tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121485182024-03-14T11:49:49.676+08:00Street StrategistStreet Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-9994959727386019342018-04-01T03:34:00.000+08:002018-04-01T04:47:45.296+08:00Bohol Tourism: An Itinerary That Comprehensively Covers Major Bohol AttractionsObjective: To cover major Bohol Tourism Attractions in a shorter time possible<br />
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Summary:<br />
A good trip should cover Cebu and Bohol in a few days. The Cebu leg of this trip is covered by a separate post.<br />
The Bohol trip is a circular route, entering Tubigon, going to Panglao, and heading back to Cebu via Tagbilaran City.<br />
On the first day, from Cebu, enter Bohol in the morning via Tubigon town (not Tagbilaran), cover the major attractions along the interior of Bohol, then end up at night in Panglao Island.<br />
On the second day, go island hopping in Panglao in the morning, and visit nearby spots in the afternoon.<br />
On the third day, visit more stops, and in the late afternoon of the third day, from Tagbilaran (not Tubigon, head back to Cebu.<br />
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Details:<br />
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First Day:<br />
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Cebu to Tubigon (not Tagbilaran)<br />
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- Take the FastCat (7:30 am voyage) from the Pier 3 of Cebu to Tubigon town in Bohol.<br />
- Be there at Pier 3 by 630 am<br />
- FastCat is a large ferry and therefore has less motions than small crafts.<br />
- Choose the non-aircon, open air, class. Why? It offers a full view of the ocean voyage (unlike the aircon class). Remember, tourism is all about experience<br />
- The voyage from Cebu Pier 3 to Tubigon Pier takes about 1.5 hours to 2 hours<br />
- Note that FastCat does not accept advanced bookings (tickets start selling at 2 am dawn on the day of voyage). This is a major threat to the schedules of tourists whose connecting trips need to be ironed out well in advance, specially for a large group of tourists.<br />
- Supposedly, there are some travel agencies that offer advance booking but even the FastCat ticketing staff do not know which ticketing agencies give advance booking.<br />
- There's good snack bar on board the FastCat ferries, coffee, cup noodles, softdrinks, rice lunch boxes<br />
- Comfort rooms (water closets) onboard FastCat are very clean compared to the small crafts.<br />
- Where do you eat breakfast? To save on money, try to buy fastfoods from 24-hour fastfoods like Jollibee, Chowking, McDo which are in Fuente Osmena Cebu, and bring the foods to FastCat, and you can eat your breakfast on-board FastCat. Remember the trip is from 7:30-9am, that's good time to eat breakfast. (Note: your lunch, will be a buffet lunch at Loboc River Cruise, you don't have to be really full at breakfast.)<br />
- Note: There is a McDonalds in Tubigon, but skip it because you don't want to waste precious time wihch could be used for traveling.<br />
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Fare:<br />
Contact Numbers:<br />
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Tubigon, Bohol Pier<br />
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- While planning for your trip, well in advance, you must contact a tourist van that will take you from Tubigon pier, then to the tourist spots, and eventually to your hotel in Panglao.<br />
- I can recommend you a reliable friendly driver/van, contact me so I can give you his cellphone.<br />
- Van Price for a Hi-Ace is P3,500 from Tubigon to Panglao (that's around 9am to 9pm tour)<br />
- FastCat arrives by around 9:30 am.<br />
- Try to go to the restroom at FastCat about 30 minutes before arrival. This is to save precious time so that by the time you arrive, you can go directly to your next stop. Also, there are no restrooms at Tubigon pier.<br />
- Note: There is a McDonalds in Tubigon, but skip it because you don't want to waste precious time which could be used for traveling.<br />
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Chocolate Hills (Carmen, Bohol)<br />
- Avoid stopping Tubigon McDonald's for breakfast and restroom (Go to the restroom onboard FastCat before arrival in Tubigon)<br />
- Should be around 930am when you start your trip from Tubigon to the Chocolate Hills in Carmen<br />
- Do not visit "Sagbayan Peak" because the view at Carmen is better (Sagbayan peak will consume your time; it has a Butterfly Sanctuary, and Childrens' Park, but at this time of the morning, and given the short time you have, you don't really miss much if you skip Sagbayan Peak. Instead, go to Carmen immediately.<br />
- The travel from Tubigon Pier to Chocolate Hills, could take 45 minutes<br />
- Avoid eating at Chocolate Hills restaurant because you will have a buffet lunch during the Loboc River Cruise anyway.<br />
- Maybe it will take you 20-30 minutes to enjoy Chocolate Hills in Carmen because there's long staircase to the viewning deck<br />
- Google or youtube the features of Chocolate Hills<br />
- Note: It is better to have more camera shots than lesser. Why not take 100-200 photos at each tourist spot?<br />
- Entrance Fee is P50 for adults and P25 for children (by the way most of the entrance fees to tourist attractions in Bohol are the same)<br />
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(more to come)<br />
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Tarsier<br />
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Bilar Man-made Forest<br />
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Loboc River Cruise<br />
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Tarsier (Corella, Bohol)<br />
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Baclayon Church (Baclayon, Bohol)<br />
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Tagbilaran Church (Tagbilaran City)<br />
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Dinner (moon cafe, Abi's, Tuna Terminal)<br />
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(avoid diinner at Alona Beach, very expensive)<br />
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Hotel (Panglao)<br />
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Second Day<br />
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Island Hopping which includes<br />
From Alona Beach<br />
Dolphin Watching<br />
Balicasag Island<br />
Virgin Island Sand Bar<br />
Back to Alona Beach<br />
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Isola Francesco<br />
Panglao Church<br />
Hinagdanan Cave<br />
Dauis Church<br />
Blood Compact<br />
ICM (shopping pasalubong)<br />
Dinner at Tagbilaran<br />
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(swim at Alone Beach)<br />
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Tagbilaran to Cebu<br />
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Options: Lite Shipping midnight<br />
Ocean Jet and Starcraft<br />
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<br />Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-26757059722476999112016-05-09T01:30:00.000+08:002016-05-11T10:46:13.957+08:00The Blessing, The Curse, and the Hope of Democracy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>The Blessing, the Curse, and the Hope of Democracy.</b></div>
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The blessing of democracy is that the single vote of the poor man can equalize the single vote of the rich man.<br />
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The curse of democracy is that the single vote of the irresponsible voter can annihilate the single vote of the conscientious voter.<br />
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The hope of democracy is the single vote of the poor but conscientious voter, for together, the poor comprise the majority and hold the real power in a democracy.<br />
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As a nation, let us all celebrate the blessing, abhor the curse, and protect the hope of democracy.<br />
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(2010) thadsbentulan@gmail.com</div>
Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-82696308572850633292016-05-04T00:48:00.001+08:002016-05-04T09:27:56.068+08:00Comparative Analysis of Bar 2014 and Bar 2015<br />
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Using the data which I compiled in the table below here are some differences between the 2014 Bar and the 2015 Bar.<br />
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In terms of success rate, the 2014 Bar and the 2015 Bar are in opposite poles. The 2014 Bar with an original, unadjusted success rate of only 11.43% has the lowest success rate in a decade. (Later, the Supreme Court adjusted this to 18.82%).</div>
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By the way, the original success rate of 11.43% in the 2104 Bar was never publicly released by the Supreme Court, and this is the first time, as you reading this, that this figure is revealed. How did I get this information? That's another story.</div>
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On the other hand, the 2015 Bar has the highest success rate in a decade at 26.21% and the Supreme Court didn't even lower the passing grade of 75.00! Overall, we can say that the 2015 Bar takers are the luckiest in a decade, while the 2014 Bar takers are the unluckiest in a decade.</div>
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The original number of passers in the 2014 Bar is only 684 out of 5,984 (11.43%), these are the original number who obtained 75.00. The original number of passers in the 2015 Bar is 1,731 out of 6,605 (26.21%).</div>
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Thus, at the level of unadjusted success rates, the 2015 Bar's success rate of 26.21% is 129% higher than the unadjusted success rate of only 11.43% in the 2014 Bar (26.21/11.43 = 229 times which in percentage is 129%, not 229%).</div>
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Therefore, a Bar 2015 candidate's chances is 229 times more than a Bar 2014 candidate, based on the statistics. Tremendous difference.</div>
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In the 2014 Bar, due to to its atrocious low success rate of 11.43% only, the Supreme Court decided to lower the passing grade from 75.00 to 73.00. In so doing, the Supreme Court allowed 442 more takers to pass the 2014 Bar. In terms of percentage, these additional 442 comprise 65% more than the original 684 passers. The adjusted total passers became 1,126 resulting in an adjusted success rate of 18.82% for the 2014 Bar. </div>
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Therefore, the published official success rate is 1,126 out of 5,984 (18.82%) in Bar 2014 compared to 1,731 out of 6,605 (26.21%) in the Bar 2015.<br />
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Yet, at 18.82% this adjusted success rate for the 2014 Bar is still the lowest in a decade. The 2014 Bar passers are really an unlucky batch. Two chances, and still the lowest.<br />
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Based on the table below, the difficulty of the 2014 Bar and the relative ease of the 2015 Bar is further emphasized by the scores of the topnotchers.<br />
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In terms of the topnotchers, it was very surprising that the 2015 Bar's topnotchers obtained very high ratings, which are still of the highest in a decade as well.</div>
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The 1st placer in the 2014 Bar only obtained 85.50 while the 1st Placer of the 2015 Bar obtained a very high grade of 87.40.</div>
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The grades of the 10th placers continue to demonstrate the difference in difficulty between the 2014 Bar and the 2015 Bar. The 10th placer in the 2014 Bar obtained 83.95 while the 10th placer in the 2015 Bar obtained 85.75.</div>
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As we can see, the 10th placers in the 2015 Bar whose grade is 85.75 very very much higher than 1st placer of the 2014 Bar whose grade is only 85.50!!! The 10th placer in Bar 2015 is actually 25 notches higher than the 1st placer of the 21014 Bar. (Each notch is 0.01).</div>
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The 1st Placer in the 2015 Bar is 190 notches above that 1st Placer in the 2014 Bar!! This is further proof, that as a whole, based on overall statistics, the 2014 Bar is more difficult and probably the most difficult bar in recent history. This is due to the very long exams in the 2014 Bar.</div>
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As we can see from the table below, the 2014 Bar has more essay-type questions even if we removed the number of Multiple Choice (MCQs) from this list.<br />
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For example, the number of essay-type questions in Political Law in Bar 2014 is 23, while in Bar 2015 Bar is only 22. (We didn't even include the 7 MCQs in the 2014 Bar.)<br />
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Remember this, even one single additional essay type question makes a huge impact in terms of difficulty because it would take more than 20 minutes to read, analyze, think, and write down the answer to a single essay question, especially since most questions are "trick questions." (Meaning, they ask the "exceptions to the exceptions?".<br />
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Plus, do not forget that the 2014 Bar also has 6 to 7 MCQs for each subject that also require time to analyze even if they are just MCQs.</div>
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The worst gap is in Commercial Law. There were 21 essay-type in Bar 2014 compared to only 16 essay-type in Bar 2015!!!<br />
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<b>Conclusion:</b><br />
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Ordinarily, if the two bar exams are similar, the larger the number of takers, the lower the percentage of passing success rate should be. For example, we should expect lesser success rates for an exam with 6,605 takers than for an exam with 5,984 takers. The higher the number of takers, the lower the success rate because each additional group of takers would increase the number of flunkers rather than passers.<br />
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The expectation is that the success rate of Bar 2015 with a higher number of takers should be lower than that of Bar 2014.<br />
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Yet, the original success rate of 11.43% for the 2014 Bar with 5,984 takers, is lower than 26.21% with 6,605 takers for Bar 2015. This is evidence that Bar 2015 is not an ordinary result. It is an outlier result. And indeed, it is an outlier, having the highest success rate in a decade even without lowering the passing grade.</div>
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In conclusion, the 2014 Bar is one of the most difficult in recent history while the 2015 Bar is one of the easiest in recent history. Does luck matter in the bar at all? Prayer is individual; statistics is general.</div>
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<td class="xl67" colspan="3" height="28" style="height: 21.0pt; mso-ignore: colspan; width: 358pt;" width="477"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comparative Analysis of Bar 2014 and Bar 2015</span></b></td>
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<td class="xl68" height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><b><u>Category</u></b></td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none;"><b><u>Bar 2014</u></b></td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none;"><b><u>Bar 2015</u></b></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Original
Success Rate</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11.43%</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26.21%</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Original
Number of Passers</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">684</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1731</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Adjusted
Success Rate (Official Success Rate)</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18.82%</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26.21%</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Adjusted
Number of Passers</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1126</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1731</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Additional
Passers Due to Adjustment</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">442</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">0</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Number of
Takers</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> 5,984 </td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> 6,605 </td>
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<td class="xl73" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">85.50</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87.40</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Score of !0th
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<td class="xl73" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">83.95</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">85.75</td>
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<td class="xl68" height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><b><u>Number of Essay Questions by
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Political Law</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Labor Law</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Civil Law</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Taxation</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Commercial Law</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">16</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Criminal Law</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Remedial Law</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
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<td class="xl70" height="19" style="border-top: none; height: 14.4pt;">Legal Ethics</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a><br />
<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a><br />
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman;"> A graduate from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law ranked first in the 2015 Bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced Tuesday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">Associate Justice Teresita de Castro said that 26.21 percent or 1,731 out of 6,605 examinees passed the exams conducted in November 2015.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">Rachel Angeli Miranda from UP was named topnotcher with an 87.40 percent rating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times new roman;">The examinees who obtained the 10 highest ratings are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">1. Rachel Angeli Miranda, UP – 87.40 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">2. Athena Plaza, University of San Carlos - 87.25 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">3. Jayson Aguilar, UP - 86.75 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">4. Reginald Arceo, Ateneo - 86.70 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">5. Mandy Therese Anderson, Ateneo - 86.15 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">6. Giselle Hernandez, UP - 86.10 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">7. Darniel Bustamante, San Beda - 85.90 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">8. Jecca Jacildo, Univ. of San Carlos - 85.85 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">8. Soraya Laut, Xavier University - 85.85 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">8. Jericho Tiu, Ateneo - 85.85 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">9. Jedd Brian Hernandez, UP - 85.80 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">10. Ronel Buenaventura, Bulacan State University - 85.75 percent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman;">10. Lara Carmela Fernando, San Beda - 85.75 percent</span></div>
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<b>COMPLETE LIST OF PASSERS:</b><b>2015 Bar Exam Results</b></h2>
1. ABAD, Leslie Glenne C<br />
2. ABAD, Rachel Ann Katrina P<br />
3. ABEL, Jhoanna Marie M<br />
4. ABELARDO, Mark Joseph B<br />
5. ABELLA, Sonny Xavier S<br />
6. ABELLANA, Lutche V<br />
7. ABELLON, Mary May A<br />
8. ABIAD, Shirley Ann N<br />
9. ABIERA, Jose Sandino B<br />
10. ABIERA, Rose Anne L<br />
11. ABIOG, Ro Megan Lea B<br />
12. ABOLAIS, Nurhainie S<br />
13. ABREGANA, Dhetty Joy B<br />
14. ABRIL, Donn Ed Martin A<br />
15. ABRUGENA, Ma. Ann Klaudine C<br />
16. ABSIN, Patrick Bryan E<br />
17. ABU, Arik Aaron C<br />
18. ABUBAKAR, III, Ismael G<br />
19. ACASIO, Michael T<br />
20. ACAYLAR, Cattleya B<br />
21. ACEBEDO, Rafael Antonio M<br />
22. ACEDILLA, Salvador V<br />
23. ACORDA, Rosechelan Charity G<br />
24. ACOSTA, Julius Patrick C<br />
25. ADALEM, Jay Paolo C<br />
26. ADAMI, Cherryl S<br />
27. ADAO, Mica Maurinne M<br />
28. ADIA, Iris Jazelle P<br />
29. ADORDIONICIO, Shaira P<br />
30. ADRALES, Judessa Mae D<br />
31. AG-AGWA, Rassel Leah A<br />
32. AGA, Greg Mari M<br />
33. AGADER, Charisse Ann C<br />
34. AGADIER, Ickey Rod T<br />
35. AGANAP, Elizabeth Anne Y<br />
36. AGAS, III, Felicisimo F<br />
37. AGATEP, Christopher Lauren R<br />
38. AGBAYANI, Juan Paolo C<br />
39. AGDAMAG, Joseph Giancarlo C<br />
40. AGOOT, Ryan D<br />
41. AGOR, Ariel L<br />
42. AGSAULIO, Janette I<br />
43. AGUHOB, Rachiene C<br />
44. AGUILAR, Jayson C<br />
45. AGUILERA, Kim Angerie B<br />
46. AGUS, Yehlen C<br />
47. AGUSTIN, Rona Rikka Angel G<br />
48. AIDA, Akemi B<br />
49. ALABAT-TORRALBA, Joan B<br />
50. ALAGBAN, Aiken G<br />
51. ALARILLA, Francesca Camille L<br />
52. ALBA, Jhony Martin J<br />
53. ALBA, Jonathan S<br />
54. ALBOR, Raphaela G<br />
55. ALCANTARA, Kriseth M<br />
56. ALCANTARA, Raymond P<br />
57. ALCARAZ-FRANCISCO, Romie Rose T<br />
58. ALDUESO, Hyacinth B<br />
59. ALEJO, Jeffry A<br />
60. ALENTON, III, Gregrio R<br />
61. ALFONSO, Maria Josefina R<br />
62. ALICANDO, Krister Shaun Prinz M<br />
63. ALIGORA, Cecille S<br />
64. ALIM, Mohammad Fyzee P<br />
65. ALIMODIAN, Cherryl B<br />
66. ALIVIO, Hanes Louise M<br />
67. ALIX, Keeshia Alyanna H<br />
68. ALIÑO, Jacqueline Leoncia M<br />
69. ALLAS, Aira Kristina M<br />
70. ALLAS, Lyra Cecille V<br />
71. ALMADRO, Mary Katherine C<br />
72. ALMARIO, Carlo Inocencio F<br />
73. ALMEIDA-YAP, Kaye I<br />
74. ALOJADO, James Patrick O<br />
75. ALON, Veronica O<br />
76. ALONZO, Fernando B<br />
77. ALTURA-FERNANDEZ, Felylou A<br />
78. ALVAREZ, Ma. Jessa M<br />
79. ALYASA, Nadjera A<br />
80. AMADOR, Ronald S<br />
81. AMANTILLO, Anne Marie Joy B<br />
82. AMEDA, Kenjie C<br />
83. AMON, Paul Elbert E<br />
84. AMOROSO, Love G<br />
85. AMPONG, Alpha Grace P<br />
86. AMWAO, Glory Pearl D<br />
87. ANASTACIO, Dave Oliver P<br />
88. ANDERSON, Mandy Therese M<br />
89. ANDRES, Robert Joseph M<br />
90. ANG, Jenica S<br />
91. ANG, Marilen R<br />
92. ANGUB, Tani M<br />
93. ANSALAN, Ma. Pamela Aloha C<br />
94. ANTONIO, Mona Liza D<br />
95. ANTONIO, Robinson G<br />
96. ANUGOT-MELO, Joan F<br />
97. ANUNCIO, Rosalyn Ruth S<br />
98. ANZO, JR., Nilo M<br />
99. ANZURES, Jacquelyn Ann Marie G<br />
100. APAD, Rachell C<br />
101. APIGO, Reshel Amor D<br />
102. APODERADO, JR., Ernesto A<br />
103. APOLONIO, Julie Belle A<br />
104. APOSTOL, Danielle D<br />
105. AQUINO, Alexis Ann V<br />
106. AQUINO, Andrei Laurence V<br />
107. AQUINO, Gil Anthony E<br />
108. AQUINO, Shiena Angela DR<br />
109. ARAFAG, Karen B<br />
110. ARANAS, Agnes B<br />
111. ARANETA, Alfrederick C<br />
112. ARBOLADO, Jan Michael V<br />
113. ARBOLADURA, Mary Grace S<br />
114. ARCEGA, Baby Perian R<br />
115. ARCEO, Reginald M<br />
116. ARCILLAS, Rosela N<br />
117. AREJOLA, Ralph Raymond P<br />
118. AREJOLA, JR., Romeo P<br />
119. ARELLANO, Loriejay D<br />
120. ARELLANO, Raysun R<br />
121. ARIETE, Richard A<br />
122. ARIÑAS, JR., Marianito B<br />
123. ARNADO, Sedfrey Jay M<br />
124. ARQUILLO, Buena G<br />
125. ARRIESGADO, Ranier O<br />
126. ARROYO, Laarni Gay C<br />
127. ARTAIZ, Luis Alfonso E<br />
128. ARUGAY, Glory Grace J<br />
129. ASAMA, Jennifer T<br />
130. ASCAÑO, Bon Gerard D<br />
131. ASISTIDO, Andrei T<br />
132. ASLOR, Gilbert P<br />
133. ASORIO, Shiela Mae S<br />
134. ASPILAN, William, Jr. P<br />
135. ASUNCION, Mark Anthony A<br />
136. ASUNCION, Ria Vanessa DS<br />
137. ASUNCION, JR., Dionicio R<br />
138. ATIBAGOS, II, Jose A<br />
139. ATIENZA, Elaine A<br />
140. ATILLO, Maria Olivia Ana R<br />
141. ATRILLANO, Ervin Shaun S<br />
142. AUSTRIA, Jessa F<br />
143. AVELLANO, Jenny Rose G<br />
144. AWATIN, Meliza Ann R<br />
145. AYAP, Manuel C<br />
146. AZARCON, Jerome T<br />
147. AZIS, Jauhari C<br />
148. AZURIN, Paula Beatriz L<br />
149. BABATE, Gerard D<br />
150. BABOR, Mark Christopher A<br />
151. BACANI, Bianca Mae Y<br />
152. BACANI, Luigi A<br />
153. BACULI, Adolf Kissenger P<br />
154. BACULO, Tyron Kim D<br />
155. BADILLO, JR., IV, Avelino C<br />
156. BADUA, Kristine F<br />
157. BADUA, Ma. Jhunelle A<br />
158. BAER, Rizsa Rose S<br />
159. BAGALACSA, Omar V<br />
160. BAGGAY, Joefer B<br />
161. BAGUL, Sharmila R<br />
162. BAKER, Kathlyn A<br />
163. BALABA, Jean Charity C<br />
164. BALADBAD, Mayer B<br />
165. BALAGOT, Jessie C<br />
166. BALAGTAS, Carl Edison M<br />
167. BALAGTAS, Nest Deo L<br />
168. BALAHADIA, Arrabelle Anne Carlene E<br />
169. BALAIS, Ryan E<br />
170. BALARES, Her Lynn F<br />
171. BALAUAG, Kim L<br />
172. BALBERAN, Germarie I<br />
173. BALBOA, Donna Ann T<br />
174. BALBON, Cretchen B<br />
175. BALBUENA, Julius Ceasar M<br />
176. BALDONADO, Kathy Florence M<br />
177. BALDONADO, Nelson Kevin G<br />
178. BALDUEZA, Ma. Luz Concepcion M<br />
179. BALINGIT, Ana Ria G<br />
180. BALINGIT, Jessica Marie S<br />
181. BALITE, Paul Heherson M<br />
182. BALJON, Al Whilan A<br />
183. BALLEDO, Brando T<br />
184. BALLESTA, Ma. Norma S<br />
185. BALLESTEROS, Chelsea Joyce C<br />
186. BALMEDIANO, JR., Jimmy N<br />
187. BALTAZAR, Kimberly C<br />
188. BALUGO, Percival M<br />
189. BALUYUT, Maria Corazon O<br />
190. BANAKEN, Jula A<br />
191. BANASEN, JR., Robert V<br />
192. BANATAO, April Rose Y<br />
193. BANGANAN, Kristen Gay M<br />
194. BANIQUED, Astrid Arielle I<br />
195. BANIQUED, Janet D<br />
196. BANTIGUE, Mark Aldrin Josel D<br />
197. BANTUG, Maria Teresa Margarita Beatriz D<br />
198. BANZON, Kris Marian D<br />
199. BARATETA, Franco David B<br />
200. BARCENA, Hanna H<br />
201. BARCENA, Mike Joseph V<br />
202. BARCENAS, Karl Rainier R<br />
203. BARILLO, Frederick R<br />
204. BARO, Gerald Dick B<br />
205. BARONA, Hera Aiza Marie A<br />
206. BARRAMEDA, Jener B<br />
207. BARREDA, Marie Ronette Salve E<br />
208. BARREDO, Edward B<br />
209. BARRETTO, Eloisa R<br />
210. BARRETTO, Miguel Angelo T<br />
211. BARRIDO, Noliver F<br />
212. BARRON, Anna Lea A<br />
213. BARROZO, Shiela Joanne T<br />
214. BARSAGA, Delbert John Z<br />
215. BAS, Marc Arthur I<br />
216. BASA, Heaven Leigh P<br />
217. BASAN, Emelita C<br />
218. BASCARA, Liselle Angela I<br />
219. BASCO, Lisa C<br />
220. BASUNGIT, Antonio, Jr. L<br />
221. BATAC, Catherine L<br />
222. BATICADOS, Paul Ivan R<br />
223. BATONGHINOG, JR., Minrado DG<br />
224. BATULA, Vanessa D<br />
225. BAUTISTA, Bjorn Jorrell A<br />
226. BAUTISTA, Cecille Catherine A<br />
227. BAUTISTA, Justa Aurea G<br />
228. BAUTISTA, Khersien Y<br />
229. BAUTISTA, Marian Wilma H<br />
230. BAUTISTA, Rodmel L<br />
231. BAUTISTA, Sherlyn Lourdes T<br />
232. BAUTISTA, Sid Angelo M<br />
233. BAY-AN, Jayran Lowen D<br />
234. BAYA, Hanie Lou A<br />
235. BAYALAS, Brendale S<br />
236. BAYON, Paula Bianca C<br />
237. BAÑEZ, Laarni E<br />
238. BEBELONE, Diana Mae R<br />
239. BEBLANIAS-PILI, Retchie B<br />
240. BECINA, Garret Neil A<br />
241. BEDRIO, Julie Ann A<br />
242. BEJER, Jomarie Christie G<br />
243. BELARMINO, II, Jose Amelito S<br />
244. BELDEROL, John Alexander S<br />
245. BELDUA, Kenneth Vincent P<br />
246. BELEN-GARRO, Liddy Jane C<br />
247. BELLEN, Erwin B<br />
248. BELLINGAN, Gracelyn E<br />
249. BELTRAN, Rochezka Bianca R<br />
250. BENITEZ, Paolo M<br />
251. BERGANTIN, Kenneth Yves C<br />
252. BERMAS, Joanalen G<br />
253. BERMUDEZ, Dominic O<br />
254. BERMUDO, Johanna Marie B<br />
255. BERNARDO, John Michael A<br />
256. BERNARDO, Paolo Miguel Q<br />
257. BEROS, Madelyn C<br />
258. BEÑAS, Frediswenda B<br />
259. BIAG, Luigi L<br />
260. BIALA, Dan Paul C<br />
261. BIAS, Marcos E<br />
262. BIAY, Kristian A<br />
263. BIDES, Reden B<br />
264. BIGAY, Daryl Jacob F<br />
265. BINALLA, Jeremy Kay D<br />
266. BISCAYDA, Kristel Joy P<br />
267. BISNAR, Ryan Ric B<br />
268. BITON, Johnbee R<br />
269. BLANCO, Paul Danico C<br />
270. BOAGING, Anthonette A<br />
271. BODIONGAN, Glein Mark L<br />
272. BOHOL, Dennis S<br />
273. BOLA, Lorelei P<br />
274. BOLANTE, Jose Roberto D<br />
275. BONAOBRA, Ma. Evanor B<br />
276. BONAVENTE, Arianne Q<br />
277. BONGALON, Hendrix C<br />
278. BONIFACIO, JR., Romeo E<br />
279. BONTO, Renato R<br />
280. BONTUYAN, Alvin G<br />
281. BORBE, Magdalena A<br />
282. BORILE, Ronald S<br />
283. BORINAGA, Joey M<br />
284. BORLASA, Renato B<br />
285. BORRES, Abegail Mari F<br />
286. BOÑAGA, Juliet V<br />
287. BRAGADO, Cassandra I<br />
288. BRIEVA, Rickee Gerald D<br />
289. BRIONES, Keith Francis R<br />
290. BRIONES, Lorenzo Jared J<br />
291. BRISTOL, Murli Manohar Das E<br />
292. BUAN, Noelle Jenina Francesca E<br />
293. BUAN, Princess L<br />
294. BUCA, Julie Merriam L<br />
295. BUCCAT, JR., Honorio G<br />
296. BUELA, Krisha Marie T<br />
297. BUENAVENTURA, Aiza B<br />
298. BUENAVENTURA, Ronel U<br />
299. BUENCONSEJO, Lee Ann P<br />
300. BUENO, Karen Ann S<br />
301. BUESER, Jan-michael C<br />
302. BUGAYONG, Monica G<br />
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308. BUSWAY, Julius A<br />
309. BUTED, Mabel L<br />
310. CABADING, Maria Corazon V<br />
311. CABALLERO, Cliford C<br />
312. CABALLERO, Krisna Samantha T<br />
313. CABALZA-NAPOLES, Maria Annely I<br />
314. CABANLAS, Melanie Mae C<br />
315. CABARRUBIAS, Donna Marie P<br />
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317. CABBUAG, Karla A<br />
318. CABERGAS, Mary Anne S<br />
319. CABILE, Kiarra Nastazsa Adrienne A<br />
320. CABILI, Karl T<br />
321. CABRAL, David Rence R<br />
322. CABRALES, Diana May V<br />
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326. CADIATAN, Jonah Liz A<br />
327. CADIZ, Jethro Jed S<br />
328. CADWISING, Rachanne C<br />
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347. CAMPILLA, Adrian B<br />
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350. CANDAO, Fahd A<br />
351. CANONCE, Katrina B<br />
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353. CAPINPIN, Jaymie D<br />
354. CAPOCYAN, Genesis D<br />
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356. CAPUCHINO, II, Hermenegildo C<br />
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358. CAPUYAN, Kevin Kaizer Dave K<br />
359. CARAIG, Jane Donna C<br />
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361. CARANDANG, Nina Herschelica L<br />
362. CARBONELL, Zhanika Marie O<br />
363. CARDINES, Alvin P<br />
364. CARIAGA, JR., Constancio P<br />
365. CARILLO, Palma Clarissa V<br />
366. CARINGAL, Kristia Lorraine V<br />
367. CARIÑO, Charlotte M<br />
368. CARIÑO, Marianne M<br />
369. CARPENTERO, William G<br />
370. CARRILLO, JR., Crisanto C<br />
371. CARROLLO, JR., Clemente L<br />
372. CARUÑGAY, Joy Samantha G<br />
373. CASABAR, Ryan Armand L<br />
374. CASADOR, Althea Mae P<br />
375. CASIAO, Nanet S<br />
376. CASIHAN, Ma. Isabelita R<br />
377. CASIMPAN, Cybele Arianne Lee J<br />
378. CASTILLO, Leah Francesca M<br />
379. CASTILLO, Sherryl Joy N<br />
380. CASTILLONES, Pacifico Ismael M<br />
381. CASTRO, Jennifer Marie G<br />
382. CATACUTAN, Darlene J<br />
383. CATALUÑA, Lesly Ann J<br />
384. CATANI, Ritchel S<br />
385. CATAPANG, Kaye Danica H<br />
386. CATARMAN, Piña Luz P<br />
387. CATIPON, Ivy O<br />
388. CAÑADA, Kaitlin Mary Cor L<br />
389. CEMINE, Vivienne Jonnah R<br />
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391. CEPIDA, Ericson T<br />
392. CERO, Iris Fatima V<br />
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394. CEZAR, Mark Jacinto D<br />
395. CEÑIDOZA, Kriszanne Cerrise P<br />
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398. CHAN, Hobart H<br />
399. CHAN, Jan Franz Norbert Joselito A<br />
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416. CIRUELOS, Mary Grace B<br />
417. CIRUNAY, Sonny Paul R<br />
418. CLAREZA, Kathleen May O<br />
419. CLEOFAS, Benz G<br />
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422. CO, Jon Eric G<br />
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424. COBARRUBIAS, Maria Graciela C<br />
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426. COLIS, Roselette Ann A<br />
427. COLLADO, JR., Manolyn A<br />
428. COLLE, Kristine Keith N<br />
429. COMACASAR, Farhanisah D<br />
430. COMAGUL, Aliah M<br />
431. COMENDADOR, Jona Mae C<br />
432. COMIA, Antonette T<br />
433. COMIA, Trixy L<br />
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437. CONCEPCION, Warren B<br />
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439. CONEJOS, Rafael Lorenzo G<br />
440. CONSIGNADO, Mailyn P<br />
441. CONTRERAS, Florence N<br />
442. CORALES, Francis Paul T<br />
443. CORDOVA, William B<br />
444. CORRALES, Marlon M<br />
445. CORREA, Ma. Criselda B<br />
446. CORRIGE, Rency Y<br />
447. COSICO, Michiko V<br />
448. CRON, Clarizza D<br />
449. CRUZ, Christine Bernadette U<br />
450. CRUZ, Giancarlo A<br />
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452. CRUZ, Rheena Lyn L<br />
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454. CRUZ, Tzeitel Christine DG<br />
455. CRUZ, Xinia Carmela B<br />
456. CRUZ, JR., Romeo B<br />
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458. CUANAN, Arjay Louie Eu B<br />
459. CUDIA, Jane Victoria A<br />
460. CUERDO, Winnie Anne S<br />
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467. DACANAY, Ma. Cecilia Y<br />
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654. FRANCISCO, Marie Denise R<br />
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686. GARCIA, Karmela Trisha P<br />
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756. GURO, JR., Manggay G<br />
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816. JOVEN, Eric Samuel P<br />
817. JUAN, II, Virginio C<br />
818. JULIAN, Nicole Alora G<br />
819. JUMAMIL, Devona H<br />
820. JUNCO, Michelle P<br />
821. JUNTILLA, Edryne Jeth F<br />
822. JUSAY, Maria Christina M<br />
823. KADIL, Kal Kausar S<br />
824. KAGAOAN, Anna Maria D<br />
825. KAHULUGAN, Auda Bea P<br />
826. KALAW, Katrina L<br />
827. KAPAWEN, Aubrey Macnee A<br />
828. KAPUNAN, Ceasario Rex P<br />
829. KARIM, Sittie Nadia M<br />
830. KASILAG-SANCHEZ, Lucrecia Cecilia C<br />
831. KHO, Rhacq B<br />
832. KING, Charlotte Y<br />
833. KING, Clarizel L<br />
834. KING, Kathleen Anne S<br />
835. KING, Keith Elbert C<br />
836. KING, Maximilian P<br />
837. KINTANAR, Paula Carissa V<br />
838. KREBS, Kyle Malachy S<br />
839. LABAJANAN, Michelle C<br />
840. LABISIG, Hansard G<br />
841. LABRO, Jerueh L<br />
842. LABTIC, Clint Octavius E<br />
843. LABUGUEN, Peter Jhon O<br />
844. LACABA, Harold B<br />
845. LACAS, Jose Mari Carlo D<br />
846. LACAS, JR., Pascual A<br />
847. LACSINA, Conrad Smith C<br />
848. LADESMA, Gean Yvish R<br />
849. LADINES, Giovanni Christian D<br />
850. LADOT, Delight B<br />
851. LADRINGAN, Maranatha Praise D<br />
852. LAGASON, Paula Grace C<br />
853. LAGMAN, Kathleen Halley M<br />
854. LAGOS, Marita P<br />
855. LAGROSAS, Sheryl Christine V<br />
856. LAGURA-GAYONGORSA, Bronwen May A<br />
857. LAIZ, III, Francisco C<br />
858. LAJA, Lanoel S<br />
859. LAMBINO, Meryllainne Rhacquel DG<br />
860. LAMEN-LEGANO, Florence Gay C<br />
861. LAMPA-MANALO, Nina Luisa S<br />
862. LANTAJO, Czarina Rose T<br />
863. LANZADERAS, Joy S<br />
864. LAO, Niniveh B<br />
865. LAPIÑA, Carmichael C<br />
866. LAPUT, Rena Mae A<br />
867. LAROSA, Raynan A<br />
868. LASERNA, Lorielle R<br />
869. LAUBAN, Norhussien U<br />
870. LAURAYA, Jedidiah Martin M<br />
871. LAURENCIANA, Jackelyn B<br />
872. LAUT, Soraya S<br />
873. LAWAGAN, Roy P<br />
874. LAWAGAN, JR., Guillermo F<br />
875. LAYGO, Annie Grace A<br />
876. LAYSON, Avegail P<br />
877. LAZARO, Jacquelyn D<br />
878. LAZARO, Loralyn Anne R<br />
879. LEAÑO, Maria Ofelia S<br />
880. LEDESMA, Lloyd Paul C<br />
881. LEE, Jeanelle C<br />
882. LEE, Kathleen Sherry U<br />
883. LEGASPI, Aaron Jeric M<br />
884. LEGASPI, Maricris G<br />
885. LEGASPI, Marjorie C<br />
886. LEGURPA, Marlon D<br />
887. LEONAR, April Joy B<br />
888. LEQUIGAN, Kaye Hazel C<br />
889. LESTERIO, Nizza P<br />
890. LEVANZA, Ernest P<br />
891. LIANKO, Kathreen Jessica M<br />
892. LIAO, Kirby Bryan M<br />
893. LIBA, Maria Celirina S<br />
894. LIBERATO, Nathaniel P<br />
895. LIBONGCO, Karl Francis A<br />
896. LIM, Arl P<br />
897. LIM, Debbie Anne Y<br />
898. LIM, Paolo Carlo O<br />
899. LIM, Richard Allan A<br />
900. LIM, Robert Jay T<br />
901. LIMCUMPAO, Benigno Russ M<br />
902. LIMFUECO, Shiella Jane R<br />
903. LIMJAP, Michelle F<br />
904. LINA, Niño Don L<br />
905. LINDAIN, Homer V<br />
906. LITUAÑAS, Mary Rose C<br />
907. LIU, Kristine Jane R<br />
908. LIWANAG, Angeline A<br />
909. LLANES, Chaz Angelo Joshua P<br />
910. LOMBOY, Ana Marie C<br />
911. LOMIOAN, Galao G<br />
912. LONGAQUIT, Daniel P<br />
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915. LOR, Remfel G<br />
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917. LORENZO, Frances Adelaide C<br />
918. LORICA, Juan Paolo D<br />
919. LOZANO, Mark V<br />
920. LU, Rochelle Rea A<br />
921. LUBANTE, Jessica B<br />
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923. LUCENARIO, Domingo Iii A<br />
924. LUCILO, Ivy Suzieline E<br />
925. LUGLUG, Jeremy B<br />
926. LUGOD, Cherry Mae D<br />
927. LUKBAN, Ken Xavier T<br />
928. LUKBAN, Ma. Carmela L<br />
929. LULU, John Albert B<br />
930. LUMAPAS, Nestor Crispin Miguel B<br />
931. LUNAR, Lorena Lerma M<br />
932. LUSICA, Richard P<br />
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934. MABALOT, Mc Rhondolf Louie V<br />
935. MABAZZA, Jason C<br />
936. MACABABBAD, John Paul D<br />
937. MACABAGDAL, Joanne O<br />
938. MACABALES, John Gilbert F<br />
939. MACABULOS, Eduardo Danilo F<br />
940. MACALALAD, Cresta Amor R<br />
941. MACALANDA, Marion Camille G<br />
942. MACAPAGAL-MANALO, Cheryl Mae A<br />
943. MACARAEG, Maureen Z<br />
944. MACASA, Joseph Paul A<br />
945. MACATUNO, Honey Leth T<br />
946. MACOD, Sittie Rainnie G<br />
947. MACROHON, Jenielyn A<br />
948. MADARANG, Jo Ann Frances D<br />
949. MADIO, Joel L<br />
950. MADRILEÑO, Lowell Fredrick A<br />
951. MAGA, Bryan John G<br />
952. MAGALONG, Kristina Louise S<br />
953. MAGBUHOS, Denise Dianne A<br />
954. MAGLAQUE, Lorrielaine A<br />
955. MAGLAYA, Cara Mariel S<br />
956. MAGNO, Ian Alfredo T<br />
957. MAGNO, Pacifico Angelo S<br />
958. MAGPANTAY, Fe B<br />
959. MAGPUSAO, Chris-jerome J<br />
960. MAGSAYSAY, Margarita Lourdes F<br />
961. MAGSUCI, Jelina Maree D<br />
962. MAGTAGÑOB, Rosanne Jeli G<br />
963. MAGTIBAY, Ma. Lia Karen S<br />
964. MAGULTA, Lara Angela F<br />
965. MALACAS, Ma. Regina O<br />
966. MALANG, William Russel S<br />
967. MALASAGA, Jay P<br />
968. MALIONES, Karen Mae M<br />
969. MAMACLAY, Rosecellini T<br />
970. MAMURI, Jessica Maria M<br />
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972. MANAHAN, II, Zoilo M<br />
973. MANALO, Jonas Anton M<br />
974. MANALO, Mary Joanne M<br />
975. MANALO, Patrick Austin R<br />
976. MANANQUIL, Unica Amor R<br />
977. MANANTAN, Jenny Flor T<br />
978. MANATA, Lita A<br />
979. MANAUIS, Arjay C<br />
980. MANDANTES, Ivo M<br />
981. MANDAP, Joanna Rizza B<br />
982. MANGACOP, Fahad D<br />
983. MANGAHAS, Rosalina T<br />
984. MANGALINDAN, Carmina M<br />
985. MANGALINDAN, Shalom Joy L<br />
986. MANGONDAYA, Aslimah S<br />
987. MANGROBANG, Cristina Elaine D<br />
988. MANGUBAT, Jan G<br />
989. MANGUBAT, Kristine B<br />
990. MANGUNAY, Ann Margaret Q<br />
991. MANIBOG, Korina Ana T<br />
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993. MANRIQUE, Ali Loraine V<br />
994. MANTARING, Jeffrey S<br />
995. MANUEL, Maria Theresa Amor C<br />
996. MANUEL, Mark Anthony N<br />
997. MANUEL, Maxine Victor E<br />
998. MANUTA, Michael Jan G<br />
999. MANZANO, Arnold R<br />
1000. MAPANDI-PACASUM, Juhana A<br />
1001. MARALLAG-AVE, Kristine R<br />
1002. MARAMAG, Jeremy Jones B<br />
1003. MARANAN, Maica Maris D<br />
1004. MARAVILLA, Mark Brian B<br />
1005. MARIANO, Paul Webster M<br />
1006. MARIANO, Sharmaine Reza B<br />
1007. MARQUEZ, Vincent Mc Eduard M<br />
1008. MARTIN, II, Lito Paolo T<br />
1009. MARTINEZ, Anna Katrina M<br />
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1012. MASCENON, Ana Graciella S<br />
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1016. MATEO, Jemen A<br />
1017. MATEO, Maria Angelica M<br />
1018. MATEO, Maygenica A<br />
1019. MATIAS, Monchito N<br />
1020. MATIBAG, Ramon Antonio L<br />
1021. MATIVO, Kathleen A<br />
1022. MATOTE, Sofia E<br />
1023. MAULION, Rynbert Anthony L<br />
1024. MAURICIO, Maria Luisa Dominique D<br />
1025. MAURO, Sharilee Angela G<br />
1026. MAUTANTE, Mariam G<br />
1027. MAUYAG, Rishzmin P<br />
1028. MAWIS, Sara Mae D<br />
1029. MAXINO, Izzy Martin R<br />
1030. MAYO, Carlo Magno K<br />
1031. MAYOL, III, Alfredo L<br />
1032. MAÑEGO, Julius Eleazar N<br />
1033. MEDALLE, Mat Eric M<br />
1034. MEDEQUISO, Gwendolyn P<br />
1035. MEDINA, Angiereen D<br />
1036. MEER, Jose Luis Francisco P<br />
1037. MEJIA, Daryll Margaret V<br />
1038. MELEGRITO, Mark John C<br />
1039. MELOTE, Mark Paolo M<br />
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1041. MENDEZ, Arvi Gale C<br />
1042. MENDIOLA, Bella Mercedes G<br />
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1044. MENDOZA, Dionne Mae A<br />
1045. MENDOZA, Frances Margarette A<br />
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1047. MENDOZA, Jona Christinelli C<br />
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1049. MENDOZA, JR., Manuel T<br />
1050. MENESES, Kristine Grace P<br />
1051. MERCADO, Jeffrey M<br />
1052. MERCADO, Maria Emma Gille A<br />
1053. MERCADO, Paul Joseph V<br />
1054. MERCADO, Roxanne Joyce L<br />
1055. MERIS, Madelaine Anne M<br />
1056. MERIS, Mary Angela M<br />
1057. MESINA, Karla Eunice T<br />
1058. MEÑEZ, Emmanuel Joseph F<br />
1059. MIGRIÑO, Dexter C<br />
1060. MIGRIÑO, Erika Paola M<br />
1061. MILA, Kathlynn B<br />
1062. MILAN, Joel D<br />
1063. MILITANTE, III, Jose Constantino C<br />
1064. MINA, Madeline P<br />
1065. MINA, Matthew Ryan R<br />
1066. MIRAFLOR, Russel C<br />
1067. MIRANDA, Rachel Angeli B<br />
1068. MIRANDO, Margie B<br />
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1074. MONTALVO, Henson M<br />
1075. MONTAYRE, Maria Gabriela O<br />
1076. MONTENEGRO, Ryan C<br />
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1078. MORALES, Monique B<br />
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1080. MORDENO, Katrina G<br />
1081. MORELOS, Michelle Ann L<br />
1082. MORENO, Ericson R<br />
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1084. MORTEL, Ana Margarita A<br />
1085. MOSQUERA, Florenz Ross S<br />
1086. MOVIDO, Romeo Manuel Joshua R<br />
1087. MUELA, Carl Rupert C<br />
1088. MUIN, Alkhadri H<br />
1089. MUPAS, Janelle C<br />
1090. MURCIA, Carlo Paolo P<br />
1091. MURILLO, Angelo L<br />
1092. MURLA, JR., Wilfred A<br />
1093. MUSNI, Megan Daphne D<br />
1094. MUTI, Jorhany S<br />
1095. MUTIA, Kristine Mae A<br />
1096. MUTIANGPILI-MARQUEZ, Jomelle P<br />
1097. MUYUELA, Fatima Mae A<br />
1098. MUÑEZ, Ramon Alfonso T<br />
1099. MUÑEZ, Stephen Don Q<br />
1100. MUÑOZ, Lirio R<br />
1101. NACU, Mary Grace M<br />
1102. NAGA, Michael Demph D<br />
1103. NAGASAN, Leo Kirby B<br />
1104. NAGASE, Chieri B<br />
1105. NAGTALON, Eryl Royce R<br />
1106. NALZARO, Dalton Dave M<br />
1107. NAPALA, Jessica E<br />
1108. NARCA, Anacelle L<br />
1109. NARDO, Gamaliel E<br />
1110. NARTATES, Grace R<br />
1111. NARVASA, Carlo Joaquin T<br />
1112. NAS, Jessamine Jared S<br />
1113. NATIVIDAD, Al B<br />
1114. NAVAL-NAGA, Ma. Katrina M<br />
1115. NAVARRA, Christine Mae P<br />
1116. NAVARRETE, Anne Katherine P<br />
1117. NAVARRO, Jimmy D<br />
1118. NENGASCA, Sarah Jane A<br />
1119. NERI, Jorgianna V<br />
1120. NEYRA, Prince Arthur M<br />
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1122. NITURA, Enrique F<br />
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1124. NOMBRES, Josa Mary M<br />
1125. NOSCAL, Geoffrey Angelo V<br />
1126. NOVEDA, Kara Mae M<br />
1127. NUÑEZA, Rosalie A<br />
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1129. OCHOA, Randy C<br />
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1131. ODOSIS, Derek J<br />
1132. ODUCADO, Nathaniel M<br />
1133. OFILAS, Cathleen Lezette S<br />
1134. OGATIS, Nimrod V<br />
1135. OLA, Jille Audrey F<br />
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1184. PALAD, Eddie Bouy B<br />
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1186. PALENCIA, Maycee D<br />
1187. PALGAN, Arlene P<br />
1188. PALILEO, JR., Fernando C<br />
1189. PALINGPINGAN, Jordan P<br />
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1192. PALMERA, Roxannie S<br />
1193. PALMONES, Eloisa C<br />
1194. PAMA, III, Edilberto E<br />
1195. PAMATIAN, Reggie Anne D<br />
1196. PAMINIANO, Mary Cris N<br />
1197. PAMINTER, Angela S<br />
1198. PANAO, Rogelio Alicor L<br />
1199. PANDI, Romdell L<br />
1200. PANGAN, Kevin Averell A<br />
1201. PANGANIBAN, Francis Immanuel DC<br />
1202. PANGANIBAN, Muriel Ielaine B<br />
1203. PANGUBAN, Katherine A<br />
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1205. PARACAD, John Mark N<br />
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1207. PAREL, Prince Ever C<br />
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1211. PARUNGAO, Edwardo D<br />
1212. PASATIEMPO, Eunice Christine Anne T<br />
1213. PASCASIO, Jarmae Z<br />
1214. PASCASIO, Kristina Karen O<br />
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1216. PASCUAL, Honey Vanessa S<br />
1217. PASIA, Laurence L<br />
1218. PASICOLAN, Alvin P<br />
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1222. PATIGDAS, Maria Girly V<br />
1223. PATRIARCA, George Franz Nico F<br />
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1227. PECASIO-GATCHALIAN, Shiela T<br />
1228. PEDREGOSA, Ana Mae P<br />
1229. PEKAS, Bryan G<br />
1230. PEPITO, Althea Marie B<br />
1231. PERALTA, Julien F<br />
1232. PERALTA, Rhegine T<br />
1233. PEREZ, Barbie Kaye B<br />
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1237. PEREZ DE TAGLE, Gaston Franco V<br />
1238. PERUCHO, Jeralph G<br />
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1242. PEÑALBER, Amirah L<br />
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1244. PIGAO, I, John Socrates G<br />
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1247. PINEDA, Glorie Anne<br />
1248. PINEDA, Roger Arpee P<br />
1249. PINILI, Francis David B<br />
1250. PIO-MEDEZ, Josie L<br />
1251. PITALCORIN, Feona Ivana D<br />
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1253. PIÑERA, Rene Raffy T<br />
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1260. PONCE, Eumel E<br />
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1262. POON, Jan Jordan L<br />
1263. POTINGAN, Kate C<br />
1264. POZON, Iris M<br />
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1266. PRUDENCIADO, JR., Reynaldo M<br />
1267. PRUDENTE, Francesco Micael N<br />
1268. PUGONG, Gertrude M<br />
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1270. PULIDO-SADIAN, Mary Grace V<br />
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1277. PUTUNGAN, Maria Theresa Minda P<br />
1278. QUERIDA, Rosalyn Mary L<br />
1279. QUERUBIN, Jovy Anne V<br />
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1283. QUIJANO-BENEDICTO, Anna Marie M<br />
1284. QUIMPO, Naomi Charmaine D<br />
1285. QUINIVISTA, Kristine Mae B<br />
1286. QUINSAYAS, Joseph P<br />
1287. QUINTANA, Retzelyn Mae G<br />
1288. QUINTOS, Hailin DG<br />
1289. QUIROZ, Bernardine V<br />
1290. QUITORIANO, Bernadette M<br />
1291. QUIÑO, Robie P<br />
1292. QUIÑONES, Nathalie B<br />
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1295. RAMACHO, Nathan Joseph P<br />
1296. RAMIREZ, Angelito Emmanuel V<br />
1297. RAMIREZ, Javierose M<br />
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1299. RAMOS, Kathleen Teresa M<br />
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1302. RAMOS, Theresa D<br />
1303. RAMOS, JR., Conrado O<br />
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1305. RAZON, Loubelle L<br />
1306. REAL, Tara Angelique T<br />
1307. REBALDO, Jude Isidro A<br />
1308. RECALDE, JR., Alberto D<br />
1309. RECAMARA, Julienne Marie C<br />
1310. REFUERZO, Esther Katherine R<br />
1311. REGACHO, Erness Faith J<br />
1312. REGALARIO, Jaime Sandino C<br />
1313. REGAÑON, Kenneth E<br />
1314. REGIDOR, Romylyn O<br />
1315. REGIS, Alain Bert G<br />
1316. REGUA, Steve Russel P<br />
1317. REGUCERA, Rexbelli B<br />
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1319. REMINAJES-REYES, Jeri Jacqueline T<br />
1320. REMOLACIO, Noel A<br />
1321. REMOLAR, Joanna Kaye B<br />
1322. REMOLLO, Jo Margarette W<br />
1323. REPOSO, John Philipps M<br />
1324. RESPICIO, Jeryll Harold P<br />
1325. RETUYA, Lawrence L<br />
1326. REVILLA, Dinna Lynn P<br />
1327. REVILLA-MARAVILLA, Gleen A<br />
1328. REVILLOZA, Loyd Greg P<br />
1329. REVOTE, Allan G<br />
1330. REYES, Ana Victoria B<br />
1331. REYES, Carmina C<br />
1332. REYES, Danya T<br />
1333. REYES, Ernest Anthony L<br />
1334. REYES, Ezra Maica R<br />
1335. REYES, Jonathan A<br />
1336. REYES, Joseph Michael C<br />
1337. REYES, Joshua James R<br />
1338. REYES, Lorenzo Marvin S<br />
1339. REYES, Mattheu Jericho A<br />
1340. REYES, Mervin M<br />
1341. REYES, Odessa H<br />
1342. REYES, JR., Conrado DO<br />
1343. REYES, JR., Narciso G<br />
1344. REYES-PATAG, Lesley Anne Y<br />
1345. RILLERA, Denmark M<br />
1346. RILLON, Ruth Maureen C<br />
1347. RIMAS, Melissa M<br />
1348. RIOFLORIDO, Ivy M<br />
1349. RIVERA, Ferdinand E<br />
1350. RIVERA, Katrina G<br />
1351. RIVERA, Michelle C<br />
1352. RIVERA, Paula Elise R<br />
1353. ROBENIOL, Gabriel Antonio D<br />
1354. ROBIÑO, Nile April P<br />
1355. ROBLES, Basilito M<br />
1356. ROBLES, Prince Rayner D<br />
1357. ROCERO, George D<br />
1358. ROCHA, IV, Ramon I<br />
1359. ROCO, Jose-mari H<br />
1360. RODRIGUEZ, Ella Racquel N<br />
1361. ROJAS, Angelica T<br />
1362. ROJAS, Chelissa Mae N<br />
1363. ROJAS, Ralph Anderson A<br />
1364. ROJAS-CALLAO, Annie C<br />
1365. ROJO, Mark Anthony R<br />
1366. ROMA, II, Alfonso L<br />
1367. ROMANO, Edwin E<br />
1368. ROMANO, Ryan Ceazar P<br />
1369. ROMARATE, Geralyn T<br />
1370. ROMERO, Angeli Patricia C<br />
1371. ROMERO, Ralph Christian B<br />
1372. ROMUAR, Ma. Cherie Bambi R<br />
1373. ROMULO, Carlos Celestino F<br />
1374. RONCESVALLES, Iris L<br />
1375. ROSALES, Giness Marie G<br />
1376. ROSALES, Regina Patricia C<br />
1377. ROSALES, Richard M<br />
1378. ROSALES, Ronn Robby D<br />
1379. ROSARIO, Earl Caezar N<br />
1380. ROSAS, Reeld Holly D<br />
1381. ROXAS, Rochelle Marie C<br />
1382. ROXAS, Roxan O<br />
1383. ROXAS TAN, Vincent S<br />
1384. RUAYA, Ronald S<br />
1385. RUBICA-SABORDO, Charade Circe C<br />
1386. RUBIO, Darwin Perry B<br />
1387. RUBIO-AGUINALDO, Mishelle Anne R<br />
1388. RUGA, Hana Chrisna C<br />
1389. RUIZ, Ma. Buena Magdalena R<br />
1390. RUTOR, Lyndon W<br />
1391. RUYERAS, William Angelo B<br />
1392. SABA, Kayzer Aldrin Z<br />
1393. SABALO, Brian B<br />
1394. SABELLANO, Kenny C<br />
1395. SABELO, Marte M<br />
1396. SABILALA, Dan Bernard S<br />
1397. SACLOT, Jeffrey C<br />
1398. SACOTE, Lilaben A<br />
1399. SACRAMENTO, Patrick D<br />
1400. SACRO, Marielle Kriza T<br />
1401. SADAIN, Jameela S<br />
1402. SADICON, Marianne Faith B<br />
1403. SADONGDONG, Jerome B<br />
1404. SAGPAEY, Jenny A<br />
1405. SAGUIN, JR., Rogelio H<br />
1406. SAGUINSIN, Loraine D<br />
1407. SAGUN, Ruelan L<br />
1408. SALAMATIN, April Michelle D<br />
1409. SALANGA, Rowena Angela C<br />
1410. SALANGUIT, Marian B<br />
1411. SALANGUIT, Maritoni B<br />
1412. SALAPANG, Annie Sheila C<br />
1413. SALAS, Athena M<br />
1414. SALAS, Pearl Joy M<br />
1415. SALAS, JR., Alexander G<br />
1416. SALAYOG, Kyra Vernice G<br />
1417. SALCEDO, Michelle B<br />
1418. SALDON, Christ Shaney C<br />
1419. SALIG, Hyacinth Marie T<br />
1420. SALINAS, Alicia P<br />
1421. SALINDO, Elvin S<br />
1422. SALIOT, Riona Vince S<br />
1423. SALISE, Mary Christine Anthonette M<br />
1424. SALIZON, Benedic G<br />
1425. SALLY, Ferdinand T<br />
1426. SALON, Ephraim D<br />
1427. SALUNAT, Early Joy L<br />
1428. SAMEDRA, Arvy Chris D<br />
1429. SAN AGUSTIN, Geoff Lyn D<br />
1430. SAN JOSE, Riza Kristina E<br />
1431. SAN PEDRO, Jose Maria Ceasar C<br />
1432. SANCHEZ, Alfie Sonia Q<br />
1433. SANCHEZ, Carlo Gabriel P<br />
1434. SANCHEZ, Marie Alexis Denise S<br />
1435. SANCHEZ, Ralph J<br />
1436. SANCHO, Alona Margaret B<br />
1437. SANDIGAN, Ronald Ryan A<br />
1438. SANDOVAL, Anna Kristina B<br />
1439. SANIEL, Jose Ruel A<br />
1440. SANTAMINA, Angelie B<br />
1441. SANTIAGO, Joanna Elvira L<br />
1442. SANTIAGO, Katrina Gynne F<br />
1443. SANTIAGO, Miguel Antonio P<br />
1444. SANTILLAN, Phoebe Samantha A<br />
1445. SANTOS, Aaron Bailey G<br />
1446. SANTOS, Al Marvin W<br />
1447. SANTOS, Christian Lloyd S<br />
1448. SANTOS, Hyacinth B<br />
1449. SANTOS, Jim Joel N<br />
1450. SANTOS, John Terry H<br />
1451. SANTOS, Jose Antonio Rafael G<br />
1452. SANTOS, Jose Manuel S<br />
1453. SANTOS, Karen Anne G<br />
1454. SANTOS, Louie L<br />
1455. SANTOS, Louie Ernest B<br />
1456. SANTOS, Marc Mikhaele J<br />
1457. SANTOS, Maria Irene I<br />
1458. SANTOS, Maricar Jan M<br />
1459. SANTOS, Mario D<br />
1460. SANTOS, Roselee B<br />
1461. SANTOS, Ryan G<br />
1462. SANTOS, III, Lamberto L<br />
1463. SAPORNE, Maria Cecilia T<br />
1464. SARANDI, Abigail Moffait P<br />
1465. SARITA, Cecille Angela T<br />
1466. SARMIENTO, Maria Kristel B<br />
1467. SASPA, Dianah Jee U<br />
1468. SAYO, Patricia Anne S<br />
1469. SAYSON, James Allan C<br />
1470. SEBASTIAN, Bobby Johnson O<br />
1471. SEGOVIA, Maria Cielito B<br />
1472. SEGUBRE, Paolo M<br />
1473. SEGUI, Adrian Donald L<br />
1474. SEGUNDO, Karissa Inez A<br />
1475. SEIT, Jade Q<br />
1476. SEMILLANO, Mipps Mardie<br />
1477. SENAJON, Cristyl Mae B<br />
1478. SENTILLAS, Kenneth Roy E<br />
1479. SENUPE, Ma. Juanna Ester D<br />
1480. SERASPI, Chinky Dane C<br />
1481. SERRANO, Erika Sheena C<br />
1482. SERRANO, Lennard Constantine C<br />
1483. SERZO, Aiken Larisa O<br />
1484. SESE, Rens Gener P<br />
1485. SEVA, Jose Pio J<br />
1486. SEVILLA, Prince Junel G<br />
1487. SEVILLA, Toni Lou S<br />
1488. SIA, Rowneylin SJ<br />
1489. SIAZON, Leigh Nicole TC<br />
1490. SICCUAN, Don Mikhail A<br />
1491. SILANG, Valery Ann P<br />
1492. SILAO, Coravirna D<br />
1493. SILONGAN, JR., Ibrahim K<br />
1494. SILVA, Angelo Joseph C<br />
1495. SILVA, Merlo Vinia C<br />
1496. SILVA, Nikko Emmanuel D<br />
1497. SIMON, Simon L<br />
1498. SINCO, Noel Y<br />
1499. SING, Anthony L<br />
1500. SINGCOL, Anna Katrina T<br />
1501. SINGZON, Anthony U<br />
1502. SINOCRUZ, Fay Kristina P<br />
1503. SINSONA, JR., Norberto J<br />
1504. SIRON, Rafaela P<br />
1505. SISON, Charm D<br />
1506. SISON, John Michael O<br />
1507. SISON, Kimberly Rae A<br />
1508. SOL, JR., Rodolfo A<br />
1509. SOLIMAN, Rhea-ann J<br />
1510. SOLINAP, John Leo D<br />
1511. SOLLANO, Ma. Mikhaella Rosario Z<br />
1512. SOLLESTRE, Sheryl M<br />
1513. SOMES, Erwin A<br />
1514. SORIANO, Cassioppea Jerose V<br />
1515. SORIAO, Howell Ivan Ritche B<br />
1516. SOTTO, Darwin C<br />
1517. SQUILLANTINI, Claudia Gabriella R<br />
1518. STA. CRUZ, Juan Antonio D<br />
1519. STA. MARIA, Patricia Anne D<br />
1520. STO. TOMAS, Jefferson H<br />
1521. SUAREZ-DELOS SANTOS, Michelle C<br />
1522. SUBA, Nasrifa S<br />
1523. SUGGUIYAO, Amirozelle Katya G<br />
1524. SULIT, Juzzelyx B<br />
1525. SUMAYOD, JR., Alejandro S<br />
1526. SUMBILLA, JR., Vedasto B<br />
1527. SUMERGIDO, Katty Khee G<br />
1528. SUMINGUIT, Ramel C<br />
1529. SUMOGBA, JR., Enrique T<br />
1530. SUN, Jason Oliver C<br />
1531. SUPATAN, Lorena M<br />
1532. SUPE, Mary Hariette B<br />
1533. SUPERABLE, Nonalyn S<br />
1534. SUPNET, Winly Joy L<br />
1535. SURUIZ, Jonar M<br />
1536. SUSVILLA, Ivy B<br />
1537. SY, Jacklyn Kim L<br />
1538. SY, John Habib J<br />
1539. SY, Kenneth Elvin C<br />
1540. SYDIONGCO, Jacqueline Carlotta B<br />
1541. SYSON, Patricia Leticia R<br />
1542. SZE, Maria Lourdes G<br />
1543. TABBU, Ruby Joyce S<br />
1544. TABILISMA, Marlon P<br />
1545. TABOADA, Giovanne C<br />
1546. TADE, Chelsea Raye N<br />
1547. TADLAS, Jed Libby B<br />
1548. TAGANAS, Iris Pauline G<br />
1549. TAGUINOD-MAGGAY, Tshaine B<br />
1550. TALAHIBAN-HIPONIA, Zennia V<br />
1551. TALAN, Glady Mae S<br />
1552. TALAO, Vincent Paul R<br />
1553. TALDE, Jay-b L<br />
1554. TALINGTING, Avril Reina O<br />
1555. TAM, Leoni Mae Rubi L<br />
1556. TAMAYO, Karen Rose C<br />
1557. TAMAYO, Vixid Role T<br />
1558. TAMBAOAN, Joan Carmel S<br />
1559. TAMBOR, Jennidy S<br />
1560. TAMPIS, Doris Moriel B<br />
1561. TAMPUS, Shane May B<br />
1562. TAN, Deo Virgil R<br />
1563. TAN, Jeffrey Rod Y<br />
1564. TAN, Jose Lorenzo C<br />
1565. TAN, Mahrra Anna P<br />
1566. TAN, Nico Bryan P<br />
1567. TAN, Suzette H<br />
1568. TAN-ESTANDARTE, Marene Rose F<br />
1569. TANDOC, Mark Haddison P<br />
1570. TANTUAN, Edhona C<br />
1571. TAPIA, JR., Judito H<br />
1572. TAQUIO, Maria Cristina B<br />
1573. TARIGA, Marc Eico C<br />
1574. TARUC, Rhyzzi Celine S<br />
1575. TATCO, Kevin Christopher C<br />
1576. TAWARAN, Jennifer M<br />
1577. TAYLO, III, Jose Herminio D<br />
1578. TE, Jill Angeline R<br />
1579. TECSON, Katherine Michel V<br />
1580. TEJADA, Dan Tristan T<br />
1581. TEMBLOR, Vilmalen M<br />
1582. TENGCO, Sheenalyn R<br />
1583. TEODORO, Pascual Agusto Carlo P<br />
1584. TEOPE, JR., Mario R<br />
1585. TEVES, Maria Althea M<br />
1586. TICZON, Maria Kristelle A<br />
1587. TIGSON, John Benedict T<br />
1588. TILOS, Fenna Marie A<br />
1589. TIMBOL, Rodney C<br />
1590. TINAGAN, Ingrid T<br />
1591. TIU, Jericho R<br />
1592. TIU, Sean Carlo C<br />
1593. TOCAO, Zehan Loren E<br />
1594. TOLEDO, Eleonor U<br />
1595. TOLENTINO, Julie Ann B<br />
1596. TOLENTINO, Lyka Leigh M<br />
1597. TOLENTINO, Rose Ann O<br />
1598. TOLENTINO, Sonby Adam A<br />
1599. TOMBOC, Paul Angelo F<br />
1600. TONGSON, Tristan Jason R<br />
1601. TONOG, Franco Archie N<br />
1602. TOPACIO, Alexandria J<br />
1603. TORALBA, Marty Franz F<br />
1604. TORNO, Jesa Kristi R<br />
1605. TORRALBA, Connie Beb A<br />
1606. TORRE, John Lerrie I<br />
1607. TORRES, Aljeane F<br />
1608. TORRES, Lameriza M<br />
1609. TORRIZO, JR., Romeo S<br />
1610. TOVERA, Marilyn Sharina R<br />
1611. TRAYA, Rex Julius A<br />
1612. TRIA, Dani Lynne P<br />
1613. TRIESTE, JR., Gerome M<br />
1614. TRINIDAD, Peter Neil E<br />
1615. TRINIDAD, Ysabel Fatima N<br />
1616. TRINIDAD, JR., Mario P<br />
1617. TRONQUED, Marlon Iñigo T<br />
1618. TUAZON, Diana Jean M<br />
1619. TUAZON, Jolina Pauline T<br />
1620. TUAZON, Lara Karina S<br />
1621. TUBIERA, Hana Marita H<br />
1622. TUGUIC, Joshua B<br />
1623. TUMALIUAN, Bong Richard M<br />
1624. TUMAMAO, Ramse A<br />
1625. TUMAMAO-ANDRADA, Dyan P<br />
1626. TUMAMBING-MARQUEZ, Melodie C<br />
1627. TUMARU, Bernard Joseph V<br />
1628. TUMARU, Karla Mae V<br />
1629. TUNGPALAN-LUGOD, Lorna A<br />
1630. TUÑACAO, Tiffany L<br />
1631. UBOD, Camille Therese L<br />
1632. UGSAD, Francis Bon C<br />
1633. UMALI, Francis Rainier B<br />
1634. URBANOZO, Laird Dionel N<br />
1635. URBINA, Jamila R<br />
1636. URSAL, Ernesto (junjun) L<br />
1637. UY, Josie Antonette M<br />
1638. UY, Martin Juris V<br />
1639. UY, Michael Vincent M<br />
1640. UY, Nathaniel Andrew Y<br />
1641. UY, Paul Angelo R<br />
1642. UY, Philip Michael C<br />
1643. UY, Rona Gail V<br />
1644. UY, Sittie Fahanie S<br />
1645. VALDEZ, Alexis Janet J<br />
1646. VALDEZ, Katrina Grace A<br />
1647. VALE, Dianne C<br />
1648. VALENCIA, Celine Blesilda A<br />
1649. VALENCIA, Charlon Reinier O<br />
1650. VALENZUELA, Cherrie Rose C<br />
1651. VALENZUELA, Chery Sheil T<br />
1652. VALERIANO, Victor Napoleon D<br />
1653. VALLECER-PATCHO, Vanessa Marie C<br />
1654. VALLINAS, Lorraine Jean V<br />
1655. VALMONTE, Leorae D<br />
1656. VARIAS, Varbra Ann A<br />
1657. VARON, Roy M<br />
1658. VASQUEZ, Jimmy E<br />
1659. VEJANO, Marcus Julius D<br />
1660. VELARDE, Jessa Ela L<br />
1661. VELASCO, Andrew O<br />
1662. VELASCO, Gerald M<br />
1663. VELASCO, Paul Dominic R<br />
1664. VELASCO, Ric John F<br />
1665. VELASCO, Richard Andrew P<br />
1666. VELASCO, Venus C<br />
1667. VELASQUEZ, Jed Erickson M<br />
1668. VELO, JR., Rosendo S<br />
1669. VERANA, Ileen Mae V<br />
1670. VERONILLA, Leni Fae P<br />
1671. VERZOSA, Francisco Miguel T<br />
1672. VERZOSA, Patricia Ester R<br />
1673. VEVA, Ryan C<br />
1674. VICENCIO, Jared Cecillo C<br />
1675. VIDAURRETA, Irene D<br />
1676. VIERNES, Cherry Anne D<br />
1677. VILCHES, Gian Frances Nicole C<br />
1678. VILIRAN, Christian DC<br />
1679. VILLACORTE, Ginnie T<br />
1680. VILLAFUERTE, Abygail June R<br />
1681. VILLALUZ, Almera J<br />
1682. VILLALVA, Maria Andrea C<br />
1683. VILLAMAR, Lawrence P<br />
1684. VILLAMOR, Anthony V<br />
1685. VILLANUEVA, Franz Marie L<br />
1686. VILLANUEVA, Joeyfer S<br />
1687. VILLANUEVA, Matt Jayson S<br />
1688. VILLANUEVA, Victor Lorenzo L<br />
1689. VILLANUEVA-ARABIS, Maria Cristina A<br />
1690. VILLAPANDO, Simon Peter D<br />
1691. VILLARIN, Donnie Wayne M<br />
1692. VILLAROJO, Sunny Ray<br />
1693. VILLAROMAN, Gerald Tristan D<br />
1694. VILLARUBIA, Grethel V<br />
1695. VILLARUEL, Rita Odessa A<br />
1696. VILLASANTA, Rosarie Raysalyn Z<br />
1697. VILLATUYA, Luigi Miguel P<br />
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<br />Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-57489722517363376412016-04-25T18:52:00.000+08:002016-05-07T08:48:49.228+08:00Bar Results 2014 (Actual Bar Grade)<br />
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Here is the bar rating of a successful Bar 2014 candidate who is graduate of the University of the Cordilleras College of Law.<br />
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This person's grade is 80.3 which an extremely high grade. This candidate almost belonged to the Top 10.<br />
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At 80.3, this grade ranks from 55th place to 66th place, and considering there were 5,984 examinees, that is impressive.<br />
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How about you? Send in photos of your Bar 2014 rating.<br />
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Bracket E [80.00 to 80.99]<br />
The next score bracket is from 80.00 to 80.99. Only 42 persons obtained scores within this bracket. These persons occupy the 51st to 66th places. Cumulatively, only 114 persons obtained a score of 80.00 and above. These 114 comprise the Top 1.91%. Almost topnotchers.<br />
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">Separately, you might also want to read <b> "Statistics on the 2014 Bar</b>" serialized in the links below</td><td align="right" class="xl64"><br /></td><td align="right" class="xl64"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span><br />
<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">While, we are
talking about rankings, here’s a revenue generating idea for the Supreme Court.
Those who passed the bar and would like a certificate of their exact ranking,
could obtain such for a fee of, say, P2,500 per certification showing their
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And this certification
could cover results over the last 20 or so years, if those records are
available in the database. And the cost of printing is very low because the
templates could be programmed from the statistical software. Maybe the velvet
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">For instance, if
there are 1,000 passers who would like to get their velvet-framed vanity certificates,
that would total P2.5 million pesos! Now, if you estimate the passers in the
last 25 years, that would be P62.5 million in additional funds for the Supreme
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The high failure
rate of the Philippine bar is demonstrated statistically in our bracket by
bracket analysis of the distribution of performance scores. With the original
passing grade of 75.00, exactly 5,300 failed out of 5,984. And at each bracket
only a few attained the good scores, and judging by their results, these people
are the exceptionally brilliant. If an exam is such that only the exceptionally
brilliant are successful, then probably, we have to rethink it’s systemic
value. How about the normally brilliant, are they not supposed to pass?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Or may be there is
something wrong with the system. There is a possibility that the culprit of the
low grades is not so much as the students not knowing the answers as the
answers are not properly graded. The prospect of the examiner just skimming and
rounding off scores for an entire notebook instead of individually scoring each
problem tends to do injustice to the examinee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, I have to go
now, and I hope this sharing added value to you. And I would be glad if you
could grab your mobile homes, take a photo of yor bar scores, and email to me.
It would be nice you know what is your rank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The gap between the
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is 1,250 pips. The 1<sup>st</sup> placer has 1,250 pips extra to give away.
There hundreds of examinees who only obtained the grade of 72.99, and are only 0.01
points or 1 pip, repeat only 1 pip, away from the adjusted passing grade of
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The hyperbolic curve
of the results shows the rapid deterioration in performance grades even with
just a minor gap. For example, If your grade is 80.00, then your rank is 66<sup>th</sup>
place, but when your go down just one
point to 79.00, your rank is already 85<sup>th</sup> place. Just one point down
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">If you go down one
more point to 78.00, your rank is 106<sup>th</sup> place. Go down further one
point below to 77.00 your rank is 126<sup>th</sup>. Note that these are just
one point decrements 80 to 79 to 78 to 77, and yet the ranks are decremented
from 66<sup>th</sup> to 85<sup>th</sup> to 106<sup>th</sup> to 126<sup>th</sup>.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">We call Bracket K to
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bracket. Cumulatively, only 889 persons obtained a score of 74.00 and above.
The persons in this bracket failed the bar because the original passing grade
is 75.00. However, the Supreme Court ordered the passing grade to be lowered to
73.00, thereby allowing the 205 persons in this bracket to pass. These 889 comprise
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bracket. Cumulatively, only 1,126 persons obtained a score of 73.00 and above.
The persons in this bracket also failed the bar because the original passing
grade is 75.00. However, the Supreme Court ordered the passing grade to be
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passing grade from 75.00 to 73.00, the Supreme Court allowed a total of 205 +
237 = 442 failing persons to pass the 2014 Bar or an increase of 65% over the
original number of successful examinees. These 1,126 persons comprise the Top 18.82%,
quite an outstanding performance in any board or exam with around 6,000
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations</div>
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(Part 14)</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
Century Flyers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The grade brackets F
to H (grade 77.00 to 79.99) are called the “Century Flyers” because they are likely in the top 100.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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F [79.00 to 79.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 79.00 to 79.99. Only 69 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 67<sup>th</sup> to 85<sup>th</sup> places.
Cumulatively, only 183 persons obtained a score of 79.00 and above. These 183 comprise
the Top 3.06%. Remember our example at the outset? This is where that person
lands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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G [78.00 to 78.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 78.00 to 78.99. Only 99 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 86<sup>th</sup> to 106<sup>th</sup> places.
Cumulatively, only 282 persons obtained a score of 78.00 and above. These 99 persons
comprise the Top 4.71%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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H [77.00 to 77.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 77.00 to 77.99. Only 112 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 107<sup>th</sup> to 126<sup>th</sup> places.
Cumulatively, only 394 persons obtained a score of 77.00 and above. These 394 comprise
the Top 6.58%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Bracket I to Bracket
J (grade 75.00 to 76.99) are the “Elite Hurdlers” because they obtained 75.00 and above. Don’t forget that 75.00 is the
original passing grade, and thus this group belong to the original elite who
passed without the adjustment. They belong to the top 11.43%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I [76.00 to 76.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 76.00 to 76.99. Only 140 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 107<sup>th</sup> to 126<sup>th</sup> places.
Cumulatively, only 534 persons obtained a score of 76.00 and above. These 534 comprise
the Top 8.92%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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J [75.00 to 75.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 75.00 to 75.99. Only 150 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. Cumulatively, only 684 persons obtained a score of 75.00 and above. These
684 comprise the Top 11.43% of the 5,984 who took the 2014 Bar Exams. Note that
75.00 is the original cut-off for passing the bar. Without any special
adjustment as ordered by the Supreme Court, only 684 persons actually,
originally, passed the 2014 Bar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Furthermore, bear in
mind that there were about 25 essay questions in the 2014 Bar as against only
10 to 15 essay questions in the previous bar exams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">- to be continued-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations </div>
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(Part 13)</div>
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by</div>
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thadsbentulan@gmail.com</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
Almosters<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let us move on to
the discuss each bracket until we reach down to the adjusted passing grade of
73.00. By “adjusted,” we mean the “lowered passing grade,” according to a
resolution of the Supreme Court. The original passing grade, without any
adjustment, is 75.00.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">For the sake of
categorizing, for the grade brackets which we conveniently label as from Bracket
B to Bracket E (grade 80.00 to 83.94), we shall use the term “Almosters.” People in these brackets almost topped the bar
exams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Bracket
B [83.00 to 83.94]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 83.00 to 83.94. Only 10 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 11<sup>th</sup> to 19<sup>th</sup> places. The
gap between the 10<sup>th</sup> placer and the 19<sup>th</sup> placer is 95
pips. The gap between the 1<sup>st</sup> placer and the 19<sup>th</sup> placer
is 250 pips. Cumulatively, only 23 persons obtained a score of 83.00 and above.
These top 23 persons, comprise the Top 0.38% of the 5,984 examinees. They
almost topped the bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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C [82.00 to 82.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 82.00 to 82.99. Only 19 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 20<sup>th</sup> to 32<sup>nd</sup> places. The
gap between the 10<sup>th</sup> placer and the 32<sup>nd</sup> placer is 195
pips. The gap between the 1<sup>st</sup> placer and the 32<sup>nd</sup> placer
is 350 pips. Cumulatively, only 42 persons obtained a score of 82.00 and above.
These 42 persons Top 0.70%. Again, they almost topped the bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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D [81.00 to 81.99]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 81.00 to 81.99. Only 30 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 33<sup>rd</sup> to 50<sup>th</sup> places.
Cumulatively, only 72 persons obtained a score of 81.00 and above. These 72 comprise
the Top 1.2%. An extremely impressive performance, almost topnotchers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next score
bracket is from 80.00 to 80.99. Only 42 persons obtained scores within this
bracket. These persons occupy the 51<sup>st</sup> to 66<sup>th</sup> places.
Cumulatively, only 114 persons obtained a
score of 80.00 and above. These 114 comprise the Top 1.91%. Almost topnotchers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">- to be continued -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations </div>
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(Part 12)</div>
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by</div>
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Thads Bentulan</div>
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thadsbentulan@gmail.com</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Topnotchers
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let us analyze the
performance of the successful 2104 bar examinees by grade brackets. We are not
touching the histogram of those who failed. But this analysis should
demonstrate to the Supreme Court what it could do and publicly report to the
general public because they have all the data.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let us start with
the topnotchers, the Top 10 placers. Let’s refer to this group as Bracket A.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The 1<sup>st</sup>
placer obtained the highest weighted average grade of 85.50. Only one person
obtained this score. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 2<sup>nd</sup>
highest grade is 85.45. This person is 5 pips behind the 1<sup>st</sup> placer.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 3<sup>rd</sup>
highest grade is 84.60. This person is a very far 85 pips behind the 2<sup>nd</sup>
placer; this gap is the highest among the gaps among the top 10 placers. As we
shall see later, the next highest gap is 20 pips, between the 8<sup>th</sup> and
the 9<sup>th</sup> placer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The 4<sup>th</sup> highest
score is 84.55. Three persons obtained this score; these persons are only 5
pips behind the 3<sup>rd</sup> placer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 5<sup>th</sup>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 6<sup>th</sup>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 7<sup>th</sup>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The 8<sup>th</sup> highest
grade is 84.20. Two persons obtained this score. These persons are 15 pips behind
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 9<sup>th</sup>
score is 84.00. This person is 20 pips behind the 8<sup>th</sup> placer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The lone 10<sup>th</sup>
highest grade 83.95. This person is 5 pips behind the 9<sup>th</sup> placer.
Cumulatively, only 13 persons, including the 1st Placer, obtained a score of
83.95 and above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">By the way, the
difference between the 1<sup>st</sup> placer and the 10<sup>th</sup> placer is
155 pips. That’s wide gap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The 13 persons
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Finally, let us
discuss some statistics of the 2014 bar. What is the importance of these data?
This histogram shows exactly how difficult the exam is, as shown by the group’s
performance, and how the examinees’ scores are distributed. For example, it
show us that only 114 people of the 5,984 (1.91%) obtained a score of 80 and
above. Can you imagine that? Did you pass the 2014 bar? Use these data to gauge
your ranking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">First, let me
introduce the concept of a pip. Simply put, a “pip” is the term given to the
smallest increment of the grade, which in the case of the Supreme Court’s
system, is equivalent to a 0.01 increment. You may visualize a pip as a stair-step.
There is nothing lesser than a pip because like the stair-step, it is the
smallest gap between grades. In other usage, a pip could be 100 or 0.50; a pip
isn’t a fixed number, it merely refers to the minimum jump from one step to
another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Since the Supreme
Court fixes the grade to the second decimal place, each grade movement or
increment is by a quantum of 0.01. For example, if a person’s grade is 79.00,
while the passing grade is 73.00, then that person is 600 pips above the
passing grade. Wow! That’s 600 steps higher than the minimum required by the
Supreme Court. That’s a great extra performance. He could have donated that 600
pips to 600 people who got only 72.99, being only 1 pip away from the passing
grade. The small single increment of 0.01 grade points can actually make or
break a legal career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Another example, if
the 1<sup>st</sup> placer has a grade of 85.50 while the 10<sup>th</sup> placer
has a grade of 83.95, then the gap between them is 1.55 in grade points, which
is actually 155 x 0.01. Remember that the smallest increment is 0.01.
Therefore, in terms of pips, the gap between them is 155 pips because there are
155 counts of 0.01 increments between the 1<sup>st</sup> placer and the 10<sup>th</sup>
placer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-43538103999106847782016-04-21T23:20:00.002+08:002016-05-03T07:25:16.725+08:00Statistics on the 2014 Bar (Part 10)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The MCQ format in
the 2011 bar could be analyzed and refined. If the Americans trust the MCQ why
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In the case of pure
essays, I have a complex but more equitable idea: One examiner who prepares the
questions, and an additional two who will help in checking, for each subject.
Each of the three (who would not know each other) will grade each notebook separately
and their respective scores will be averaged. This is complex, but given the amount of sacrifice made by the
examinee and his family, the current method simply is likely to cause injustice.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let’s not lose sight
of this ultimate fact: The examinee suspended his career and life for half a
year to prepare for the bar, sacrificing families and relationships, digging
into law books the entire day and night, and spending a huge amount of money, and
writing feverishly for eight hours for four Sundays. The least the entire
Supreme Court could do is to make certain, each and every answer is graded
individually, not by one sweeping glance at the notebook and writing a score
that says 50.00 overall. Fair is fair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The greatest thing
about the 2014 bar is that practically all the questions in all the subjects
were very reasonable and very challenging, and probably the best set of
questions devised in the last decade. The problems were deeply thought of, that
one bar lecturer commented that the problems were challenging, and that he was hardly able to
finish answering in time when he attempted doing it himself. And he is a bar
lecturer, an expert of more than 20 years. There were no outlandish or weird or
nonsensical questions such as “What is outer-space? Who or which can exercise
jurisdiction over astronauts while in outer space?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Confusing
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Another possible
source of injustice, is the answer itself. The U.P. Law Center often gives
three different answers to a single question, either because the question is
vague, or there is no established correct answer. Will the examiner favor an
answer different from his?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Scoring
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Of the all the
possible injustices done to the examinees by entire bar process, nothing stands
out so egregiously as the process of scoring. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">First off, does the
examiner really have time to correct each and every answer to each question,
totaling 30 questions, of each of the 6,000 examinees? Or does he just skim
through it? Even law professors have trouble checking the answers to 5
questions of 40 students. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Usually, each
problem is worth 4 points. Does the examiner write down a score for each and
every problem? Such as “3 points out of 4?” How generous is the examiner? For
example, even if your answer is correct in a given problem, will the examiner
credit you with a “4 points out of 4” which is 100% for that problem, or merely
“3/4” which only just a passing grade of 75%?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">So, it’s either you
get 100% (4/4) or 75% (3/4)! No wonder only 5% get the grade of 75. A grade of
75 means that the examinee is almost perfect, getting 3 points of 4 in each
problem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Thus, if the
examiner religiously uses the point system for each problem, there are only
five grades in the bar: 4/4 (100%), ¾ (75%),
2/4 (50%), ¼ (25%), and 0/4 (0%). Although, it is the doubtful that this
scoring system is used, given the short time to check 6,000 notebooks. But if this point system is not
used, what’s the point of assigning points to a problem?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">With this
illustration, can you see why getting a grade of 79 is almost like getting a
perfect 4/4 in most of the problems and getting ¾ in others. No wonder a grade
of 79 belongs to the top 3% in the 2014 bar. Ah, you’re still wondering why we
choose an odd grade of 79 as an example in the beginning of this article?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">So, who’s to say,
that even with a perfect answer, the examiner will still refuse to give you 4
out of 4, but only a 3 of 4? This minor stroke has an huge deleterious effect. Your
grade is either 75% barely passing or 100% topnotcher. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, I could
write more about this issue, and if given a chance to share my ideas with the Supreme
Court; I would gladly do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations</div>
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(Part 8)</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Examiner is the
absolute despot in the manner of appreciating the examinee’s answer; he can
pass or fail a candidate at his whim, or he can downgrade a perfect answer, at
his caprice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And the worst
scenario of all, he can execute all these without being accountable for, nor
being subject to, judicial review. The Examiner is more powerful than the
Supreme Court! He is above and beyond certiorari.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Full
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">How can a practicing
lawyer or senior government official, as an examiner, give justice to an
examinee’s notebook by checking 30 essay answers per notebook and correcting 50
notebooks every day without fail for 16 weeks? A retired judge maybe, but for a
working official? The examiner is most likely to take shortcuts in checking,
and that’s the first sign of possible injustice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">While the poor
candidate resigned from his job and spends almost P300,000 just to review and
prepare for the bar for half a year, the exhausted examiner simply skims
through his booklet and gives a round of grade for 50 for his entire notebook,
without individually look at each answer. A grade of 50? How can an examinee
recover from that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">I have gathered
these from various sources. The correction is a cloak and dagger operation.
Within 10 days after the exams, the Bar Confidant will deliver to the examiner,
personally, at a secret place (not in the Supreme Court premises) and time, 250
answer booklets in a sealed and locked canvass bag. The balance of the 5,000 or
so answer books are kept in a vault in the Supreme Court. One key is given to
the examiner and one key is given to the Bar Confidant. Thus, the answer books
are safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The examiner is
given one week to correct 250 notebooks. That’s about 50 per day, or 25 in the
morning and 25 in the afternoon. It’s a very boring, tiring job. Each week, the
examiner will hand over 250 checked notebooks and get 250 more to check. For 10
weeks, that 2,500 and 20 weeks for 5,000 answer books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Can you imagine
checking 25 answer books every morning and 25 every afternoon for 20 weeks?
That’s close to 5 months of non-stop checking of 50 booklets per day. And don’t
forget each answer book as 30 questions and answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Is this sustainable
for a working lawyer or judge? Hardly; even for a retired judge with nothing to
do. Thus, this weakness alone tends to dispense injustice to an examinee’s
answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Mastery
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">By knowing all his
questions, as a professor, in political law, or criminal law, as the case may
be, you are already assured of “mastering” in advance that particular topic.
Since an examiner is going to prepare 50 questions, how many of his favorite
“trick problems” as a law professor, do you think will be part of that 50?
Maybe 20 problems out of 50? Remember, there is no way, that particulare
professor will only give a basic problem. He will always give a “tricky”
problem, one that looks so obvious on its face but is actually an “exception to
the exception” problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">That focus on those so
called favorite topics alone and mastering them in advance is an unfair advantage
of his former alma mater and frat members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">What about the
provincial candidates who didn’t have him as professor? These unfortunate
candidates will have just to pray for luck in having the “mastery” of any
questions that will come out in the bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Considering that in
Civil Law alone, an examiner could ask any of 5,000 possible questions, how
could you expect the candidate to be an expert on those 5,000 topics? And
that’s for Civil Law alone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Thus, any advantage
of knowing the favorite topics of the examiner is already an unfair advantage
with extreme consequences. And that’s just one of the “not-so-obvious” reasons.
There are so many but we will not discuss them here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Distribution
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Maybe the Philippine
Association of Law Schools (PALS) should be given a chance to suggest the
distribution of topics, this could be
percentage-wise, to avoid too much concentration on certain topics and neglect
of other topics. For example, avoid overconcentration on the topics of
obligations and contracts in Civil Law. However, there is a real problem here.
How can you allocated topics with only 10, 15 or 20 questions?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Whimsical
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Chair of the Bar
Committee should not select whimsical questions which serve the purpose of
ego-tripping on the part of the examiners rather than to test the fundamental
knowledge of the candidates; to avoid memory and enumeration type of questions;
and, for example, avoid using names susceptible of confusion such as “Humpty”
and “Dumpty.” These names might be cute but their similarity tends to create
confusion than to avoid confusion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Level
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Here are the two
most important issues when it comes to formulating the bar problems. First,
there must be a realistic time allotment for questions and to allow for
analysis time. Maybe the examiner himself should write down in his own
handwriting the correct answers to his own questions and time himself. Then add
an extra time for analysis and composition of thoughts for an examinee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And the most
important issue of all, in the entire bar process: What level of expertise is
being sought in a candidate to hurdle the bar exams? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The knowledge of a
first year law practitioner? Or the knowledge accumulated over 20 years of
experience by an expert practitioner or professor? In the case of the 2014, the
problems were of the latter type.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">(to be continued)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-65168682784867393892016-04-21T21:11:00.001+08:002016-05-03T07:24:28.568+08:00Statistics on the 2014 Bar (Part 6)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations</span></div>
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(Part 6)</div>
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by Thads Bentulan</div>
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thadsbentulan@gmail.com</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Why
luck is a huge factor in essay type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">After each bar exam,
if you survey examinees to comment on the bar questions. Among their responses would
be: “Of the topics covered in the Bar Review, only 10% came out.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">This reveals their
frustration about over-preparation yet only 10% came out. Is this comment
valid?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">My opinion? Their
sentiments are reasonable but they got the percentage wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The topics that come
out is less than 10%, more likely, less than 1% of what the Bar Review covers. Yes,
only 1% come out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Look at Civil Law
alone. There were 30 questions in the 2014 bar, but it is very possible to have
about 5,000 questions on the ten law school subjects (yes, ten) under the
umbrella of Civil Law. That’s 30/5,000 =0.6% only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And of that 0.6%,
you are required to have “20-year expert level” of mastery not merely “fresh
graduate” level. Finding a needle in a haystack is utterly easier than passing
the bar!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">That’s why leakages,
and knowing the “favorite questions” of Bar Examiners are extremely unfair
advantages that could spell victory or disaster to entire legal careers. You
have to be lucky that the topics in the 30 questions are the ones that you have
“mastered.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Please note that I
have the used the word “mastered.” If you have not mastered the topics in each
of the 30 questions, say goodbye to your lawyerly dreams. Why? Each of those
questions are written by experts and can be answered only by experts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The bar questions
over the years are questions which do not ask for your “foundation of basics”
but for your “mastery of the exceptions” and the “exceptions to the
exceptions.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">There is no way that
a “bare knowledge of basics” will get you over the bar. No way. You have to be
an expert to get 75% in the bar. Even law professors would have difficulty
getting that 75%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Thus, the candidate
has to be lucky to answer, (perfectly!), 23 out 30 questions (75%). Perfectly!
Who can get perfect answers? Will the examiners give perfect scores for each
question?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Unfairness
of Manila-based Examiners<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It would be safe to
say 100% of the examiners are based in the NCR. Once their identities are revealed,
advertently or inadvertently, either by the examiner himself to his frat or
alma mater contacts, or revealed by his or her spouse or relatives, there is
the obvious temptation to yield to pressure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And then there is
the “not-so-obvious reason” of unfair advantage due to “inheritance exams.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">By inheritance
exams, I mean this. Once you know Examiner’s identity, you will spend all your
bar ops team’s efforts in digging up copies of his old exams as a professor
over the last 20 years. Each professor has his own favorite angle and this will
show in his exams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">(End of Part 6) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">To Be Continued</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-46156988743280208932016-04-21T21:08:00.002+08:002016-05-03T07:24:05.143+08:00Statistics on the 2014 Bar (Part 5)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations</span></div>
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(Part 5)</div>
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by Thads Bentulan</div>
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thadsbentulan@gmail.com</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Chair of the Bar
Committee, which is rotated each year, rightfully keeps the examiners anonymous
due the immense pressure from examinees and their fraternities to obtain any
form of advantage such as leakages. But when a lecturer suddenly goes on official
leave the year before, he is immediately suspected as the next year’s examiner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A bar examiner may
be tempted to construct questions that are meant to impress the candidates with
his supposed expertise rather than test the latter’s knowledge of the law. Some
questions have questionable logic or questionable validity as a metric of the
candidate’s knowledge. However, since discretion is given to the examiner, it
is almost impossible to assail the appropriateness of such a bar question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The examinee is
afraid that the bar examinations will not test him on what he knows; he is
afraid that the examiner will test him on what he does not know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Based on information
from various sources, each examiner is supposed to give 50 questions personally
to the Chairman of the Bar Committee (who is a sitting Justice) at least 45
days before the exams. The questions are preferably in the handwriting of the
examiner. By the time he has prepared 20 questions, he will have run out of
questions to ask. And this probably tempts him to ask outlandish questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Of the 50, the
Chairman will select 20 questions or, the latter may reject all questions and
make his own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Weakest
Link<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Remember I said that
I will share my discovery of the weakest link in the entire bar exam
operational cycle that remains unrectified to this day, and may be have caused
tremendous injustice to the examinees?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Supreme Court
spends millions to protect the integrity and streamline the bar examination
process, and over the years they have developed an impressive template. Yet,
ironically, in my opinion, they have not given attention to the weakest link of
the entire process: the correction of the examinees’ answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">This is not the
place to fully discuss each factor that makes the correction phase as the
weakest link but I will just summarize some ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">(End of Part 5)</span><br />
To Be Continued<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-78251062268031717072016-04-21T21:06:00.001+08:002016-05-03T07:23:40.711+08:00Statistics on the 2014 Bar (Part 4)<br />
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(Part 4)</div>
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by Thads Bentulan</div>
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thadsbentulan@gmail.com</div>
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algebra distorted the 2014 bar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let’s proceed to
another topic. The Philippine bar is probably the hardest in the world, but the
2014 bar is the probably the hardest in Philippine bar history, and you can
blame it on algebra. Far-fetched? Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Supreme Court decreed
that the 2014 bar should consist of 80% essay and 20% multiple choice questions
(MCQ). And this is where the tyranny of algebra lies. How so? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Usually, there are
only 10 bar problems per subjects (with sub-problems). Maintaining the 20:80 ratio
would mean only 2 MCQ and 8 essay type. Only 2 MCQs in a bar exam is so insignificant
it would be ridiculous to have any MCQ at all. Progressively, the ridiculous
pattern continues: For 15 problems, 3 MCQs, 12 essays; for 20 problems, 4 MCQs,
16 essays; for 26 problems, 5 MCQs, 21 essays, for 30 problems, 6 MCQs, 24
essays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Thus, as you can
see, including only 3 or 4 MCQs would be ridiculous, so the Bar Committee has
no choice but to include 5 or 6 MCQs. But at what expense? To maintain the
algebraic ratio, the essay problems had to be 24 or 21 problems in the morning
and in the afternoon. Can you imagine all that thinking, composing, and
writing? From the usual 10 to 15 essays, it became 30! And that’s for the
morning session only. Even a single additional problem can already wreak havoc
in your thinking and writing process. That’s murder! That’s how algebra caused
the 2014 bar to be up to 150% longer, and therefore, physically and mentally
excruciating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Suggestion
adopted? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Remember, at the
outset, I said that one of my suggestions was adopted for the 2015 bar? In
early 2015, I wrote to the Supreme Court that there is a lesson to be learned: “Do
not fix the percent of MCQ. <b><i>Better don’t include MCQ</i></b> because the
MCQ in the 2014 Bar hardly matters (total of 5%-6% for 5 to 6 questions?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Or, if MCQ is part
of the exams, don’t advertise it because their presence hardly make a dent
anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The negative impact
is that the public will think the bar has been watered down in difficulty having
gone MCQ. This is very misleading. In fact, the opposite happened.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Supreme Court,
coincidentally, removed the MCQs in the 2015 bar. Want another coincidence? In
2007, the Supreme Court amended Rule 65 Sec. 8, but that’s another story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Statistics on the 2014 Bar Examinations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">(Part 3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">by</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Thads Bentulan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">thadsbentulan@gmail.com</span></div>
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of the bar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Wait, do you even
know how much a provincial candidate spends for taking the bar? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let’s see. Knowing
the success rate is only 10%, that is, your probability of failure is 90%, you
go to Manila in June to attend Manila’s best review school and rent a room for
yourself for maximum concentration. Round trip air ticket, that’s about P8,000.
The review fee is about P33,000. For
best concentration, you rent a unit for P15,000 per month for 6 months, that
P90,000. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">You want to obtain
the bar materials from other schools. Assuming photocopy charges of P700 per
subject, that’s P5,600 per school; for the bar materials of the top three
schools, that’s a sum of P16,800. Of course, you want to buy your own review
books on top of the bar materials, assuming P2,500 per book, then that’s
P20,000 for eight subjects of the bar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now sometimes you
want new textbooks because yours are outdated. You may had 30 texts in law
school. Say, instead on renewing all your 30 textbooks, you only renew 6.
Assuming P2,000 each, that’s a sum of P12,000. Photocopying of last minute exam
tips, let’s say P500 per subject, that’s P4,000. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">There are also special
coaching and lecture sessions conducted usually in hotel conference halls,
during the bar exam month itself, and that should set you back at least P2,500
per subject, a total of P20,000 for the eight subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">How about food?
Assuming each meal is P100, that’s P54,000 for 6 months. Sometimes you relax
with friends having pizza once a week or a buffet lunch, assuming you spend
P500 per week, that’s P12,000 for 6 months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Your cellphone calls
and texts, about P1,000 for each of the 6 months, that’s P6,000. Your internet
costs about P1,000 per month, that’s P6,000. Your transportation, two taxi
round trips per week, P200 one way, about
P800, and bus trips about P200 per week. That’s total transpo P1,000 per
week, that’s P24,000 for 6 months. Laundry is about P300 per week, that’s
P7,200. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now, probably once,
due to a family emergency, you go back home for three days. That’s another
round trip ticket of P8,000. Don’t buy new clothes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Add miscellaneous expenses
(like staplers, tapes, ballpens, birthday gifts, celebrations, etc) of P1,000
per month, that’s P6,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And the grand total
is: P327,000! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">You maybe tempted to
ask: But even without the bar, you spend for food, laundry, transpo, cellphone
anyway? Yes, that’s true. But previously, you had a job and that funded your
daily expenses. Now, you are on office leave without pay, or had resigned from
your job. This means, you really need to have the cash amount of over P300,000
to pay for your personal expenses for six months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And, by the way,
have you forgotten your family? What are they supposed to eat, or how to pay
for the aparment rent, the tuition of your children, their school projects,
their transportation and school allowance, while you are reviewing? Assuming,
your wife is working you would still have to allocate money from your end
because it is unlikely she can afford those tuition fees and school projects.
Let’s say, your family had a P50,000 monthly budget, and you have to allocate a
small sum of P25,000 a month as your counterpart, that’s P150,000 for your
family back home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Therefore, overall,
for the six-month ordeal you need to have around P450 or close to half a
million pesos to support yourself and your family while you are not earning
while preparing for the bar exam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">You didn’t realize
it was that expensive? You might say my estimates are too high? Look at those
assumptions one by one. Make your own spreadsheet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Alright, you want to
economize and you can shave off a third of the cost. That’s still around P270,000!
You’re an extremely good in budgeting and
you can shave off half of the costs, that’s still P240,000. Okay, alright, you
want to save 75%! That’s still P118,000!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And all these
expenses that could run up to half a million pesos for a physically, emotional,
and mentally draining endeavor with a 90% probability of failure. That’s not a
happy prospect.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">-To Be Continued-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">thadsbentulan@gmail.com</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Philippine bar exam
is the probably one of the hardest bar exams in the world. Why? The “real unadjusted
success rate” of the Philippine bar ranges from 5% in 2007 to 6.7% in 2012 to
13.3% in 2013 and 11.4% in 2014. The usual range is between 5% to 8% real unadjusted
success rate. That’s about 300 to 400 passers out of 6,000 takers. Due to this
low success rate, the Supreme Court regularly issues an en banc resolution
lowering the passing score from 75.00 to, say, 73.00, as in the case of the
2014 bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">On the other hand, the
American bar is supervised by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)
which is a non-profit organization, not a bar association, and not the state or
federal Supreme Court. The NCBE creates and scores the multiple-choice
questions. In most states, the bar is only a two-day exam. On the first day is
the written exam, and on the second day is the multiple choice test (MCQ). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">This is not the time
to discuss it fully, but the subject coverage of the Philipine bar covering
eight major subjects is extremely broader than that of the American bar which
has around four subjects only. And two of these subjects are just minor
components of one Philippine bar subject. In terms of preparation and study
time, the difference is huge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">By the way, the NCBE
raised worrisome issues recently, because the performance of the American
examinees have deteriorated. Typically, there are two exams per year in most
states. In the last ten previous bar exams, the average success rate of the California
bar is 48% (average number of examinees is 6,500 per bar) and that of New York
bar is 58% (average of 7,700 examinees). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Particularly with
respect to the 2014 bar, the US national bar success rate was 64%; with
California 47% and New York 60%. The states with the highest success rates are
Marianas Islands 88%, Missouri 84%, New Mexico and Iowa 83%, Kansas 82%, New
Hampshire 81%, and Utah 80%. The lowest is Puerto Rico 39%. By the way, 33% of
the NY examinees graduated from foreign schools such as the Philippines;
California 14%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">As you can see, even
their lowest in America is more than double the success rate in the Philippine
bar. And they only have two days for the bar and the second day are MCQ only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Americans are
worried about success rates from 80% to 88%? Is the USA a diploma mill of
lawyers? That’s nothing compared to the Philippine 5% to 13% success rate. That’s
how hard the Philippine bar is. You may be tempted to say that our examinees
are not intellectually at par with the Americans but if you have systemic rate
of unadjusted 5%-13% passers over the last 20 years, then that is no longer an
“human intellectual level” issue but a “systemic difficult exam” issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The medical board
exams is the comparable exam to the bar because both are given to post-graduate
degree holders. In the last ten medical board exams the average was 64% success
rate. In particular, for 2014, the success rate for medicine is 81% compared to
11.43% of the bar. So for 2014, only 19% failed the medicine board; only 11%
passed the bar. That’s a diametrical pass-fail ratio. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">But let’s look at
actual head counts. Only 512 out of 2,730 failed in the medical board while
only 684 passed the bar, or a mortality of 5,300 individuals out of 5,984! Remember
our example at the outset of an examinee with a grade of 79 in the bar which
would have been pathetic in the medical or CPA board? That person is among the
top 85<sup>th</sup> rank while 5,300 perished. That’s how impressive that grade
is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The success rate in
law is so small that it is just equivalent to the failure rate in medicine. Can
we say that, as a group, the barristers are not as knowledgeable as the medical
graduates? Or that the Philippine barristers are not as well-equipped as their
American counterparts? Or, is there something wrong with the current bar format
that reflected a high systemic failure rate?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">To Be Continued</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a><br />
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Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-63315071817078007782016-04-21T20:47:00.002+08:002016-05-03T00:11:46.870+08:00Statistics on the 2014 Bar (Part 1)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">(Part 1)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Thads Bentulan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">If you obtained a
grade of 79% in the 2014 bar examinations, what was your ranking? The Supreme
Court does not tell you that, but the truth is, you ranked 85<sup>th</sup>
place, among the top 3.06%, among the top 183 successful examinees out of the 5,984
who actually took the exams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now, that’s
exceedingly impressive. Which is impressive - the score of the bar candidate, or
the fact that we know his ranking details? The answer is: both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Can you imagine
being in the top 3.06% of what is probably the hardest bar examinations in the
world? Yes, with a score of 79, you can claim to be a legal genius. Ah, yes,
probably, this is the first time you ever heard of a ranking outside of the top
10. Yes, exactly right, you heard it here the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In contrast, if you
obtained 79% in the medical board exams, this grade would have been pathetic.
See the difference in overall difficulty between the two post-graduate exams?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Look at your 2014 bar
scores. Ah, you say you scored 80, and you want to know your ranking? First, I’m
going to bet a peso that you didn’t get a score of 80. Why am I almost certain?
Because only 114 examinees (1.91%) obtained a grade of 80.00 and above, and I
don’t think you are one of those brilliant 114 out of all the 5,984. I bet
you’re one of those exactly 5,300 who failed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">But you may ask, how
did I know such ranking information? Probably, this is the first time in its
114-year history, since the first bar in 1901, that the statistical results is made
available to an outsider. Continue reading if you want to know your rank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In summary,
originally, only 684 out of 5,984 (11.43%) passed the 2014 Bar Exam with a grade
of 75.00 and above. And yes, you read it here for the first time, because the
original success rate of only 11.43% was never publicly released by the Supreme
Court. Yes, exactly right, you read it here the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">As had been the
practice in recent decades, the Supreme Court lowered the passing grade from
75.00 to 73.00, thereby allowing an additional 442 (65% more) candidates to pass,
totaling 1,126 (18.82%), one of the lowest in a decade. Think of this for the
moment. The SC added, not 10%, nor 20%, nor 50%, but 65% more passers only to
attain an upgraded success rate of 18.82%, the second lowest success rate in
the last 14 years, next to 2012’s 17.76%?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In this article, I
will compare some statistics between the Philippine and the American bar,
between the bar and the medical board exams, and more detailed statistics of
the 2014 bar exams results. Along the way, I will discuss why the 2014 bar
exams was unusually difficult, and how algebra caused this distortion. I will also discuss the pitfalls of the
current bar exam format. And most importantly, I will share my discovery of the
weakest link in the entire bar exam operational cycle that remains unrectified
to this day, and may be have caused tremendous injustice to the examinees for
over a century. As a sidelight, I will tell you what suggestion of mine was
carried out in the subsequent 2015 bar exams. Overall, I will justify why the
2014 bar is the most physically exhausting, emotionally draining, and mentally
exhausting exam in recent memory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-1.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-2.html">Part 2</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-3.html">Part 3</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-4.html">Part 4</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-5.html">Part 5</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-6.html">Part 6</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-7.html">Part 7</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-8.html">Part 8</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-9.html">Part 9</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-10.html">Part 10</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-11.html">Part 11</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-12.html">Part 12</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-13.html">Part 13</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-14.html">Part 14</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-15.html">Part 15</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-16.html">Part 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2016/04/statistics-on-2014-bar-part-17.html">Part 17</a></div>
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Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-1718504571412192072014-10-21T15:10:00.003+08:002019-10-16T23:59:14.724+08:00Portrait of the Street Strategist as Bar Examinee: Part 1<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Portrait of the Street Strategist as Bar Examinee</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Part 1</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">by Thads Bentulan</span></b></div>
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(streetstrategist@gmail.com)</div>
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I am the Street Strategist. And this is the portrait of the Street Strategist as bar examinee. Furthermore, I am the most famous bar examinee taking the 2014 bar. And I am going to flunk the bar. </div>
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(This coming Sunday will be the last day of the bar exams, and by writing this, I’m wasting precious time away from the most dreaded subject – Remedial Law. And I assure the Supreme Court, that in this series, I will not mention anything about a particular answer of mine in the exams that will cause the examiner to identify that such is my notebook he is checking.)</div>
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<b>Impressions</b></div>
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In this series I am going to share my impressions about the bar. In the beginning sections, I will discuss my impressions of the bar exams in general. Then followed by my general impressions of the 2014 bar. After that, I will skim over the highlights of the each of the eight bar subjects. Then, after that, I will discuss a little of the human side of my bar experience such as what ballpens I used and some trivial personal aspects, and in the end, I would write about ideas of mine about bar reforms.</div>
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<b>Most Famous Unknown</b></div>
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Of course, you know I’m just kidding, right? When I said I am the most famous bar examinee, I mean. You know I’m just kidding.</div>
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But I am the most famous unknown. Yes, that’s my tagline – the most famous unknown. This time, I’m not kidding. But you wouldn’t be able to appreciate that tagline at this stage. Stick with me for a while and you’ll soon discover that I’m saying the truth, when I say, I’m the most famous unknown, I mean.</div>
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Now, before you invest your precious time and effort in reading this portrait, I would like to warn you in advance.</div>
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Don’t expect to find gems of brilliance in here regarding the bar, therefore, don’t waste your time any longer than now nor any further from here.</div>
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I am not going to top the bar. Only a former Dean of the University of the Philippines law school, whom I have never met, thinks I am going to the top the bar, if ever I took it. This he told my brother, upon knowing my brother’s surname.</div>
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I am not going to pass the bar. The dean of my own law school, who didn’t remember me ever being in school, practically disowned me as a graduate, and advised me not to take the bar unless I re-enroll for an entire year, the fourth year at law school.</div>
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Now, I’m not even sure if both Deans are referring to the same person. See that?</div>
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I am a famous unknown. I am so famous a former Dean of UP Law knows me just by name recognition alone. </div>
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Yet, on the other hand, I am so unknown, my own dean of law school doesn’t remember me being a student. He had to call another official of the school to vouch for me before he gives me a Certificate of No Derogatory Record.</div>
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As I said, I am not going to be a bar topnotcher and I am not going to pass the bar. </div>
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But I am currently taking the bar. And as they say, it’s not over until the fat lady – spins the roulette.</div>
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Wait, I’m not going to be a topnotcher and I’m not going to pass the bar, yet why should you continue following this portrait of mine as an examinee? I don’t know with you, I already told you not to go any further.</div>
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But what would you rather read? A masterpiece from a bar topnotcher titled “How to Pass the Bar?” What? Why would you want to read a junk tome like that? What does a topnotcher know how to pass the bar? Nothing. I tell you, he knows nothing. He doesn’t know anything about passing the bar.</div>
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He knows how to top the bar, yes, I admit that. But passing the bar? He doesn’t know a thing about it, trust me, he doesn’t. In that book, he would you tell you about so-called tips such as “master the basics” or “have a good foundation,” and all that rubbish. It’s easy for him to say that because he is a genius and he has memorized all the basics and had a good foundation being class valedictorian at law school. In fact, that’s why he was a topnotcher.</div>
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What I mean is that he is good in teaching you, how to be a topnotcher assuming you were class valedictorian. But do you really need that? If you have mastered the basics and had a good foundation in law school, then why would you need a book on how to pass the bar? Maybe you need a book on how to top the bar instead, not how to pass it. Now, that would be a book worth reading written by a topnotcher: How to Top the Bar.” (By the way, if I’m going to top the bar, I will write exactly that book: Portrait of the Street Strategist as Bar Topnotcher. Now that’s a book that will never be written.)</div>
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<b>Reality</b></div>
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In reality, what you actually need are tips on how to overcome your lack of basics and how to overcome your lack of good foundation. That’s what you need. </div>
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For instance, since I don’t have time to study all the subjects for this bar, under Civil Law, for obligations and contracts, to overcome my weakness in the basics and foundation, I relied on a small book in 2006 called “The Perfection of Contracts.” </div>
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This thin book simply tells you how contracts are perfected and what the different types of defective contracts are, and how to cure them.</div>
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Anyway, I was telling you bar topnotchers are not necessarily the best persons to tell you how to pass the bar.</div>
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And of course, there are those who write about how they passed the bar. That’s good really. Now, that’s the kind of advice you should be reading about. Like studying non-stop for 20 hours daily for six months, or stuff like that. </div>
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Whew, I can’t do that. And I never did that either. Six months? I could invent the cure for dengue given that time. There’s simply too much of an opportunity cost.</div>
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But have you noticed that they tell you how they passed the bar, after they have passed the bar? It’s fait accompli. There’s already an operative fact. They tell you how they did it, after they did it. Of course, it works because it already worked. Do you see what I mean?</div>
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How about this: Why don’t you guys tell us how you are going to pass the bar, before you pass the bar, without being a class valedictorian in law school? Now, that would be interesting: Say it before you do it.</div>
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<b>Res ipsa loquitur</b></div>
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Now, where were we? Ah yes, we were about to answer why you would be following this treatise of mine. </div>
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But notice that you are still with me at this juncture. What does that mean? It means that I have justified myself. The fact that you are still following me up to this juncture is the justification why you should be following me. </div>
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In law, there’s a maxim for that: Res ipsa loquitur – the thing speaks for itself. The reason why you should be following me is because you are now following me – res ipsa loquitur. </div>
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Anyway, I am not going to tell you how to pass the bar because I already told you I am not going to pass it, unless the Supreme Court lowers the passing grade. But on the strength of the standard of 75%, there’s no way I’m gonna get that. Maybe 85%, not 75%. (Funny, how my friends do not that view that as a joke; but that’s a joke, okay? By the way, with 85% you can be first placer.)</div>
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But, I am now currently taking the bar, and I can share with you my impressions as an examinee. I do not profess to represent the average examinee but at least you can have a glimpse of my viewpoint. And that’s probably the value of what I’m going to tell you: Currency and reality. The bar is ongoing as we speak and I am actually the one taking it.</div>
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I cannot tell you the truth, nothing but the truth, because only God knows the whole truth. However, I can give you the half-truths. That’s the only one I know and the only one I can give.</div>
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On October 5, 2014, I entered the campus of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.</div>
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As I was walking that long stretch from Gate 3 in España to the St. Raymund Building, some conversations playing out in my head.</div>
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The first is the conversation with my law dean. Not verbatim but the idea is the same.</div>
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My Dean (MD): “I don’t remember you as a student.” </div>
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Me: “That was before you were the Dean, sir. And I barely passed my subjects. Teachers don’t remember me.”</div>
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MD: “I don’t think you are prepared. Even I have a hard time catching up with the latest changes. My advice to you is that you re-enroll in 4th year. We are maintaining a passing rate of our takers. You can bring the percentage down.”</div>
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The other conversation that ran in my head was this:</div>
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Former Dean of UP Law: “So you’re the one who talked about certiorari?”</div>
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My brother (MB): “No, sir. That was my brother.”</div>
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UP Dean: “So, where is your brother practicing now?”</div>
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MB: “He’s not a lawyer, sir, but he has a law degree.”</div>
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UP Dean: “He’s not a lawyer? I see. Your brother is a free thinker. He is creative and has original ideas. If ever he is going to take the bar, he’s going to be a topnotcher.”</div>
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Two deans. Two perceptions. One bar. One Street Strategist.</div>
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(to be continued; streetstrategist@gmail.com)</div>
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<a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2014/10/portrait-of-street-strategist-as-bar.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://streetstrategist.blogspot.com/2014/10/portrait-of-street-strategist-as-bar_21.html">Part 2</a></div>
Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-5244034425751546452013-09-24T23:30:00.001+08:002013-09-25T14:28:57.396+08:00Turnaround Strategy for Blackberry: Survival is the Reward of this SacrilegeBlackberry, which was practically the first smartphone, and Research In Motion (later renamed to Blackberry Limited) practically invented the smartphone industry.<br />
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On Sept 23, 2013, Blackberry heard the tolling of the bell and found a buyer, Fairfax Financial.<br />
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Fairfax Financial's strategy is to break up Blackberry and sell off its assets one by one. For its patents and its cash holdings.<br />
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The death knell for the Blackberry phone rang throughout the world.<br />
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Without going deep into how he arrived at his turnaround strategy, which will soon be self-evident, even if sacrilegious, the principal consultant of Street Strategist Consulting explains the redemption of Blackberry in a single sentence.<br />
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Thads Bentulan, the principal consultant of Street Strategist Consulting, has conjured up the redemption of Blackberry, as a company, and as a product: <b><u><span style="color: red;">"Blackberry Android. Survival is the reward of this sacrilege."</span></u></b><br />
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Yes, indeed, sacrilegious but self-evident.<br />
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Will consumers buy Blackberry with the heart of an Android OS? Why not?<br />
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PS.<br />
After I posted this, several comments came my way.<br />
Most of them do not agree with this turnaround strategy.<br />
But most of their arguments have something to do with "emotional attachment" to Blackberry OS rather than a dispassionate analysis of the corporate survival of Blackberry Corp.<br />
Many of them cannot separate the Blackberry OS from the Blackberry ownership and experience.<br />
Remember that OS is not the end-all be-all of a service.<br />
Blackberry Corp provides a "solution" to corporate and consumer problems. It does not matte whether Blackberry phones run on Blackberry OS or Android.<br />
If Google bids for Blackberry, then would it be too illogical to expect a Blackberry Android? If Blackberry Android is possible then why wait til Google swallows up Blackberry Corp?<br />
So why would Blackberry Corp be loyal to an OS and not loyal to its customers?<br />
Blackberry's ability to service customers is independent of its OS. Therefore, the profitability of Blackberry Corp is not anchored on the Blackberry OS.<br />
These ideas should have been self-evident upon reading the turnaround strategy above.<br />
Blackberry has always been about providing solutions to customers, not about loyalty to an OS.<br />
Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12148518.post-58350137093211452442012-10-21T23:11:00.000+08:002012-10-22T13:28:02.935+08:00San Pedro Calungsod: The Vague Saint<br />
Today, October 21, 2012, at around 3:54 pm, Manila Time, Pedro Calungsod was canonized as the second Filipino saint.<br />
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With all the news about San Pedro Calungsod, I would like to discuss one characteristic of the new saint.<br />
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Perhaps, in the modern era, after the renaissance, no saint has as vague a personal circumstance as San Pedro Calungsod, who was canonized today.<br />
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That's why I call him San Pedro Calungsod, the vague saint.<br />
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Pedro Calungsod's personal circumstances are so vague that even the postulator of his sainthood could only rely on probability and common sense instead of evidentiary documents.<br />
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(to be continued)Street Strategisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537286796604768923noreply@blogger.com0