Comments on: Ateneo or UP?

By: Leonor

Leonor — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:29:29 +0000

My daughter also passed tha UPCAT and the ACET and she already know what’s in her mind to study in UP and get a master degree in ATENEO i don’t know if she change her mind someday but i supported her all the way…

By: Rommel

Rommel — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:22:09 +0000

Teka lang, it’s okay to be an activist. Pero, you have to know your priorities. You can also be an activist in your own way, and not the ones who go on strike, like forever. These activists uphold the rights of students and the impoverished kaya ayun kinailangan ko i-klaro na hindi porke aktibista, masama na or ma-dedelay na or what have you. Depende pa rin ‘yan sa yo, sa prinsipyo na pinaniniwalaan mo..

By: ACET Results and UPCAT Results for SY 2009-2010 : The D Spot

ACET Results and UPCAT Results for SY 2009-2010 : The D Spot — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:39:39 +0000

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By: Maureen Homez

Maureen Homez — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:58:09 +0000

Wow~ We almost had the same question almost a year ago. I was also a former Atenean. The only difference was I was choosing between UP and DLSU-M, since I was unfortunate enough to fail the ACET.

UP is a great school, and so are the others.. It all ends up to the person. Whether he/she would want to open up to other things, or stick with the old ones. Good luck on your decision~

By: dislyf

dislyf — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:56:49 +0000

i dont think der must b a comparoson betwen UP nd ATENEO. ADMu s a priv8 nd well-equipd nst2tion (dun talo ang UP). while UP, as far as i know, they r espeializd n ol corses and dey r also excellent in philo. (ped u nga murahin angprof u s tym ng pilo as long as mron kng ktwiran at dun, naillabs nla ang nsa loob nla). UP s2dnts r also open minded — dey r radical so pipol thouht dat dey r an activist. U can wear pambhay n d univ , and lastly but not d least, dey ofer low tuition fee dat u can even pay it wid ur allownce.

in ADMU, dey car 2 der s2dents. dey also give a units f theology(as far as i know, it is compulsary). D univ s well secured nd neat nd d rums r fuly airconditioned.

By: Ateneo or UP? One Last Take : The D Spot

Ateneo or UP? One Last Take : The D Spot — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:41:49 +0000

[...] I am posting this article, with the intention of sharing this with other students (and parents out there) who are in the same dilemma as Vince is in choosing his college: Ateneo or UP? ANother article, with the same topic was posted early this year here. [...]

By: palma tayona

palma tayona — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:37:56 +0000

it has been fourteen years since the time i finished from u.p. i think i produced more than five feet tall of papers, quizzes, and assignments and three tons of plates during the years i spent there as a student. countless sleepless hours were spent trying to read through books in our reading assignments only to find out that the day’s exam was a repeat of the same one word-for-friggin’-word a semester ago. hah!

i never regretted a single day that i was in diliman. it was a wide world of learning that opened my youthful eyes to the bigger arena called life. there i found out the highest of joys and the lowest of sadness. there i became equipped to do what i do now. all of these thanks to an old uncle who once taught in peyups.

when he found out i passed ateneo, he called me to his study. behind his thick and shiny mahogany table he asked me where i would register by next school year. i said ateneo. i find going to a private school much better since it will be a comfort zone i am already familiar with. (besides, i find the people there more “cute”) i proceeded to tell him all my thoughts about heading for a jesuit school for college, though i think what i was saying was more to convince myself rather than him.

he just nodded his head and his only reply before i left the room was, “go to u.p. start living life.”

i still smile when i remember that.

By: Karla

Karla — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:40:17 +0000

Thanks for the links, Tita Dine

After much deliberating with my parents, and sleepless hours, I finally made my decision: Creative Writing in UP. I passed Legal Management in Ateneo, which seems like a better choice for pre-law, but I have my heart set in writing. I think I would have a hard time pursuing a course I don’t have a penchant for. And besides, I studied in St. Paul’s all my life.. I need a new environment! So.. UP na ko! Hehe.

God bless!

By: jack bauer

jack bauer — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:01:23 +0000

Having passed both ateneo and up is something to be proud of already. I guess studying in either of those schools is fine as they are considered the best possible schools where you can possibly obtain your college degree in the Philippines. But given the choice, I will study in Ateneo. I myself when i took the UPCAT before admittedly failed.The only other school I took the college exams is at the Unibersidad de Santo Tomas which incidentally was my school of choice when I was a kid due to its “spanish” inspired campus and it being the alma mater of Filipino revolutionaries. I took up economics and eventually found myself in law school. Eventually i became a lawyer and is now one of the counsels of one of the presidentiables for 2010. I had many classmates who took their pre law at UP and Ateneo. I found the Ateneo grads as ‘elitist’ really and had fancy cars already. Those from UP meanwhile already were fraternity members already and were sharing their ‘wars’ while at the UP campus.

By: Raian B. Razal

Raian B. Razal — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:02 +0000

miss sexy mom, i could not also decide on the matter. i am accepted as scholar in BS management engineering in ateneo and in Business Administration and Acountancy in diliman. Both are quota courses… i cant decide

By: eee

eee — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:41:05 +0000

Congrats!!! I’ve observed that almost everyone i know who passed UP also passed Ateneo but the ones who did pass Ateneo do not necessarily pass U.P. Which means…

btw, i married an atenean… go figure!

By: annamanila

annamanila — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:10:25 +0000

Congrats to Vince … its not easy to be admitted to Business Ad at UP .. very very quota I heard.

What a dilemma. a wonderful dilemma … UP or Ateneo. whichever he chooses, he gets an excellent education, I guess.

UP will make him more proletariat .. but that is a sweeping generalization.

Economics may be another factor. Even with the tuition fee increases in UP, it should still be cheaper by at least half, i guess.

Do i sound like i am rooting for UP?

By: Lazarus

Lazarus — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:15:14 +0000

I was hoping and fantasizing I’d enroll in UPLB. That was 17 years ago when I was still a senior high school at UP Cebu. But the decision boiled down to financials. My parents couldn’t afford to send me outside Cebu. Wala din accountancy (my second choice) course sa UPV Cebu Campus and gusto ko rin nang bagong environment, so I enrolled in another school.

As for Vince, whether it’s ateneo or UP, I’m sure he’ll be successful.

By: haze

haze — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:38:10 +0000

Both are good school ! It’s up for the students to decide…and consider the transportation Tita kung saan malapit mas maganda at practical.

By: The Construct by Alex Maximo - Commentaries on social media discourse » Blog Archive » UP or Ateneo revisited

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:04:30 +0000

[...] Sexy Mom reposted her take on the matter. Quite a service too, for those in great mental constipation caused by the tough choice between the two schools. Now on with my own (new?) opinions. [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:11:43 +0000

UP!!!!!!!

Note: A very very biased response from me.

Heeee.

By: 2008 UPCAT Results Now Available : The D Spot

2008 UPCAT Results Now Available : The D Spot — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:34:22 +0000

[...] For those who have options, here’s some thought: Ateneo or UP? [...]

By: Angel

Angel — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:59:55 +0000

Wow. That was a leap from him. I’m in the Ateneo now, and just because I have no experience in UP, I think his initial course, ME would have catapulted him to becoming brilliant man, even more than how he is now. But his decision to be in UP makes him very very admirable.

By: vince

vince — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:48:12 +0000

*delete “how”

By: vince

vince — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:47:40 +0000

wow, tons of comments. why don’t you make and article on ADMU vs DLSU this time and see how if you could still manage these comments. hahaha.