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MANILA, Philippines—University of the Philippines led the 1,174 or 22.18 percent examinees out of 5,292 passed the 2013 Bar examination.
UP’s Nielson G. Pangan topped the Bar with the score of 85.80. He is the first law graduate from UP to top the exam after eight years. The last to top the Bar from UP was Joan De Venecia in 2005.
Bar examination committee chairman, Associate Justice Arturo Brion, said the passing rate has been adjusted from 75 percent to only 73 percent.
Brion said if not adjusted, only 694 or 13.13 percent will pass the exam.
He said examinees are problematic in the multiple choice questions, “but generally, they did very well with the essay type of examination.”
The 2013 Bar examination is the 112th Bar examination conducted in the Philippines. Since 2000, this is the 6th with the lowest passing rate. The lowest since 2000 is during the 2012 exam with only 17.76 percent followed by 19.68 percent in 2002 then 20.26 percent passing percentage in 2010; 20.48 percent in 2000; 20.58 percent in 2008.
A total of 5,641 filed a petition to take the 2013 exams. Of the 5,641, only 5,593 were allowed to take the exam while 4 applications were denied and 44 have withdrawn.
Out of the 5,593, only 5,303 examinees appeared on the first Sunday of the exam. The number further went down to 5,297 examinees on the second Sunday, and 5,292 finished the last Sunday of the exam.
Oath-taking will be on April 28, 2014 at the Philippine International Convention Center.
The top 10 passers are:
1st Place: Pangan, Nielson G. (University of the Philippines)-85.80%
2nd Place: Oyales, Mark Xavier D. (University of the Philippines), and Wilwayco, Dianna Louise R. (Ateneo de Manila University)-85.45%
3rd Place: Ortea, Rudy V. (University of Batangas)-84.20%
4th Place: Mopia, Eden Catherine B. (University of the Philippines)-84.05%
5th Place: Mercado-Gephart, Tercel Maria G. (University of San Carlos)-83.90%
6th Place: Sarausad, Manuel Elijah J. (University of Cebu)-83.80%
7th Place: Suyat, Katrine Paula V. (San Beda College – Manila)-83.75%
8th Place: Tiu, Jr., Michael T. (University of the Philippines)-83.70%
9th Place: Fulgueras, Marjorie Ivory S. (Ateneo de Manila University)-83.65%
10th Place: Arnesto, Cyril G. (University of the Philippines)-83.60%
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