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Other universities follow a 5-Point Scale, wherein the highest grade is a 1.00 and the lowest is a 5.00 (failing mark). The lowest passing mark is actually a 3.00. Although usually not depicted, a grade of 4.00 is equivalent to a grade of incomplete. If the school does not use the grade point "4.00", it will use "INC" instead.
The English 2 is equivalent to a low E to an F in the old grading system. F: 1: G: Equivalent to a G in the old grading system. U: U: Equivalent to a U in the old grading system. This is awarded to those who failed the subject. X: X: This is awarded to those who were entered for a subject, but did not sit the examination(s).
The fraternities and sororities in UP Diliman are UP Delta Lambda Sigma sorority (which produced Senator Pia Cayetano), UP Portia sorority (which produced UP Law dean Fides Cordero-Tan and Chief Justices Maria Lourdes Sereno and Teresita de Castro), Alpha Phi Beta fraternity (which produced Chief Justice Reynato Puno and Governor Francis ...
The Big Four refers to the top four universities in the Philippines: the University of the Philippines System (UP), Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo), De La Salle University (DLSU), and the University of Santo Tomas (UST), all located in Metro Manila — although UP is scattered across eight constituent universities, located in different parts of the Philippines.
The Philippine Science High School uses a grading system similar to the major universities in the country. Grading is cumulative, taking two-thirds of the grade earned for the current quarter (i.e. the transmuted grade, such as 1.25) and adding it to a third of the transmuted grade from the previous quarter.
Applicants must specify two campuses in order of preference from the U.P. System's seven constituent universities, one autonomous college (Tacloban College), and one satellite campus (Extension Program in Pampanga under UP Diliman). For each campus chosen, two degree programs must also be specified (but applicants may select up to four).
The U.P. College of Science is one of the several colleges (or degree-granting units) of the University of the Philippines Diliman, the flagship campus of the University of the Philippines System. The college is composed of eight institutes, two inter-programs and three affiliated units.
Founded as the Mapúa Institute of Technology on January 25, 1925, by Tomás B. Mapúa, [7] a graduate of Cornell University and the first registered Filipino architect and civil engineer Gonzalo T. Vales as an Architecture and Civil engineering school, it is the first institution in the Philippines to offer a Bachelor's degree in Architecture. [8]