Of Aching Legs And Freezing Arms, I Took The UPCAT

August 2nd, 2008 • 9 comments College, Emoshitness, High School, Personal, Thoughts
Tags: NCPAG, UP, UPCAT

Kamusta ang UPCAT? Mahirap ba?

My classmates kept on asking.

Madali lang, kayang-kaya mo ‘yon — was always my answer. I was in fact, lying. And to tell you the truth, UPCAT was the kind of exam I took up with crossed fingers, headaches, a bunch of good lucks and prayers from my family and friends. I took it up unprepared with only a week of review and leafing through a thick reviewer my aunt gave me. So judging from my one week preparation and the fact that the test items that appeared in the exam were sort of simple; I could put UPCAT in the middle, between Brain Drain and A Piece of Cake.

Speaking of brain drain, in spite of my judgement that the UPCAT is in the middle, I had a massive fucking global catastrophe of BRAIN DRAIN during my one week review. So destructive to the brain cells that I still have to review and remember some items while on my way to UP this morning to take the UPCAT.

And so, came the actual event. It was 6:30 AM of Saturday on the 2nd of August. I was sitting at the back row of some air conditioned room in NCPAG building in UP; freezing, since I was wearing no jacket. The rest of the five-hour exam went out swiftly off my mind as I stride my way out of the building. Right now, I don’t even know if I was sure or not on most of my answers. Only one thing is for sure in my memory — the Math subtest was hell.

Pano ka makakapasok ng UP nyan kung ganyan ang mga grades mo?!

I heard within my thoughts. It was my mom, scolding me, right after seeing my grades on the first quarter. It was more like a forethought of something I’m afraid to happen.

Now that I’m done with the UPCAT, now I need to take care of my grades and straighten myself towards my studies. And now that our 1st quarter periodical exam is coming closer, I need to study more.

And I shall.