(SPOT.ph) For the second year in a row, the state university will not be administering the University of the Philippines College Admission Test for academic year 2022 - 2023, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs announced in a memorandum published on December 7. This means that applicants for academic year (AY) 2022 - 2023 will be evaluated based on a similar model used for AY 2021 - 2022.
The memo states that due to the "immense logistical challenge of administering University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) in the UP campuses and 95 testing centers throughout the archipelago while the trajectory of the pandemic remains uncertain," the UP Office of Admissions made a motion to suspend the annual admissions test for first-year student intake. The University Councils across the UP System voted in favor of the motion.
UP began applications on October 25 with the last day of filing on November 30. Minimum requirements included final grades for Grade 8, 9, 10, and 11—which will all be factors to the students' admission. During the application period, there was "no final decision yet as to whether an admission test will be administered for intake year 2022-2023," until today.
The suspension of the upcoming UPCAT 2022 draws mixed reactions—from worried students to, of course, folks who wouldn't pass up the chance for a fun tweet:
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