Hey, my mom wants me to go to a Filipino university. I have been going to school in the U.S. since kindergarten. I've been thinking about going Michigan State University, and have a pretty good chance of being accepted there. My mom tells me she wants me to research Ateneo or De La Salle. Can anyone tell me about the the costs of going to either De La Salle or Ateneo De Manila? And which school do you think is the best? Or maybe I should stay with MSU. I'm also thinking about Arizona State.

Thanks in advance-

OMG US universities > filipino universities

filipino universities are significantly cheaper, but only for people who live in the philippines. they won't be as expensive as american universities (even if you want to study inside your one state) but you live in the country with the best universities on earth so i don't see any reason to study in the philippines.

i was thinking of going to UP but iunno...my degrees might have a hard time getting recognized once i'm back in canada.

^yup, maarte ang Canada hindi nila nirerecognize ang mga Unis dito.

Kian Seng, if you get accepted at MSU, study there. MSU sent me an application form but when I saw the tuition fee, I didn't bother writing anything on it. hehehehe

it really depends on what course you are planning to take. If it doesn't require advanced facilities, then why not try studying in the Phils? Those uni ratings of are so overrated and I hope I'm not being biased by saying that there are really good unis here in the country. UP, Silliman, MSU (Mindanao State), Ateneo, etc.

DLSU - around 40 -60 thou per sem
Ateneo - 50 thou per sem (I think)

IMHO id have to go with American Universities. even highschool here can pass as University there. id stay here and learn, then come back and help make the Philippines improve into a better place.



ibang universities namn, recognize rin! my dad's degree from UP and U of Araneta was recognized by university of toronto.

Yah, thats what I'm worried about. What if I decide to come back to the United States, would my degree even be accepted. My family is involved in businesses in the Philippines so I have been thinking that maybe I would continue and expand our business. I will probobly be seeking a business degree. I researched
DLSU, it seems a few of Philippines riches business men graduated there. But what if I wanted to come back to U.S., I know I would have some trouble.

^l^ lil broyeah come back here. help me teach streetchildren. hehehehe joke lang

the most important thing is the person's motivation to learn. kahit saan ka pa nag-aral. kung matalino ka talaga matalino ka. at kung masipag ka, mas tatalino ka pa.

unlike some Pinoys here in Pinas, I don't bow down to people just because they're educated abroad lalo na sa America. maraming magaling dito at hindi naman sila nakapag-aral sa ibang bansa.

siyempre, maganda din yung nakakalabas sila sa Pinas minsan minsan para magpunta sa mga conference chuva. maganda din yung may exposure sila. pero di naman porke america or abroad, mas okay at mas magaling parati. diba?

are you serious? nag aaral ako ng highschool dito sa us pero sabihon ko sayo ang dali dali parang pang grade 6 lang sa pilipinas. baka kc tinutukuoy mo yung mga public school sa pilipinas pero wag mo ito kumpira sa private school dun tol kc d mo alam kung gaano kahirap dun kagaya yung school ko dati sa pilipinas.

thats why the Philippines shouldnt recognize universities abroad para namn pakita gilas ang pinas. lagi na lng kasi, pag degree sa ibang bansa, yun ang may karapatan makakuha ng pinakamataas na trabaho keysa sa local.

Don't worry many American unis recognize diplomas obtained from Pinas. Believe me coz they pirate many professors from my uni. hahahahaha

tol alam ko sinasabi mo! nagaral ako dun. dali nga ng aral d2 nung elementary tas ako nga pinakamataas sa math, pero kung benefits at progress paguusapan natin, mas maganda d2 sa NA. anyways, im not gonna argue which is better, both have pros and cons that each other cant beat.

nahirapan rin ako sa pinas magaral. kaya nga pagdating ko d2 sa canada my hard work there paid off. pero nung sabi ko dati, mejo may pagkakaiba ang turo sa dalawa, NA vs Pinas. kaya yung iba sasabhin mas magaling sa isa.

hanga nga ako sa talino ng maraming pinoy jan sa pinas eh. pero kung 22usin kung cno ang mananalo sa competition, mejo buntot ang pilipinas dahil nga mababa ang tingin ng ibang bansa satin.



sis, magkano ba ang sweldo ng prof jan sa pinas. gus2 ko subukan pag nakuha ko sana PHD ko sa History at English. kaya lng mejo may dilemma ako, kasi my granpa is bribing me to work in the medical field para ituloy family tradition ng doktor, nurese, vet etc. kaya lng, di ko interes.

^true. mababa ang tingin sa atin. parang rare species sa mga banyaga ang isang scientist na Pinoy. hehehehe

edit. depends on what school. alam ko ang associate professor sa UP 40, 000 thou a month pero ang tagal bago makuha yung position na yun.

sa la salle naman ata, mga 80,000 thou a month. alam ko sa Ateneo and DLSU, mataas ang salary ng mga profs.

Dont worry. I got my BS in Chemistry from UP, and when I went to the US, no problems getting accepted in grad school, as long as you have good grades. None of the courses I took in UP were wasted.

yep thats one factor that could get u easily to an american university. good grades always the key.



not bad, pero sayang rin namn. kasi baba rin pala. di namn sa nagyayabang, pero mas mataas ang sweldo pala ng parents ko. di bale ill find my way to get through the Philippines somehow.

^uy uwi ka na dito. we need academicians. hehehehe

i will! time and money permits, ill be there ill promise!! di mo alam, baka pumasok pako ng politika! LOL

i want the Philippines to be a better place where the world can look up, instead of looking down.

^ oo nga mababa ang tingin sa atin ng karamihan. siguro sa mata ng mga dayuhan na yan mail order bride lang ako, hahahaha. excuse me, pumapatak ang metro. hehehehe

tsaka enjoy mo muna life mo diyan. hahahaha. at lasapin mo ang sariwang hangin, kasi paglapag mo ng NAIA, carbon monoxide agad masisinghot mo. hahaha

lol you act like they only do it to filipinos. there are reasons for why they do certain things. my mom can't work as an accountant here even if she has her degree b/c the laws concerning taxes are different ehre, so she'd have to take maybe an extra year of classes.

and LOL.

^hahaha. kaw tlaga hammy.

when I said that mail order bride thingy, I wasn't talking about canada or any particular country. and obviously, it also applies to people from third-world/underdeveloped countries.

pero tingnan mo, pag may conference abroad at sinasabi kunyari. "okay, here is prof. kristleh from the philippines. she will presenting her research on dopamine level eklat.... " hindi ka gaanong kapani-paniwala kasi you're not from a first-world country. you do not hold a degree from a five-star university. hehehe

this happened to one of my professors. hindi naman siya siguro dramatic nung sinabi niya na "kapag Pilipino ka, mas marami kang kailangan patanuyan sa iba" siyempre, hindi naman to parating nangyayari.

edit. i also understand the process. wala namang kaso kung kailangan pang mag toefl, esl, gre, mcat, etc. at kung titingnan yung research proposal mo. gusto lang naman tingna kung qualified ka. yup may mga proseso na kailangan gawin pero iba yung mamaliitin ka dahil sa mga mababaw na dahilan. ;D

try taking up nursing. there's a big possibility that you'd get accepted

I think it would be better for you to pursue your undergraduate or maybe even your postgrad education in the US. Universities in the US are better financed and have more resources compared to universities in the Philippines.

You would rather take Business in an American University and apply your knowledge in the Philippines when you've take over your family business. That's what happened for many businesses in the Philippines that expanded tremendously.

Excellent idea.

That should make up for the loss of tons of Filipino educated nurses and doctors who go the US and other western countries to work and fill in the shortages of health workers in those countries.

It's time for the Philippines to benefit from that transfusion of talents.

ye but my major concern is the cost of the universities, not only here in NA, but all over the world. it gets more expensive each year!

habol lng kasi ng mga universities yung pera mo! pero i must say that i like universities in the states better, kasi pag magbigay ng scholarship, full scholarship tlga ang bigay (meron rin partial bigay ). di ka2lad d2 sa canada eh, mag bigay ng scholarship, partial lng, walang full, tas kaw na bahala sa iba!

kaya nga jan ako sa US mag university, mas maganda pa quality, mas sulit pa aral ko!!



thats what im rootin for! but not in business though.

Yah, My cousin told me its about 50,000 a semester in DLSU. I must say that is amazingly cheap compared to American Universities. I could live in a higher class apartment for around 15,000 a month, which is also cheap. And the best part is America will pay for all my schooling . Its quite tempting to go back, I feel I would be much happier. But I also have to think of my future, I think an American degree is more powerfull than DLSU.
I'am afraid the once I get there I'll be out of focus. I might get distracted. I don't want to be over there just haveing fun with my mom's dollars

OMG CHEAP. is it the same tuition fee even if you're coming from another country?

average YEAR (not sem) in canada costs $12,000 i think.

Some of the Best:

1.University of the Philippines

2. Silliman University

3. Mindanao State University

4. Central Mindanao University

5. Polytechnic University of the Philippines

6. Philippine Military Academy

7. Philippine Natonal Police Academy

8. MAPUA (if you want to be an Engineer)

9. De LaSalle University

10. University of Sto. Tomas

11. Ateneo de Manila University

12. Philippine Merchant Marine Academy OR Philippine Marine Institute (if you want to be a Seaman)

13. PCCR (if you want to be a police patola)

Haha, my cousin told me that

1. University of the Philippines
2. De La Salle University
3.Ateneo De Manila
4. University of Sta. Tomas
5. I don't remember LOL

Anyways I'm sure I don't want to be in the Philippine Military. Its against my Citizenship Laws, haha.



Yah I know! I guess its expensive for them though. I heard DLSU is one of the most expensive collages.
Also one of the top of the line Apartments there is only $400 a month. Some schools here you have to pay $30,000 a sem, thats not even Ivy Leauge. And my brother pays $800 a month for his APT. The price is really uncomparable.

But I heard Kristeh talk about how 80,000 pesos a month is high over there. Thats not enough to cut it here. Even though the schooling fees are very uncomparable, salaries are also quite uncomparable. Average annual salary in my area would be 4.5 million in Phiippines... this is one of the reasons its so hard to decide to go back and work in the Philippines.

your cousins are Manilenyos noh? most of these manilenyos think there are only 4 universities in the country when in fact there are other unis who perform better in board exams and are more productive in research than some of those schools you listed. listen to vynncute. hehehe

e.g.
University of San Carlos has a good engineering program.

MSU, I think, is good in the sciences.

Asian Institute of Management is good in business courses.

Silliman really excels in Marine science.


If you decide to study in the Phils., try considering applying to unis other than the ones your cousins told you.

are u serious? are u kidin me? thats like expensive!! where are u from man?

i know BYU, the university im tryin to get in to, in the states only cost $1400/sem!



ye about that range man. york university cost is higher.

I live in Grand Blanc, Mi. I tried to research how much it would cost to get into UCLA. Out of state fees make it 26,000 a semester. If you live in California its only 6,000. Michigan State University is 16,000 per semester.
Thats why I consider 50,000 pesos cheap.

ooooooooohhhh pesos pala!!

cheap na yun!! kala ko $ ibig sabihin mo. 26000/sem is pretty expensive.

Yah, I was talking about dollar. Its $26,000 per semester to go to UCLA. I really wanted to go there. Everyone is saying its $1,000(50,000 pesos)per semester to go to DLSU, thats why its cheap.

If 50,000 pesos is cheap, I'd probably be studying at La Salle right now. Hehehehe

So where in NJ did you go for your masters? Yah, most of my courses got credited too... except Filipino subjects.

want to try the best schools in the Philipines???

1. UP MANILA:esp. for mediacl courses.however... your grades are really important in order to get in UPM.

2. UP DILIMAN: any course, except medicine (since there's no medical courses in UPD). you will definitely have a very high quality of education for a very low price (before, it was 300 per unit, now it turned 1000 per unit. and a full load course is only 18 units per sem). however... your grades are really important in order to get in UPD.

3. UP LOS BANOS: esp. when you want to be a vet. or for agricultural purposes.however... your grades are really important in order to get in UPLB.

4. ADMU

5. UST

6. DLSU

If you wan't the Cheapest, then go to Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Its only 12 Pesos per Unit. so if you enroll for 20 units, total would be 240 Php plus miscellaneous expenses, Lab fee, ID fee, registration fee....

about 3T or so.

PUP is a Govt. University that is why it is cheap, BUT being Cheap Doesn't mean it has low quality because the teachers in Government owned Universities are Eligible, Professional, and Veteran in teaching.
they don't hire stupids!

de la salle university sounds cool!! basketball team i heard is good!! i wanna play there. at least with ppl i could compete with.

Our universities are way behind our ASEAN neighbors. Maybe you should consider studying in Singapore..Check www.topuniversities.com

UP ranks 299th, DLSU - 392, Ateneo de Manila - 484, UST - 500

Wow, considering how my cousin bragged over and over about how selective UP was, I'm very shocked. Its sad that in reality UP ranks low, even when its just the South East Asia.

Still... I have no desire to study anywhere else besides United States or Philippines. With this newly given information, I'm inclined to stay and study in the United States.

...But I could have so much more fun in the Philippines!

Dude you're better off going to the University of Phoenix..

Haha, actually I'm really considering going to Arizona! I have a brother studying there.

still cant believe UP was ranke dlower than Lasalle and UST

oo nga e... gone are the days na talaga!!
pag asa na alng si kristleh!!!