Hello! Hopefully everyone is doing well and taking care of themselves after this term. I just wanted to share my experience for my first ever quarterm experience, cause tbh everything bad that could have happened, happened to me. First both my desktop and my laptop broke at the exact time hell week was about to start, so there were so many deadlines, projects and activities i had to do and most of them required a pc to complete, so i ended up renting and borrowing laptops until the end of the term since both repairs for my laptop and desktop were too expensive. It was extremely hard and tiring because i was almost always never home because of night classes and the endless borrowing and renting of laptops along with studying for major subjects and doing deadlines, and when i did get home i had to do more activities, chores, etc. But after all those hardships and challenges, i can confidently say that I passed my subjects, some by just 1 point above failing (70-75) and some with a fairly good grade (90+). I know some are probably going through tougher hardships but even though it may seem helpless, you just have to push through since youre the only factor you can actually control. But tbh I can only take so much of this before my brain goes completely crazy.

TO THE ALUMNI, IS MAPUA REALLY THIS WORTH IT? 😭😭😭

wala share ko lang na i passed one of my courses na i was sure gonna fail 🥹

hi. 3rd yr na sana ako, kaso im still on my 2nd yr 1st term. and honestly? nakakapanghina minsan. nung una inaamin ko hindi ko medjo ginalingan. akala ko kaya ko, hindi pala. nakailang retake na ako ng physics 1, ana chem 1, calc 2, and marami pang majors, pati na rin che cal 1, nakakapagod pala no? mula manila hanggang antipolo rizal. tapos ayaw pa ako pag dorm ng mama ko kasi wala siyang tiwala sakin. because i keep lying to her daw, and honestly? totoo naman. kasi every time na gagawin ko ung gusto niya. nagagalit siya, san san nanaman daw ako pupunta, puro raw ako kain kahit may pagkain naman sa bahay. puro raw ako gala sa mga kaibigan ko, eh ang totoo, dati, twice or thrice a week lang kami mag hangout ng mga kaibigan ko. and minsan ayoko na rin, mahirap pala makipagsabayan sa mga naka dorm and mga mayayaman no? ayoko na. hindi naman kasi ako nakikipagsabayan eh, nakikipagkaibigan lang ako. and by the end of the term, last three terms, i tried to limit my hangouts w them and focusing mostly on my studies, but i guess wala pa rin talaga. ang hirap lumaban ng patas dito. naging classmates ko ulit mga kaibigan ko and by the time na napapansin nila na medjo lumalayo ako (or like umuuwi agad, no interactions w them or like lil convos lang) idk. i feel so like..? hindi ko alam, i guess kasalanan ko naman. until nalaman ko nagtulong tulungan pala sila para makapasa sa isang sub without telling me. (ig thats what the “connections” do huh?) habang ako nag kanda uga uga para maipasok sa isip ko ung lessons, and no, im not jealous. its just.. ang unfair minsan no? pero idc anymore. wala lang ako mapagsabihan. wala na talaga. psensya na. i tried my best this term, i though im doing good, i was really good. but i guess wala pa rin talaga. no matter what i do. and i planned to work na rin as a part time para kahit papaano di na aq susumbatan ni mama.. ayun lang. i still feel guilty kasi alam kong kapag nalaman ni mama na i treated myself today even tho i don’t deserve this, she’ll say. “gastos nanaman, may pagkain naman sa bahay. puro ka naman bagsak” i tried to confront her this morning if makakapag dorm ba ako, ang sabi niya? mag transfer nalang ako. i feel so suffocated rn, hindi ako makpag aral dito sa bahay. nahihirapan ako sa byahe. tas ayaw pa ako pag dorm. hindi ko na alam.

but.. i guess after all of those, i still plan to go ahead for my future. kahit mahirap. kahit ganito. alam kong may mararating ako, pinagdadamutan lang ako ng oras.

i was really good…

selling pe uniform (M) for only 600, never used. mag ttransfer na kasi ako. dm me if interested 😊

Even though the grades for the 1st term haven't been released yet, I can already tell I failed. I was too used to my SHS semester flow and fumbled the 1st term. I'm a 1st-year AIE student and have fumbled some of my subjects already. There's no one to blame but myself.

I decided to reflect on what I have done in my 1st term and realized it was indeed all my fault. Not my classmates, not my professors, not my friends, but me. I should've done my tasks on time, reviewed properly, and asked for help when I needed it. I was too afraid to even ask my parents for help since I don't want to burden them because my father works late at night and my mother takes care of everything in my home.

Ever since I reflected upon myself, I realized I have to change. I have to wake up early, do my tasks immediately, study well, and ask for help. This time, I won't give up. I'm starting to believe in myself. I had my reassurance from my new friends sa section ko and my best friends. I talked with my parents and told them why this happened, and they didn't scream at me. They understood me.

My parents and professors were right. I'm a procrastinator, and I should've done my work on time. This time, I won't be procrastinating.

To the people in Mapua who are also experiencing this now, I believe in you too. You can change and improve. You too can rise up from the ashes like a phoenix. I BELIEVE AND LOVE YOU, STANGER! YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES! DON'T GIVE UP!

As an mma, I know how important it is to get out there and show the world your work and whatever skill, character, talent you have. Make connections, network and create memories, all while prioritizing studies.
But in the end, I only want to... just live? I always thought everyone is ahead of me, and that I, a selective introvert, have no chance of becoming 'that' student. It's a stereotype.
I'm not fortunate. I just have a normal separated family that often has food insecurity. I'm not a rich kid just because I get to study here by my tita's help.
I just chose this course because I thought it fits someone like me who likes to create, write and make art.

I can't stand making fake connections out of desperateness because it's just not who I am. I've been born sheltered and just finding people, classmates who I deemed "like me" despite having better circumstances gives me hope that "normal" doesn't exist.

I stopped comparing myself, even if my brain forces me to.
Yes I do admit, I have a hard time with research and complex tasks because the education I had back then wasn't quality.
Right now, I am just surviving. I admit the guilt that sprout inside me back then when I failed a class I should've been studying along time ago.
I'm not that special and I just want to create things for the love of it.

I used to cry about grades back then, for being below average, blaming myself.
Now, I just hang in on a thread, thinking if everything is worth it.

Some students want to aim high, while I try to survive everyday and the uncertainty of a tomorrow I swore wont ever exist when I was 16. I'm 20 now. I lived. I freaking lived.

how ironic. di nalang kami maliligo para makapag-ai kayo mapua

To all quarterm survivors (before trisem), how do you guys manage burnout after the quarter? I feel like the one week break will just fly by tas start na ulit second quarter huhu.

As per the head i talked to, we base on the handbook thats assigned to our batch year level, (e.g. batch 23 = handbook for 2023-2024). So bali yung detail about pag "out", nakabase sa batch niyo.

The copy can be requested daw from the registrar, not sure exactly what window (or baka sa customer service)

I keep reading posts on what prof to recommend, is it true we can chose our profs? Im so confused how our enrollment works😭

hi, sa palagay ko isa sa mga courses ko ay failing. may pagasa pa ba kapag ganun?

Hello po! Since I didn’t pass Math 166, paano po sistema nun sa enrollement? Automatic ba siya na matetake ko or do I have to answer the course request form? TYIA!

I might sound stupid to say this, I should’ve studied more even though andami kong major subjects na na need kong iprioritize (lalo na in this quarterm setup) and I had to deal with org duties as well (that’s really inexcusable, I take full credit for that). Does sir Itable curve? If yes, mga ilang percent lng tinatanggap nya?

SUGGEST PO KAYO NG 10/10 PROF FOR GENCHEM LEC FOR RETAKERS PO!!!! (ung nagcucurve po sana hehe pero oks lang nman po if hindi)

Who po has math170 ppts 🙏 I would really like to advance study this break 🙏🙏

I did terrible in 166 and I was accepting failure since I did not discipline myself properly to study seriously until the end of the week 9. I got terrible scores on both CO1 (20/100) and CO2 (42/100), I only did average on my finals and CO3 (both around 50-55/100), and I already computed my final grades to be around 55%. I ended up getting 71% and 3.00 as my final grade.

Honestly I was so thankful even though I didn’t deserve this. But now I’m anxious if this is actually finalized and the grade can’t be changed now.. what if it was a misinput? Hahaha, I don’t want my heart to be broken but at the same time I don’t wanna keep waiting anxiously for a change in my grades

Saan pwede i-report ang prof na unfair mag-grade sa students?

I had a weird experience.I was wearing a skit.. The skirt is long.. almost to my knees na. Noong morning, pumasok ako sa school.. d nmn ako sinita . Then, noong afternoon, papasok na ako ulit… Sinita ako ng guard… Eh may nakita nga akong school na mas maikli pa ang suot kaysa saakin... anf weird pa kase siya nag papasok saakin nong morning.. ano yan porket hagard na itchura ko nong afternoon kaya sinita mo na ako...

Ye reviewed hard but yep gg...

Hello everyone! Me and my friends will be hosting a Halloween party event sa katip on 25th of Oct . Some of us are from admu, ust, ue, mapua hehe so If interested dm me so l can send the forms for the registration and the details. Limited slots nalang left so regis asap and see you guys there!

daig pa ang cele amp

I'm a student under Miss Gloren and sabi niya saakin na hanapin ko daw siya so I can take the final exam I missed. I'm not under IT so di ako familiar sa faculty nila. I just need to take this to pass my first term huhuu

paulit ulit yung posts na nagcucurve tapos pota makikita mo mga 50 final average, mga papwet eh. mapuans should do better, alam nang mag-quarterm, pero trimester habits parin ang dala, as for new gens, you guys knew it was gonna be fast paced due to the transition, live with your decisions.