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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider Online application portal for first year applicants closes tonight - UP

Online application portal for first year applicants closes tonight - UP

Published Feb 15, 2021 06:10 pm

The University of the Philippines (UP) Office of Admissions on Monday, Feb. 15, first-year applicants for Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022 that the online application portal for Form 1 will close at 11:59 p.m. tonight.

University of the Philippines (up.edu.ph)

In an advisory, the UP Office of Admissions said that the online portal for Form 2 submission “will be live” from Feb. 16 to March 5, 2021.

“The UP Office of Admissions is now initiating contact with the high schools, which is being done in batches,” it said. “Applicants are advised to occasionally visit the portal to see if their school has already submitted their grades,” it added.

The Office of Admissions said that the deadline of Form 2 submission on March 5. “The applicant will receive their Forms 1 and 2 as well as the acknowledgment receipt in PDF format,” it added.

Applicants are advised to send a message the UPCAT-U.P. System Facebook page for any questions and concerns as well as additional information about application process.

UP launched its online portal for first-year applicants for AY 2021-2022 in January. This move is to help minimize exposure to the coronavirus.

The Form 1 is the Personal Data Sheet which should be electronically uploaded along with the applicant’s photo and electronic signature. Form 2 refers to the High School Records.

The online admissions applications for UP are being done in light of the unanimous decision by the UP System’s University Councils (UCs) that there will be no UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) for AY 2021-2022 applicants due to health and logistical issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The UCs further approved an “additional assessment by academic units to qualify for a degree program, if deemed necessary.”

Admission into UP has been very selective due to high demand. “While they come from very diverse backgrounds, applicants to UP are all ranked according to indicators of academic preparedness for university life,” the University said in a statement issued earlier.

In the absence of the UPCAT, UP said that a composite of the final grades in Grade 8, 9, 10 and first semester of Grade 11 shall be the basis to determine the UP admission grade (UPG).

“Specific degree programs may request for additional requirements to qualify for admission, if deemed necessary. To implement the policy of democratic access, UP also considers socio-economic and geographic factors in its admission process,” it added.

UP added that selection for admission to a campus is based on the applicant’s UPG, campus quota, and/or cut-off grade. Thus, a “successful applicant can receive an offer of admission to only one of his/her UP campus of choice.”

“The successful applicants for a given campus are ranked according to grade predictors and quotas of their chosen degree programs,” UP said. “Some degree programs are more competitive due to their high demand,” it added.

UP noted that applicants should choose only degree programs they are interested in. “If an applicant is not successful in his/her first choice of campus, the process continues in order of priority of his/her remaining choices,” it explained.

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