Academic Clinics Guide to the UPCAT

ACADEMIC CLINIC'S GUIDE TO THE UPCAT www.academic-clinic.com your ultimate college guide website PALUGIT For applicants coming from public barangay, public vocational, and public general high schools (excluding those administered by state universities and colleges and science high schools) UPCAT SCORE 60% PABIGAT Because the university has specifically established its regional units to serve the geographical areas they cover, a “Pabigat" of 0.05 or more (depending on the campus) is added to the UPG of applicants from other areas HSWA High School Weighted Average 40% + 0.05 PALUGIT UPG EPG UNIVERSITY PREDICTED GRADE EFFECTIVE PREDICTIVE GRADE - 0.05 PABIGAT EEAS Excellence Equity Admissions System UPG RANKING UPCAT Standard Scores and Percentile Ranks are dependent on the general performance of the UPCAT takers of the batch SECOND CHOICE UP CAMPUS UPG CUT-OFFS FIRST CHOICE UPD 2.20 UPM 2.20 UPLB 2.40 UPG/EPG UPB 2.70 UPV (CEBU) 2.70 UPV (ILOILO) 2.70 UPV (TACLOBAN) UPM (MINDANAO) 2.70 2.75 GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY ROUND TOP 70% *Campus Absolute Cut-offs 30% UNDER-REPRESENTED AREAS REMAINING SLOTS AFTER GER ?% CAMPUS QUOTA SECOND CHOICE FIRST UPCAT & HSWA CHOICE SUBTEST SCORES/AVERAGE COURSE SUBTEST CUT-OFFS Each Academic program uses its own predictor which is also computed from I the UPCAT subtest scores and HSWA. Example: Social Science Courses rank qualifiers based on their UPGS. Engineering Courses rank qualifiers based on their Math Predicted Grades or MEG Biological Sciences: BSPG Physical Sciences: PSPG DPAS PENDING (Degree Program with Available Slot) Application to courses with slots FAILED PASSED RECONDSIDERATION SOURCE: “A Tale of Two Applicants" by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc, UP Forum vol.5 no.3 complete requirements Complete requnemon UPG/EPG UP CAMPUS QUALIFICATION COURSE QUALIFICATION UPCAT RESULTS