Hi Fred! UP and Ateneo (ADMU) wouldn't have a problem with qualified applicants from provincial unis. However, keep in mind that in the Philippines, connections may make or break an application. The main advantages your daughter would have if she gets her undergrad at UP or ADMU are that she'll develop the critical thinking skills needed for the approach that those universities take, and that she'll have some connections by the time she graduates. Also, provincial universities tend to be "by the book" about everything. The quality of education in unis, even those from the same school system, varies greatly here. UP and ADMU are both known for fostering open minds and out-of-the-box thinking. In ADMU, we were always asked for creative solutions, even to seemingly cut-and-dry calculus problems.By the book isn't always good. When I was in Ateneo de Naga, I was told my English grades from ADMU were not transferable. I hadn't taken the basic courses, from which I'd been exempted in ADMU, so I was told I'd need to take them. The English department used books published by a UP professor, a Dr. Maliksi, PhD, and those books had SO many grammar errors that it wasn't even funny anymore. Even my classmates who weren't very familiar with the English language could tell the books were wrong. I talked to our teacher, but she insisted that I was just trying to weasel my way to a higher grade and that the books were correct because they'd been published. When I talked to her department head about it, he sided with the teacher and said, "Well, if you say it out loud the way she did, it could sound right. It's in the book too."
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Hi Fred! UP and Ateneo (ADMU) wouldn't have a problem with qualified applicants from provincial unis. However, keep in mind that in the Philippines, connections may make or break an application. The main advantages your daughter would have if she gets her undergrad at UP or ADMU are that she'll develop the critical thinking skills needed for the approach that those universities take, and that she'll have some connections by the time she graduates. Also, provincial universities tend to be "by the book" about everything. The quality of education in unis, even those from the same school system, varies greatly here. UP and ADMU are both known for fostering open minds and out-of-the-box thinking. In ADMU, we were always asked for creative solutions, even to seemingly cut-and-dry calculus problems.By the book isn't always good. When I was in Ateneo de Naga, I was told my English grades from ADMU were not transferable. I hadn't taken the basic courses, from which I'd been exempted in ADMU, so I was told I'd need to take them. The English department used books published by a UP professor, a Dr. Maliksi, PhD, and those books had SO many grammar errors that it wasn't even funny anymore. Even my classmates who weren't very familiar with the English language could tell the books were wrong. I talked to our teacher, but she insisted that I was just trying to weasel my way to a higher grade and that the books were correct because they'd been published. When I talked to her department head about it, he sided with the teacher and said, "Well, if you say it out loud the way she did, it could sound right. It's in the book too."
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Perfect in english which always brings a smile to my face as i failed miserably!
