Facts About The UPCAT and UP Applications
Facts About The UPCAT and UP Applications
Facts About The UPCAT and UP Applications
1. If your family’s net income is less that P130000, show an ITR or BIR Certificate of Exemption to go with your application form
to be exempted from paying the P450 registration fee.
2. The UPCAT score alone does not get you into UP; it’s your UPG. The UPG takes into account 60% of your UPCAT score and
40% of your high school grade, as well as other socio-economic factors including parents’ income, province, cultural
background and the like.
3. It does not matter if you choose a non-quota course or not when it comes to campus admission. Raise your UPG because
each campus has a minimum UPG cut off to get in a campus whether you get into your choice of course (Degree Program
With Available Slot)
4. Students from underrepresented areas or minority groups have more chances of making it to UP than regular students. This is
to preserve the mandate of providing education to deserving students all over the Philippines despite culture, income, and
province.
5. There is an UPCAT bonus if you come from public high schools, vocational high schools, and underrepresented provinces of
0.05%, regardless of economic status
6. There is also an UPCAT penalty (0.05%) of students vying for a spot in a UP campus prioritizing local student admissions. For
example:If a student from NCR applies for a spot in UP Visayas, he will receive a penalty. The reason for this is to lessen the
risk of local students losing slots and opportunities to study in UP to students from other provinces or even big cities like
Manila who might use their admission to lower their UPG cut-off campuses as a jumping point towards UP Diliman or UP
Manila.
7. Each UP campus has a UPG cut-off (the minimum UPG you need to be considered admission to that particular campus). This
changes from time to time, and this is caused by the number of students who apply for a particular UP campus as well as the
number of available slots. UP Manila and UP Diliman have higher UPG cut-offs than that of the other campuses. This means
that the lower your chances are of passing if you choose UP Manila and UP Diliman as both your 1st choice and 2nd choice
campus.
8. Students can take the Talent Determination test of College of Fine Arts and Music or the Varsity Application Program of the
College of Human Kinetics and still get into UP without passing the UPCAT. If you’re applying for certificate programs, you can
still get into UP without taking the UPCAT; this includes courses from the College of Fine Arts, Theater Arts, and College of
Human Kinetics
Things to know about the UPCAT
1. Reading Comprehension - There are 10+ passages in the test. Half of it is in Filipino; the other in English.
2. Mathematics - The solutions are often take one or two steps so don’t overthink them. Make sure you memorize all the formulas
and practice a lot. Math is doable as long as you keep solving problems. E.g. Trig identities seem intimidating at first, but if you
memorized the formulas and practice, you can easily identify and simplify these equations.
3. Science -The test will be mostly conceptual so it’s crucial to memorize key concepts in earth science, chemistry, physics, and
biology. It might be helpful to know basic formulas if ever there are problems that require calculations.
4. Language Proficiency - This test is also divided between English and Filipino. It involves spotting grammatical errors, incorrect
words and so on. They would also ask you responses that would best fit the situations
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