THINGS
THAT I REALIZED WHEN DIDN’T PASS THE UPCAT
UNIVERSITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST OR UPCAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS IN THE PHILIPPINES. FRANKLY, I’M REALLY TOO DESPERATE TO
GO TO A UP CAMPUS (WELL I’M A LITTLE BIT MORE DESPERATE TO GO TO ATENEO BUT I
DIDN’T TAKE THE TEST HIHI BECAUSE I’M LATE) ESPECIALLY AT DILIMAN SINCE I WAS
IN FIRST YEAR BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE GOOD COURSES COULD BE FOUND. BUT NOW THAT I
DIDN’T PASS (EVEN AT LOS BANOS), IT REALLY MAKES ME FRUSTRATED, NOT BECAUSE I
DIDN’T PASS BUT BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT I DIDN’T STUDIED WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE EXAM PROPER
ITSELF, THE UPCAT WILL BE 60% OF YOUR UPCAT GRADE OR UPG AND THE 40% WILL BE
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADES ESPECIALLY IN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE SINCE
FIRST YEAR TO THIRD YEAR. BUT SINCE I HAVEN’T KNOWN THIS THING EARLIER, I
WASN’T ABLE TO MAKE GOOD GRADES IN MY PAST YEARS. I’M NOT BRAGGING BUT I’M PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THE EXAM, BUT LIKE MY
PROBLEM EVEN BEFORE, MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADES ARE TOO LOW. OF COURSE IN MY
LEVEL, I CAN’T MAKE MY UPCAT EXAM AVERAGE FROM 85% AND ABOVE BECAUSE IT’S
PRETTY DIFFICULT, BUT ACTUALLY, MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADES CAN PULL IT UP A BIT. BUT
SINCE THAT MY GRADES ARE NOT THAT HIGH, I GUESS I WON’T HAVE ANY CHANCE, LIKE I
THOUGHT EVEN BEFORE I START REVIEWING.
And now there are things that make me
frustrated, and those are REGRETS.
And now, regrets in
what?