Schools I Considered Before I settled with UPOU
Before I was admitted to the University of the Philippines, Open University, I also considered numerous schools for my college education. Here are they:
- University of the Philippines (Diliman and Manila Campus) – Applying for UP is the in thing in our school. Majority of my batch mates applied for UP so I joined the bandwagon too event though my plans on studying in UP isn’t that clear. I applied for Organizational Communication, European Languages, Philippine Arts and Linguistics. In the end, I didn’t make it to both campuses.
- De La Salle – College of St. Benilde – I have a friend who is a graduate of DLS-CSB so I know that it is a great school for Multimedia Arts. DLS-CSB and Mapua are the only schools, which I know that offer Multimedia Arts. I applied for Multimedia Arts, Photography and Digital Filmmaking. Fortunately, I passed the college admission test.
- Manila Central University – Manila Central University is a few steps away from our home literally. In fact a lot of my relatives are graduates of MCU. My cousin, Patricia currently studies there and she’s taking up Dentistry. I didn’t apply there at all but I still considered taking up Biology at MCU.
- MAPUA – I didn’t apply at MAPUA at all but I considered it too for I really want to take up Multimedia Arts during those times. Apparently the Multimedia Arts program of MAPUA is offered in their Makati campus, which is far away from our home in Caloocan.
- University of the East – I considered UE for there were a couple of times that I want to take up Accountancy since I loved my Accounting subject during my senior year. But I didn’t apply there.
- Asian Institute for Distance Education – I heard that Toni Gonzaga is a graduate of Asian Institute for Distance Education. I took of AIDE as my back-up school if in case I won’t make it to UPOU. If ever I would be studying at AIDE, I would take up AB English.
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Open University – This is also one of my back-up schools if in case I won’t make it to UPOU. I would be taking Broadcast Communication if ever I studied here.
The list is quite lengthy, right? That’s a total of 7 schools!
Hi schoolmate, I would like to comment on the title of this entry…Schools I Considered Before I settled with UPOU.
Its likely to give your readers a wrong notion that the only reason why people get into upou is bec its a safety net if one cannot get a regular UP education and its easier to get into the programs…
La lang, peace out!