r/PreLawStudentsPH

Hello! Anyone here who received an email regarding the interview?

Thank youuu

I had my interview this Monday and got grilled by my panel. I know that word is going around that they'll be much stricter for this batch but may I ask if there's anyone who fumbled or got grilled during their interview in their past batches but still made it in? How was it and what did you get grilled for?

Hello, I am in a dilemma, seniors please help me choose the right school for me. can you give me suggestion/recommendations to which among the two schools I should choose. Salamat kaayo sa makatabang.

Hi from the title, for the passers this year, how did you perform sa undergrad niyo? meron ba nakapasa sa inyo ngayon even with INCs/DRPs/5.00s? because before meron natatanggap kahit pa may ganto sa records, but now given na mas humigpit talaga sa admissions, meron pa rin ba nakapasa despite having these remarks? Thanks :D

i’m curious how the interviews this year went since they’ve shifted to doing it f2f.

what was it like?
did they really follow the time slots they indicated in the email/letter?
did the panel grill you?

Hello! I wanted to ask if anyone remembers the essay question given to those who took the LAE in the afternoon? I only remember na it was something about admissions and merit,,, My brain tends to block things out whenever I'm not confident with my answers, hence the hazy memory ><

Hellooo, as of now, mayroon pa rin ba di nakakatanggap ng email? Had this feeling ako nalang wala huhuhu

Hi po sa mga nakapag exam na po sa plm any tips po on the coverage of the exam po? And may essay exam din po ba sya?

Hello!

Congrats to those who passed the UP LAE!

Just wanna ask lang if there are passers here who are not laude (standing)? Most ng kakilala ko kasi na nakapasa puro laude nung naggrad hahaha!

For context, i’m from up also and hindi naman ganon kababa GWA, close to laude pa rin naman and incoming senior na. Im just worried lang if makakaabot ako and if ganon ba nagmaatter ung latin honors when applying for up law.

Thank youuu!

I know it’s already been a week since UP COL released the LAE results, and the memory of me opening that page and not finding my name among the passers still lingers, as sharp and startling as iced water hitting the back of my throat.

For context, I’m a graduate of BA Communication Research from UPD and a former shiftee from UPSE. I had fairly decent grades and graduated magna cum laude in 2020. Right now, I’m employed in one of the country’s reputable government institutions working on economic policy.

I prepared thoroughly for the exam. I started reviewing in March last year. I took mock exams from different frats and soros, consistently scoring in the 81–90% range. I reached out to peers currently in law school or already practicing to get a feel. By exam day, the test felt familiar. I knew the rhythm of the questions. I finished with 10 minutes to spare and even had time to go back and double-check my answers.

I wasn’t entirely certain I’d pass, but I held on to a quiet, steady optimism. I knew I had shown up fully. I knew I had done the work.

Then came results day, coinciding with UPCAT results. For a moment, it felt like the universe looping me back to 2016, to that brief, electric feeling of being affirmed, of being told “you made it.” But this time, the story bent differently. I didn’t see my name. Not in that FB post, in those dense pages set in tiny, academic-leaning fonts.

I told myself maybe there would be another list, another release, a softer landing. A list for “outright passers,” I said, half-believing, half-bracing myself.

Later that day, I learned that was it. The list was final. Those named were for interviews. And I wasn’t one of them.

The weight of it settled slowly, then all at once. I found myself grasping for proof, of competence, of worth. I dug up my old UPG printed on now-yellowing, slightly crumpled paper, as if it could speak back to me and say, “you’re still capable, you’re still enough.”

But the questions kept circling. Was it the Math? The general knowledge? A misread question? A moment of doubt that cost me a point I couldn’t afford to lose? I replayed everything, over and over, as if clarity might arrive if I just thought hard enough. It just didn’t.

What’s harder to confront is this quiet unraveling, the way failure seeps into how you see yourself. I don’t quite know how to regain my footing yet. I don’t know how—or if—I’ll take it again. In my mind, I did everything right. And still, here I am, sitting with something I don’t fully know how to name.

To Mom, pasensya na po. I really tried. Babawi po ako. Magkakaroon pa rin tayo ng abogado sa pamilya. And to those carrying the same heaviness: we will find our way back. We owe it to ourselves to keep going.

Padayon.

Hello there! I’m an incoming 4th year and I want to seek some advice on how I can prepare for the UP LAE.

Unfortunately, none of our seniors got in and most of them said na it was due to lack of preparation and time, and even just relying on stock knowledge was a big no no.

Do I need to enroll to a review/learning center? Any advice would be helpful!

Anyone here who knows when the results would be released?

Hello! I'll be graduating this May and I was already locked in enrolling in law school right away. However, the company I had my internship with offered me a job. Now, I'm in a dilemma if I should study or take a 1 year break.

Any aspiring law students with the same situation I'm in?

Pls help!!! This q is for anyone who already took the PUPCLEE

Are the aptitude exam and psychological test done in one sitting/on the same schedule, or can the psych test only be done separately in the afternoon?

My test permit only says 8 AM for the time so I assumed everything would be finished by early afternoon. I already booked a 4 PM flight back home since I’m not from NCR, and I was planning to leave for the airport around 2 PM 🥲

Would really appreciate if anyone can clarify how the schedule usually works. Thank you!

Hi! I just received my schedule for my UP COL admissions interview and I wanted to ask a question to those with experience in in-person interviews.

May I ask what is the protocol once you enter the room? Are you expected to shake hands with everyone or is a polite bow to everyone more appropriate? Please give me tips huhu thank you in advance!

Hello! Meron ba ditong from the last batch na nag-take ng exam na nakareceive na ng results? They said kasi na this May daw lalabas yung results, so medyo kinakabahan lang ako😅

kumusta po first batch of interviews? is it f2f po ba or online

(im from the province pa po kasi)

Hiiii ako nalang ba hindi pa nakakareceive ng email from UMAK regarding sa Panel interview? Help a friend out, nakaka anxious magantay 🥹

Hi! Can I ask previous passers kung kailan niyo nakuha yung interview results niyo?