Does school really matter?

**dr. d** · May 30th, 2019 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by ice15

they are technically the top 150 students (not sure about the actual number now) in the Philippines

I would say +/- since not all parents/children want to work for the government after...

Back to the students...

They should be required to pay for their school fees...

Tax payer's money was spent for their education + board and lodging (and meals)!

from what i remember, top 240, cut up into different slices or regions of the country...

that would depend on the fine print in the contract they supposedly agreed to, when they signed up.

and i am not sure, if exclusively government service is the required requirement.

**Egan101** · May 30th, 2019 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

from what i remember, top 240, cut up into different slices or regions of the country...

that would depend on the fine print in the contract they supposedly agreed to, when they signed up.

and i am not sure, if exclusively government service is the required requirement.

The Diliman Campus is the biggest and has 240 slots open each year but they are not mandated to fill up those 240. The satellite campuses each take in 90 students each year but mostly they take in two thirds of that number.

Graduates are mandated to take pure science or applied science courses in college. No required government service is expected from the graduates. Only the military academies have the mandatory government service requirement after graduation.

**dr. d** · May 30th, 2019 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Egan101

The Diliman Campus is the biggest and has 240 slots open each year but they are not mandated to fill up those 240. The satellite campuses each take in 90 students each year but mostly they take in two thirds of that number.

Graduates are mandated to take pure science or applied science courses in college. No required government service is expected from the graduates. Only the military academies have the mandatory government service requirement after graduation.

is medicine an acceptable course to pursue?

**Egan101** · May 30th, 2019 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

is medicine an acceptable course to pursue?

Biology, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology are all pure science courses. These are the usual pre-med courses. Yes, it is acceptable. It used to be not recommended but a lot still pursued medicine. It is common for some of the Pisay grads to get into the UP INTARMED program.

I have a bunch of classmates who are medical doctors. Jut's wife, another alumna, is also a doctor.

**CVT** · May 30th, 2019 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Egan101

Biology, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology are all pure science courses. These are the usual pre-med courses. Yes, it is acceptable. It used to be not recommended but a lot still pursued medicine. It is common for some of the Pisay grads to get into the UP INTARMED program.

I have a bunch of classmates who are medical doctors. Jut's wife, another alumna, is also a doctor.

Some of the graduates of Manila Science HS [STEM] are now taking Economics and Accounting courses...

**Egan101** · May 30th, 2019 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

Some of the graduates of Manila Science HS [STEM] are now taking Economics and Accounting courses...

The PSHS system is different from the other science high schools as they are under DOST and not under DepEd. I don't know if the policies of PSHS are similar to the other local science high schools.

However, they cannot control those graduates who opted to shift courses a year after enrolling in a science course. Some Pisay grads find themselves in BA, Economics, Philosophy, or any other course which appeal more to them.

**Yatta** · May 30th, 2019 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

is medicine an acceptable course to pursue?

yes since it and the pre-Med bachelor course is still science-based.

**Yatta** · May 30th, 2019 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

from what i remember, top 240, cut up into different slices or regions of the country...

that would depend on the fine print in the contract they supposedly agreed to, when they signed up.

and i am not sure, if exclusively government service is the required requirement.

AFAIK its not in the contract that they work for the government. Whats in the contract though is that they pursue a STEM college course/career. Though some never do. I remember there was a bit of hubbub a few years ago when DOST, DepEd and PSHS threatened to collect on those who never honored the contract to pursue a STEM course. I also think they are not allowed to leave the country without a clearance from DOST, DFA and BI like other DOST scholars.

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**Egan101** · May 30th, 2019 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Yatta

AFAIK its not in the contract that they work for the government. Whats in the contract though is that they pursue a STEM college course/career. Though some never do. I remember there was a bit of hubbub a few years ago when DOST, DepEd and PSHS threatened to collect on those who never honored the contract to pursue a STEM course. I also think they are not allowed to leave the country without a clearance from DOST, DFA and BI like other DOST scholars.

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Yep, no mandatory government service but you have to pursue a degree in the sciences or engineering. However, they have no follow-up efforts to check if the student did finish the initial course they applied in college. A lot of Pisay grads enroll in science courses but opted to shift to non-science courses they are inclined to.

Yes, there was a fiasco of sorts before that has Pisay sent names of graduates to immigration but PSHS had to retract that move. PSHS policies are not similar to the policies enforced by the DOST scholarship for college students. DOST college scholars are mandated to stay an equal amount of years in the country for each year they spent in college. DOST college scholars are not required to do render mandatory government service.