UP Admissions Debate: Equity or Excellence?

Posted by Frances on August 4, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Note: The ideas in this entry written last year sprung from our lively discussion on social class distinctions (economic, intellectual, ethnic) in Mike Falgui’s American Lit course that I attended in UP last August 2006.

Manila girl is one of the best and the brightest in her batch from that school in Metro Manila. She wanted to get in UP. Results came out. She didn’t make the cut.

Well here’s another chap from the province, he’s at the top of his batch, too—but Manila Girl is more competent than he is, and the Higher Powers can verify that. But he got in UP Diliman.

The principle of equity tries to approximate the number of UPCAT passers in order to have a representation of the country in the university. There are limits for every region. Manila Girl may have better credentials than Promdi Guy but with so many applicants coming from NCR, Manila Girl just didn’t make the cut. Oh well, there’s always Ateneo. (No offense meant, I love Ateneo)

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