Honestly, what do you think of College of Saint Benilde?

[Revenant]

I'm thinking of taking up a degree in Management. I'm currently running a small business with my gf and it's growing well to the point that I just can't rely on books anymore. I only have free time at night and DLS-CSB offers BS-MGT as one of their courses. Being an Ateneo graduate, I've heard of some, uh, "horror" stories about CSB's quality of education. I normally couldn't care less about the school's name, it's what she could offer that matters to me. However, some La Sallites say that CSB has this reputation of being "bagsakan ng mga Lasalista." Is this true? Honestly, what do you think of College of Saint Benilde? Do you know of any other schools that offer nightly degree programs?

Thanks!

[Psylocke]

Nearly all my friends who got kicked out of DLSU-CCS ended up at CSB where some even got it to the Dean's List :D

[Revenant]

Now that's a quick, disturbing reply lol.

What about their BS-MGMT night program, any info/comments?

[CVT]

Nearly all my friends who got kicked out of DLSU-CCS ended up at CSB where some even got it to the Dean's List :D

Disturbing nga naman ito,- siguro naman ay hindi ganitong ka-grabe.

Marami akong kakilala personally na graduate ng IT courses sa CSB na magagaling na mga IT Professionals.

[mazdamazda]

Benilde graduate here... I got a college degree & post-baccalaureate there.

Quality of education? Pretty good... a lot of their instructors have industry experience. Night classes are also a notch better than regular classes since most that attend here are not part of the stereotypical Benilde crowd.

As Isuzoom said, the variety of courses is also good.

Nearly all my friends who got kicked out of DLSU-CCS ended up at CSB where some even got it to the Dean's List

Personally, I am the stereotypical DLSU kickout who went to Benilde and got into the Dean's List.

So, what is wrong with that? You mean as kickouts we can't redeem ourselves and excel in another school?

[explorer]

Personally, I am the stereotypical DLSU kickout who went to Benilde and got into the Dean's List.

So, what is wrong with that? You mean as kickouts we can't redeem ourselves and excel in another school?

i absolutely agree! i'm a graduate of mapua and when i was still a mapua student, i used to hear some mapua students and professors maligning Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) for being the 'bagsakan' of mapua kickouts. but there were many cases that those kickouts were able to redeem themselves and even topped the engineering board exams.

[JagXtrm]

ako rin CSB grad.

noon, i tried ComSci sa DLSU, pero kulang lang ako ng 0.5 points para makapasok, kaya i tried naman ng BSBA-CA sa CSB, dun ako nakapasa, and naka graduate naman as DL. As CVT said, maraming magagaling na IT professionals galing CSB (ahem... hehehe).

karamihan ng batchmates ko di rin nakapasa sa DLSU-Main. Ngayon, karamihan sa kanila may sariling negosyo at malaki ang kinikita, kaysa sa mga kabarkada namin na taga DLSU-main na ComSci graduate nga, staff naman ang position sa isang company. :D


eto, di naman sa nananakot ako (almost all schools have urban legends), pero maraming ghost stories dyan, lalo na sa S410-S409 -- girl na naka black na mahilig mag-seat-in, tapos lalakad papuntang sa harap (blackboard) tapos tatagos sa blackboard! hehehe

[archerwin]

Benilde graduate here... I got a college degree & post-baccalaureate there.

Quality of education? Pretty good... a lot of their instructors have industry experience. Night classes are also a notch better than regular classes since most that attend here are not part of the stereotypical Benilde crowd.

As Isuzoom said, the variety of courses is also good.



Personally, I am the stereotypical DLSU kickout who went to Benilde and got into the Dean's List.

So, what is wrong with that? You mean as kickouts we can't redeem ourselves and excel in another school?

Tama! everybody can turn-around.

[Horsepower]

Have some friends at CSB and they are ok. They're not what you might think na superbobo or something like that. hehehe

Since you're an Atenean, why not take BS-MGT or any related course from say, UP Diliman, Ateneo Grad school or AIM?

Going to CSB with such mindset might take you off-course.

[cyrusblutrooper]

Naalala ko tuloy noong 4th yr. Highschool kami sa La Salle(LIPA), syempre kalimitan sa DLSU mo gustong mag college, di kukuha ng entry exam pag pasa di DLSU na, pag bagsak CSB muna. hehehehe, GANUN pa rin pala.

[NazQ]

i think lahat naman ng colleges may stereotype.. pero pag nagwowork ka na napansin ko, it doesn't really matter what school you came from so as long as you perform..

i think the stereo type na "bagsakan ng mga lasallista" started about around 10 years ago.. I don't know kung ganito pa rin ang situation ngayon pero as for yung mga kilala kong mga taga CSB, they do fine right now, performing well in the real world.

[CVT]

Iyan din ang unang reaksyon ko, lalo na't sa katabing unibersidad ako nagtapos, ilang taon na ang nakaraan.

Pero ngayon, sa dami ng mga taong kakilala ko na nagtapos sa CSB,- at maayos naman ang kanilang naging trabaho,- napawi lahat ng aking negatibong opinyon sa kanila.

[Isuzoom]

I dont think Bagsakan sila ng DLSU they also have good courses sa Culinary Arts and HRM..depende lang yan sa courses you want to take.

[Helios]

Sir Revenant, what's lacking in Ateneo GBS? Schedule ba? Friend ko grad ng AIM, ayun mas mayabang pa than another friend who got his MBA sa CSB. they were both working while getting their masters so probably AIM has night sched. Yun lang po.

[GlennSter]

nasa tao yan..wala sa eskwelahan.

yan ang ayoko sa pag iisip ng pinoy pagdating sa edukasyon.

hindi naman yung school ang may kasalanan ng pag unlad at pagbagsak ng isang tao eh...kundi yung ugali ng tao sa pag aaral.

[batang_raon14]

Currently studying at CSB-Taft (IM) and my sister at CSB-AKIC (HRIM), yeah we're the normal college branded with "tambakan ng bagsak sa DLSU-Taft" but it never gets on my nerves. AFAIK, all is well except for the tuition fee (+10K from DLSU-Taft).

Anyways, if there are rumors like tambakan ang CSB ng mga bagsak sa DLSU-Taft, well, at least you don't hear much of the horror stories na "uy si Prof. blablabla mahilig magbagsak yan!", "uy DL ka di ba? kahit wag ka na umattend ng class oks lang! Basta ipasa mo finals!" ekek...

Hmm... IIRC Nyoy Volante, Isabel Oli, Luis (tama ba?) Manzano, at marami pang iba na sa CSB nag-aaral ah.. ay si Nyoy pala grad na. Hehe..

[badsekktor]

mukhang ok naman ang CSB eh. my gf graduated from csb and i dont think that she lacks intelligence. Natatalo pa nga ako nun lalo na pag magkalaban kami sa playstation. try mo sa DLSU main. alam ko may masters ng management dun. got my MSIT dun. night sched naman sila 6-9 pm mon to fri at pag sat 9-5 ang sched. or try mo sa UP diliman though not sure ako kung may night sched sila. Sa UPLB kasi alam ko 6- 9 pm din ang sched ng masteral as i recall.

[pdc2]

nasa tao yan..wala sa eskwelahan.

yan ang ayoko sa pag iisip ng pinoy pagdating sa edukasyon.

hindi naman yung school ang may kasalanan ng pag unlad at pagbagsak ng isang tao eh...kundi yung ugali ng tao sa pag aaral.

agree! it's the character of the person, not the institution that will make him/her successful

[russpogi]

Read this very well:

De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) started out as a community or night school for working students based in De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU-M). Under the leadership of the late Br. Andrew B. Gonzalez FSC, the community school evolved into a dynamic institution that offered pioneering degree programs different from what regular universities and colleges had.

Today, DLS-CSB is a learner-centered community that belongs to the eighteen District schools that comprise De La Salle Philippines (DLSP). Guided by the Lasallian tradition of Religio, Mores, et Cultura, our educational philosophy is founded on the belief that each student is endowed by God with talents and gifts that should be understood, appreciated, and nurtured.

http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph/default.as...ion=10&what=10


I am currently studying at CSB and enrolled in the night program. I say that the night program provides the best education that your money can buy IF you are working and your time is very much limited. No sense of taking the night program unless tamad ka lang and feel mong mag aral between 6pm-9pm everyday. Convenient, yes but they are primarily designed for working students (like me).

Personally, I am the stereotypical DLSU kickout who went to Benilde and got into the Dean's List.

So, what is wrong with that? You mean as kickouts we can't redeem ourselves and excel in another school?

So what wrong with that? Nothing! For some of the people I know, Benilde was the school that gave them a chance to redeem themselves and did very well after that. (inggit ako kse graduates na sila and very successful)

Quality of education? Pretty good... a lot of their instructors have industry experience. Night classes are also a notch better than regular classes since most that attend here are not part of the stereotypical Benilde crowd.

As Isuzoom said, the variety of courses is also good.

Yes and most (if not all) actually practices their subjects. Like my Marketing professor works as the Marketing Manager of Samsung Philippines, my Business Law professor practices Business and Corporate Law duriung the day, etc.

I like this line that M2 mentioned:
...are not part of the stereotypical Benilde crowd. (referring to the Night School Program peeps)


CSB caters primarily for the "artistically inclined" individuals thus we have courses like Fashion, Technical Theater, Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Mangement, etc. We also have courses designed for individuals who are geared up for business and entepreneurship thus we have Export Management, Human Resource Management and of course, the night school program for Marketing Management and Business Management and Entepreneurship.


To the thread starter: see and reflect on yourself if these caters to your needs and maybe decide to be a Benildian too soon! I am proud to be one and I don't see myself as a "lasalista" as I am not from DLSU Manila. Although maraming "feeling lasalista" sa CSB but then, we went to school to learn and earn a degree, hindi para magpa-pogi (pogi na tayo pare!!! hehehe!). BTW, classes starts on Sept. 8 (and yes, it's a Friday....dunno why though).

Like what I said, consider the path that you would like to take in your career and see the Night School Program of CSB caters best to your needs. By the way, we call the Night School Program as Career Development Program or CDP now. Good luck and God bless you on that! Sorry for the long post.

[1D4LV]

nasa tao yan..wala sa eskwelahan.

yan ang ayoko sa pag iisip ng pinoy pagdating sa edukasyon.

hindi naman yung school ang may kasalanan ng pag unlad at pagbagsak ng isang tao eh...kundi yung ugali ng tao sa pag aaral.

i strongly agree with this. i've known people who:

a. is a graduate of Jose Rizal College. Did not take any postgraduate course, but is now a SVP in one of the top 3 life insurance companies of the Philippines;
b. is a graduate of the University of the East. Again, did not take any postgraduate course, but is now a Chairman of the Board and CEO on one of the top 3 life insurance companies of the Philippines;
c. is a graduate of St. Louis University. Did not take any postgraduate course, but is now a Vice president for Marketing in one of the top 3 life insurance companies of the Philippines.
d. is a graduate of Cagayan State University. First job is a janitor/messenger. But because of sheer hardwork, is now a Vice President for marketing in one of the top 3 life insurance companies of the Philippines.
e. a graduate of DLS-Main, pero he is not seriously taking his work. Is now jobless for almost 2 years.


hardwork, attitude and ability to learn. Keys to success. You make come from a good school, but you are not applying the things that you've learned and you don't want to learn anymore, walang mangyayari sa iyo.

in fact, one of my hiring strategy here at the office is for me to gauge the character of an applicant, not from the school the applicant came from. And guess what? One of my best guys here at the office is a young lad who came from Colegio de San Juan de Letran. I've just promoted a supervisor, who came from the University of the East and my trusted associate/assistant is a girl who graduated from St. paul's College.

schools only teach you theories and partly small applications. its up to the individual to expand those theories required for corporate life.

'nuff said.