or just accepting the inevitable 5.00.

hi. sa sobrang busy ko sa buhay at maraming prinoproblema nakalimutan ko nang i-update sa admin na hanggang ngayon wala pa rin akong alum mail. akala ko after graduation automatic na pero hanggang ngayon wala pa rin. gaano katagal bago niyo nakuha yung bagong email address niyo?

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