Oct. 21, 9:22 p.m. – THREE Thomasians entered the top 10 list of passers in the recent Interior Design licensure examination, while the University was again declared the second top-performing school in the recent board exam for certified public accountants (CPAs), results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) this week showed.
Roanne Beth So (89.80 percent) and Catherine Almonte (89.40 percent) placed first and second, respectively, in the recent Interior Designer boards, while Lesley Anne Padilla (87.35 percent) placed eighth. Last year, seven Thomasians entered the top 10 list.
UST, however, failed to qualify as a top-performing school, because it did not meet the PRC’s requirement of a passing rate of at least 80 percent. The University only had a 49.32-percent passing rate, equivalent to 36 out of 73 examinees. Seventeen first-time takers and 13 repeaters from the University failed this year’s exam.
The national passing rate went up to 52.02 percent with 129 making the cut out of 248 examinees, from last year’s 50.58 percent or 131 out of 259 examinees.
Meanwhile, the University emerged as the second top-performing school in the October 2011 CPA board examination, despite a lower passing rate of 88.86 percent or 343 out of 386 examinees.
Last year, UST’s passing rate was 92.23 percent, with 273 passing out of 296 examinees.
Four Thomasians landed on this year’s top 10: Nathalie Lao (92.29 percent) at ninth place and Janine Sy, Jenine Tan, and Eunice Faye Valera (92.14 percent) at 10th spot.
Of the 386 Thomasian examinees, 343 passed, 313 of which were first-timers.
The national passing rate went down to 47.49 percent with 4,066 passers out of 8,525 examinees.
Last year’s national passing rate was 48.36 percent, with 3,973 passers out of 8,216 examinees. D. J. B. Evite
