UPCAT and the Inner Voice
Graduating as an honor student in a public high school, I felt the pressure in passing the college entrance exams and landing a spot in one of our country's premier universities. I took several exams from different universities, all with overwhelming nervousness. My goal back then was to pass at least one so I can pursue my college education. The most nerve-wracking exam I took was the UPCAT (University of the Philippines College Admission Test). During high school, our teachers had been promoting UP to all of us (their students), saying it's one of the best universities in the country and that they provide a world-class education. We also had some of our high school alumni (studying in UP at that time) visited our school and said the same things about UP during the career orientation. We became more excited to enter UP and dreamt of becoming one of the " iskolar ng bayan". Knowing how difficult UPCAT was, our teachers hoped that at least a few of us in t...