July 22, 2015, 9:05 p.m. – FOUR Thomasians landed in the top 10 of the July 2015 pharmacy licensure examination, including the topnotcher.
Leading the new batch of Thomasian pharmacists is Mark Dumago, who had a score of 93.35 percent.
With the most number of examinees, UST remained the third top-performing school after posting a 93.56-percent passing rate, equivalent to 247 passers out of 264 examinees, results from the Professional Regulation Commission showed. This was higher than last year’s passing rate of 81.71 percent, equivalent to 268 passers out of 328 examinees.
Other Thomasians who made it to the top 10 were Arianne Angeli Baluyut (92.03 percent) at fourth place, Darwin Bryan Kiong (91.70 percent) who was tied with Katrina Angelie Pieldad of San Pedro College-Davao City at seventh place, and Chriselle Marie Mirhan (91.42 percent) at 10th place.
The Varsitarian Science and Technology editor Hedrix Ar-Ar Caballe was among those who passed.
Saint Louis University of Baguio was named top-performing school anew with a 94.55-percent passing rate or 52 passers out of 55 examinees. It was followed by Our Lady of Fatima University-Quezon City with a 94.23 percent passing rate or 49 passers out of 52 examinees.
The national passing rate improved to 63.78 percent or 2,004 passers out of 3,142 examinees, from last year’s 54.88 percent or 1,525 passers out of 2,779 examinees. Bianca Kristin A. Taray
