UPCAT Scores Meaning

Can you tell me in detail about the scoring system in UPCAT or University of the Philippines College Admission Test as I want to knot about its cut off grades or scores?

[Kiran Chandar]

Many applicants who aspire to enter the University of the Philippines have to take the UPCAT or University of the Philippines College Admission Test. The UPCAT exam is administered nationwide.

It consists of 4 subtests: Language Proficiency (English and Filipino), Science, Math and Reading Comprehension (English and Filipino).

Standardized UPCAT scores are combined with the weighted average of 3 years of high school final grades to determine the UP admission grade.

To implement the policy of enhanced access and democratization, the selection of campus qualifiers also considers socioeconomic and geographic factors.

The University of the Philippines has eight constituent universities:
• UP Diliman (with an Extension Program in Pampanga)
• UP Baguio
• UP Los Baños
• UP Manila (with Schools of Health Sciences in Baler, Palo and Koronadal)
• UP Visayas (with campuses in Iloilo/Miagao and Tacloban)
• UP Cebu
• UP Mindanao, and
• UP Open University.

UP Cut off Grades or Scores

The cut-off UPG scores for the U.P. sister campuses are listed below.
The number on the left refers to the UPCAT cut-off standard, while the number on the right refers to the cut-off for reconsideration appeals:

U.P. Diliman: 2.2 (only for the UPCAT; reconsideration is not applicable)
U.P. Manila: 2.285 – 2.5
U.P. Baguio: 2.659 – 2.574
U.P. Tacloban: 2.7 – 2.7
U.P. Cebu: 2.7 – 2.7
U.P. Iloilo: 2.7 – 2.7
U.P. Mindanao: 2.75 – 2.75
U.P. Los Banos: 2.42 – 2.8