Those who took the UPCAT: How tough/easy for you is the UPCAT?

[Michael_Corderi]

August 5 and 6 are the days when thousands of Senior High School students will take the "Ultimate Exam of the Lifetime", the U.P. College Admissions Test or UPCAT...Sabi nung iba, mahirap daw ang UPCAT...at mahirap makapasok sa UP...and the others? well, chicken feed lang daw ang UPCAT (?)


Question ko is:


TO ALL OF YOU WHO TOOK THE UPCAT BEFORE? ANONG SAY NYO SA EXAM?

[Ada]

I'm not good in math so I found the math part challenging. The science part was okay, the english part was a piece of cake.

Goodluck to all the UPCAT examinees!

[holyman]

For me, UPCAT is not as hard as the ACET of Ateneo. Ang kalaban mo lang sa UP is the number of applicants. Good luck!!!

[WICKEDQUEEN]

i enjoyed the english and science part. kayang-kaya e. math....nahilo ako. at buti nalang non-quota yung first choice course ko dun! bad trip ang quota e. nalaman ko na lang na pasado ako sa Diliman (dream school ko yun) nung 2nd year na'ko sa CSB...my parents deliberately kept the news from me! *kamot ulo* to think that even before i graduated from highschool, studying there was the dream i so longed to fulfill.

[Ira]

UPCAT was very easy for me. Just pray that others won't find it as easy as you do.

[s_abella]

ok lang. nde siya ganon ka-hirap. tama si holyman dun sa kalaban mo ang number of applicants. but believe me, GETTING IN IS A HELLUVA LOT EASIER COMPARED TO STAYING AND ACTUALLY GRADUATING!!!

[tRiStAn]

Except for a little struggle with Filipino, I found it easy.

[Invictus]

OK lang UPCAT... like tRiStAn, sa Filipino ako sumablay...


Good luck sa mga mag-U-UPCAT (good luck na rin sa APO sa pag-assist nila)!!! Good luck Momon!

[MiLMarQ]

I found UPCAT very moderate, but there were times that the time limitted for each subject was too short. I can say that its easier than La Salle's, its just that the qualifying grade for admission is in a very high standard.

[erman]

of all the college entrance examinations i took, UPCAT was the easiest... followed by lasalle, ust, acet being the hardest... the only problem is competition, halos buong bansa kalaban... kaya na-disappoint ako nung hindi ako sinuwerte sa first choice course ko sa diliman, dehins pa ako sigurado kung type ko talaga second choice... pero oks lang, the best ang compsci sa lasalle...

[yuga]

i found it challenging but not as hard as the ACET. sa ACET hindi ko natapos ang exglish part but went in a breeze with math. sa upcat naman naubos ko lahat but nakakinis yung filipino math problem solving...

[elaney]

It's definitely not as hard as the exam of Ateneo, but UPCAT is only one factor they consider before you can enter UP. You will be ranked nationwide and only those who are qualified (some passed but they might not get scores which are high enough) will be considered.

Don't pressure yourself, sleep early and you can always bank on your general information and abstract reasoning abilities.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL UPCAT EXAMINEES!

(This is just the beginning of your CHALLENGING and EXCITING life in UP!)

[Michael_Corderi]

elaney
Junior Member
Posts: 39
Registered: Jul 2000
posted 08-05-2000 03:38 PM
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It's definitely not as hard as the exam of Ateneo, but UPCAT is only one factor they consider before you can enter UP. You will be ranked nationwide and only those who are qualified (some passed but they might not get scores which are high enough) will be considered.
Don't pressure yourself, sleep early and you can always bank on your general information and abstract reasoning abilities.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL UPCAT EXAMINEES!

(This is just the beginning of your CHALLENGING and EXCITING life in UP!)


Agree ako dyan! UP the Best!

[Momon]

Grabe! Di lumabas sa UPCAT 'yung mga pinag-aralan ko. Ang hirap pa nung English. 'Yung iba OK naman. Oo nga pala, ba't apat na lang 'yung choices? Ba't ABCD na lang? Sa review may E eh!

Anyway, I know I did my best and I know God will do the rest.

[kCal]

Is it hard?
Not at all. UPCAT was the easiest entrance exam I took. Talagang basically for stock knowledge lang. Siguro at first, you'll feel nervous while taking it, but as you go over the pages, you'll realize that it's not as hard as you have perceived.
The problem is, although it may seem easy, the competition is really tough. If for an average student like me, it seems easy, what more yung sa mga intelligent people talaga.
E diba ang daming kumukuha ng UPCAT compared to other universities so dito na yung part kung saan magiging mahirap, yung maka-abot ka sa cut-off.

[Jacob]

Percentile system pa rin ba ang UPCAT? Kung gaanon pa rin, malas kung marami kang magagaling na kasabay. Tataas kasi ang cut-off.

[unashamedusher]

For me, UPCAT is not as hard as the ACET of Ateneo. Ang kalaban mo lang sa UP is the number of applicants. Good luck!!!

Its true... I took the UPCAT yesterday... I never expected it to be that easy... Maybe thats the reason why it is... competition.

I just had a few setbacks in Math... The first part (language) and the last part (reading) were easy.

ANY ADVICE FOR THE ACET???

[imogen]

the UPCAT wasnt really that difficult. parang nagulat nga ako na ganun nga siya kadali. di ako nahirapan sa filipino part, paano kasi sanay na ko, im from upis din kasi so sanay kami sa filipino questions, etc. kalaban mo lang talaga, sarili mo, baka maging super nerbyoso ka. and of course, yung other examinees.

ACET? uh... manghula ka na lang. lalo na sa math. (promise di ko alam kung paano ako nakapasa doon, eh super nangula lang ako sa math. sa math portion lang ha.)

[naturallybeautiful]

it wasn't difficult at all. in fact, of all the entrance examinations i took, it was the easiest. acet was moderate, kinda overrated during our time. the most difficult was ua&p's. especially the abstract reasoning part.

ps. info lang: i passed all.

[batang uliran]

I found the exam pretty easy. The math part easiest of all since I've always been good with numbers. I also answered all the questions even though 25% of your wrong answers is deducted from your correct answers - I figured I would still come out ahead. I also relish the abstract reasoning portions of exams.