The Grade 12 students of Montessori De Sagrada Familia once again stamped their class in the recently-held college entrance examinations in different colleges and universities both in the NCR and neighboring provinces.
A total of 214 seniors coming from all strands of the Senior High School Department of MDSF passed the entrance exams coming from 29 different state-run and private colleges and universities. This year marked another milestone for these Sagradans as the batch that had the greatest number of passers in the Ateneo de Manila University’s (ADMU) ACET with 8 passers, and the University of the Philippines’ (UP) UPCAT with 11 passers.
Among the schools with Sagradan passers, Far Eastern University (FEU) led the way with 62, followed by the University of Santo Tomas (UST) with 20 passers, Bulacan State University (BulSU) with 17, and University of Mapua with 15. Other schools included in the list of Grade 12 passers were De La Salle group of schools (DLSU, DLSU Dasmariñas, College of Saint Benilde, and De La Salle-Araneta University), National University (NU), Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Assumption College, Centro Escolar University (CEU), Colegio De San Juan De Letran (CSJL), Saint Louis University (SLU), Enderun Colleges, PATTS College of Aeronautics and others.
Among the Sagradan test-takers, STEM Graduate Julianne Elyse Ganding topped her batch by passing the entrance exams in 11 schools. Next to her was Khristalyn Liwanag and Precious Maegan Aquino with both passing exams in 8 schools, and Rhys Arie Malacas passing in 7 colleges and universities. In connection with the exams that he passed, Ateneo granted Rhys a scholarship which includes 75% free tuition that was later elevated to full 100%, plus other incentives such as free dormitory, books, transportation and other miscellaneous allowances. Rhys was only one of the former Sagradans of various batches who have been awarded with scholarship endowments.
This was the first time that the college entrance examinations resumed after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic since there were no examinations administered during that period.
By: Vhon Joseph C. Solomon