Career Path · Philippines
The path: Senior High → UPCAT → UPG passing → UP enrolment
Education: Senior High School Grade 11–12 (any track, but STEM/HUMSS most common for UP applicants)
Salary range: Future earnings: UP graduates earn 30–50% more than the PH median over a career
Your senior high grades make up 60% of the UPG. UPCAT carries the other 40%. Both matter — neither carries you alone.
Annual August schedule. Roughly 140K applicants chase about 17K seats across all UP campuses.
Cutoffs differ across Diliman, Manila, Los Baños, Visayas, and Mindanao. Computer Science Diliman is brutal; some Mindanao courses are reachable.
Free tuition under RA 10931. Books, dorms, and food still cost money — budget for it.
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