UPCAT | what does 'DEGREE PROGRAM WITH AVAILBALE SLOT' mean?

though I passed the UPCAT, the I got a "degree with available slot" result......

I remember I tried to search the net about "degree with available slot"... I found answers... but not that well explained....


uhm...... I'm not saying that this post will explain this well... but I hope this does help....

This means that your grades are qualified for you to enter UP but then other takers has scored higher than you did, and you were not able to reach the quota.

You have to confirm your enrollment online (I'm sorry... i don't know where to find the link -but it's somewhere at upcat.edu.ph- because mom did this confirmation for me..... ) and you have to choose five courses..... You have to wait then until enrollment ends....... try to call the university registrar to find out what courses have available slots



but unfortunately, the course offered to me was Pharmacy..... which I don't think... suits me..... haaayyy

If only..... I was good at Chemistry.

I already got myself enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas to take BS Physical Therapy....... At first, I thought I made the wrong decision in taking Physical Therapy.... because I heard that most of hospitals only needs one physical therapist....... and that means it's going to be a tough competition by the time I try to get emlpoyed......... I got upset. Sana tinuloy ko nalang yung nursing sa UST.... kasi nakapasa naman ako...... at marami din gusto sana magnursing sa UST.... pasalamat nga ako nakapasa ako....... but wait. What were my reasons why I decided not to take nursing?

1. Too many people are taking nursing;
2. so by the time I graduate, there might no longer be jobs available for nurses...?
3. I don't like seeing blood and I don't like doing dissection(but a little is okay.....)

Then.... I knew that Physical Therapy students do more dissection
and will even dissect a cadaver on our third year. Hay........

??????! why am I discussing 'how confused KATrina is on what course to take'???

uhm because...... uhm because...... because I just wanted to share how I'm not really sure if I like this course I'm taking!!!!

I really wanted to take Pharmacy...... but I don't think I would not make because I'm not that good in Math and Chemistry......

and here comes more complication: University of the Philippines recently called up and told us that they'd be able to take me in as a BS Pharmacy student........ (I passed the UPCAT with a "Degree with available slots" remark.) My mother really wanted me to be able to get in UP. That's because we'd be saving a lot. Oh yes, A LOT. And duh! UP? who wouldn't want to get their college degree at UP? Knowing that it's one of the top schools in the Philippines.

I feel bad that I can't go UP.... since I won't fit for Pharmacy..... Augh. If only I was. Then I won't be worrying about anything now.... like being sure on what course to take.... mom being able to save........

If only..... I was good at Chemistry.

A month away from college....

I'm only a month away from college, and I'm really really nervous. Hmmmm...... Nervous? Definitely. First, because of Zoology. Apparently, I have nine hours of zoology class every week; 4 hours on Monday, four hours on Wednesday, and an hour on Friday...... Zoology seems a lot of memorization to me. A lot. Next thing that scares me are my classmates-to be. For sure most of them will come from Manila... and... I come from the province...... I'm scared that I won't be able to keep up with them academically and socially..... Third is, Manila. It's very urban and a very urbanized place always comes packaged with bad people lurking everywhere. The most late dismissal I have on my sched is 7pm and this would be the first time I'd be coming home from school this late.

:(( I just really hope I could easily adjust with college life and survive.