04 September 2012, 7:57 p.m. – FOUR THOMASIANS made it to the Top 10 list of the recent guidance counselor licensure examinations.
The University posted a 91.67-percent passing rate, with 11 passers out of 12 examinees in the August 2012 exams. This was higher than last year’s 80 percent, equivalent to four passers out of five examinees.
Leading the new batch of Thomasian guidance counselors is Nerizza Valdellon, who ranked third with a score of 85.30 percent. She was followed by Aileen Grace Ong who scored 85.20 percent, good for fourth place.
Other Thomasians in the Top 10 were Via Katrina Granada (84.25 percent) and Khristine Lorraine Lim (83.95 percent), who placed sixth and seventh, respectively.
There were no Thomasian topnotchers last year.
This year’s national passing rate improved to 55.06 percent, equivalent to 185 passers out of 336 examinees, from last year’s 50.20 percent or 125 passers out of 249 examinees. Bernadette D. Nicolas
