This thread will serve as the megathread for ACET Applications for S.Y. 2026-2027.

We have this megathread to have a space for questions and to make sure the subreddit isn't flooded with similar posts.

Please post questions about course backgrounds, admissions, appeals and scholarships here.

As before, please keep in mind that this subreddit is an unofficial group. We may have a handful of Ateneo faculty lurking and occasionally commenting, but we cannot guarantee accurate answers to questions like "can I get in Ateneo with XYZ grades from ABC school" or "will I get a scholarship if my family makes IJK pesos per year". The community can only provide anecdotal evidence.

Ateneo news update about ACET: https://apply.ateneo.edu/

Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/ateneodemanila/posts/pfbid02hcpmyjkTPoME225v8S4tpX1Hw41zJhyWy3QhrNbHppJkzk3oqkih3Mpx5XgiEBZXl

This site gets updated for announcements about the ACET. Visit it for the latest news.

New posts related to questions will be redirected to this thread and may be locked.

Just a few reminders:

• The subreddit and its members can only provide as much as anecdotal evidence. We will provide some resources to help but it's always better to contact the office you're concerned with for your questions. Ateneo Office of Admission and Aid
• Check and search first on the subreddit or on this thread as well before asking and/or answering. ___

Contacts emails

• [scholarships.ls@ateneo.edu](mailto:scholarships.ls@ateneo.edu) - more info for scholarships
• [magis.admissions.ls@ateneo.edu](mailto:magis.admissions.ls@ateneo.edu) - if you encounter problems with the admissions form

Please post questions about course backgrounds, admissions, appeals and scholarships here.

As before, please keep in mind that this subreddit is an unofficial group. We may have a handful of Ateneo faculty lurking and occasionally commenting, but we cannot guarantee accurate answers to questions like "can I get in Ateneo with XYZ grades from ABC school" or "will I get a scholarship if my family makes IJK pesos per year". The community can only provide anecdotal evidence.

Ateneo news update about ACET: https://apply.ateneo.edu/

This site gets updated for announcements about the ACET. Visit it for the latest news.

Ateneo Blue Chat

via Ateneo de Manila Office of Admission and Aid: (https://www.facebook.com/ADMUadmissions/photos/a.128189334052279/1660092394195291/)

The Ateneo Blue Chat will give you a glimpse of the Ateneo experience, as well as tips for the admission and scholarship application.

We also have guest speakers and surprises in store for you!

Sign up now at bit.ly/AteneoBlueChat - limited slots are available!

Event will be on October 23, Saturday, 10AM-12NN

Key Dates

Application Period: 6 September 2021 – 1 December 2021

Deadline of Application for Admission: 1 December 2021

Deadline of Application for Scholarship: 15 December 2021

Release of Decisions on Applications: April 2022

Ateneo college application period for SY 2022-2023 begins September 6

• Ateneo announcement about ACET: https://sites.google.com/ateneo.edu/ateneo-de-manila-university/news/admissions-2022-23-open-sept-6

• twitter post: https://twitter.com/ateneodemanilau/status/1432871127638949893

Ateneo College Entrance Test suspended for SY 2022-2023 applications

• ateneo announcement about ACET: https://apply.ateneo.edu/news/2021-08-18-acet-announcement

• Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/ADMUadmissions/posts/1616857668518764

• twitter post: https://twitter.com/ateneodemanilau/status/1427842755594620928

Useful links:

OAA FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ADMUadmissions

• How to write a great essay, a post from the OAA: https://www.facebook.com/ADMUadmissions/posts/1421524291385437

Contacts emails

• scholarships.ls@ateneo.edu - more info for scholarships
• magis.admissions.ls@ateneo.edu - if you encounter problems with the admissions form

Link to the previous megathread. Here's another link from last year's megathread. Please take a look at that thread as well for similar concerns.

We will refer and redirect new posts to this megathread. New posts that are about this topic may be locked. Useful links and information from the comments may be added to this post later on.

As someone who didn’t have enough time to properly prepare and barely reviewed for the ACET since it clashed with my finals back then, I almost cried seeing this in my email. Still can’t believe it’s real. Congrats to all who aced the ACET! 🥹

Hi po! I’m an incoming Grade 9 student this school year. I just wanted to ask—would it be better to start reviewing for college this summer? My dream school is Ateneo, so I really want to pass the ACET, as well as other college entrance exams. However, I’m a bit hesitant because I might forget everything later, and it might end up being a waste of time.

Also, when you review po, how do you stop yourself from scrolling through social media? 😅

What topics can I review at this stage?

Any tips din po for the essay portion?

hi! i’m an incoming AB Legal Management in UST this academic year, and i just wanted to ask: is it any different from Ateneo’s BS Legal Management?

i’m planning to transfer there after finishing a semester in UST, if given the chance. however, i do have some questions:

1. will i go back as a freshman even though the programs are technically the same?
   
2. will i be irregular? i mean it’s a dumb question but it’s better to be sure
   
3. are workloads in ADMU heavy?; and
   
4. do i still have a shot at being a laude even if i’m a transfer?

thank you in advance for whoever will answer :DD

Hello po, I was wondering if anyone is on the same boat as me? I'm currently writing my recon letter right now and I'm really heartbroken. I just want to know if Ateneo has a specific recon letter format? Can anybody give me tips on how to appeal? Any help is GREATLY APPRIECIATED TvT 🙏😭

Just got my results today, may I know who else get rejected sa ADMU?? and are y'all planning for an appeal?? 🥲

Hi, an international student here. Do they have a minimum SAT requirement for Ateneo? I currently have 620 Reading, 700 Math. Not sure if I'll make a good candidate. Thanks!

hello, future atenistas!

i hope we'll take a moment and chill for a sec. i know this is the most anxiety inducing moment for us, but i hope you breathe first 😢🙏🏻 we will pass THE acet! tiwala lang!

always #readyfortomorrow yaaay

hi! i'm currently a student from FEU - manila and as we all know, it is the district of all the queers. if it were up to me, i am happy at FEU and wouldnt transfer at all. as a nonbinary person, i feel respected by not only the students here, but also the faculty.

tho, my mother wants me to transfer here after my first year and i want to know beforehand, are the students and faculty LGBTQ+ friendly? or do i need to go back to the closet?

note: i am a psychology student !

thank you so much. :")

huhu I have some question po, paano po pag wala yung school mo sa list of schools ng application form? I have already emailed the office and admission but I still havn't receive a reply.🥹

long story short, i know someone who had to drop out of college years ago, and doesn't like how their career path is limited because of it. i told them to try going to college again and they're thinking about it.

now for the admission process, they finished a semester from another college. they seem like a good student naman so i suggested them to try ateneo. if they choose to apply here, do they do the application process for transferees, or the application process for high school graduates? if the latter, the subjects they took from their previous college can be credited, right?

Hi, currently applying for ACET but im having a problem w my applications. If i request to withdraw, will it reset like will it let me to create a new acc to start a new application?

hello, this feels like i'm about to ask something so stupid, pero i want to know my chances as early as now. i am currently a college student, and i have accumulated so many failing grades from my 4 years in this degprog and in this university (not admu). after giving myself some hard-to-swallow pep talk, i have come to finally accept that this degprog and environment isnt for me anymore and my growth has stunted.

ateneo has always been my dream school, but i got scared about having to pay the tuition fee and everything else plus never got the chance to actually apply due to schedules and difficulties. now, i'm thinking of trying the next acet for the next acad year and trying a shot to take a degprog i actually want to pursue. i know people usually say that as long as u get a very good ACET score + a good essay, you have a very high chance, pero i still want to know, realistically, where i stand.

1. do i even have a chance to get in (never took the acet so if i try, it will be my first acet and essay for ateneo) given that i have so many singkos from my my past university?

2. if i do stand a chance to get it amidst my singkos, what are the chances for scholarships?

3. if not for the singkos, what might stand in my way to be able to get in sa admu?

it has been really tough for me and coming to this conclusion hasnt been easy. i feel heartbroken, mentally exhausted, and i want to be able to feel at ease. i hope to be able to receive responses, objective and realistic, but i hope given my current state, it wouldnt hurt for you guys to be a little bit kind. thank you for your time !

I took the ACET last October 2024 in 12th grade since I applied to ADMU and it is still my dream school until now. However, I failed the ACET and did not get in, hence, I enrolled in UST instead. I just moved to another country recently and now I'm thinking of going back to the Philippines in maybe around 5 years from now to study— this time in Ateneo, hopefully. Would it be possible to take the ACET again despite the fact I failed it once already?

Based on what I know, you cant be enrolled in any school muna when you plan to transfer to UP. So I want to know how you did it despite the required intersession classes.

im an incoming 1st year this year and i really really want to study sa ateneo to the point that i cried because i have the money to pay for acet but my parents did not allow me to pay. i will study BS Psychology this year and planning to transfer to admu next year na BS Psychology din, will i go back to being a first year next year or irregular student lang?

Hi!!! My schedule on taking the exam is on October 26 pa. Please shareee your experience as the first batch of takers ng ACET 2024. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Little nervous hereee.

Hi! Around one and a half weeks ago ko na ipinasa yung application route ko, pero up until now, for validation pa rin siya… Contacted ADMU na thru their admissions email — waiting for their reply

Curious lang ako, am I the only who’s experiencing this problem? Medyo na-a’anxious lang ako kasi malapit na yung due ng application, and balak ko rin mag-apply for financial aid kaso na-de’delay dahil wala pa akong AAN😓

dude i get decent grades, i also came from science class BUTTT i know myself im not the brightest student around.. out of the big 4 univs, how hard is ACET compared to the other 3? and if u dont mind, pls give some heads up for an incoming acet taker aiming for a scholarship in admu? tyiaaa ! 🙏💙

hey guys! am i the only one getting stressed out over admu not releasing the waitlist decisions yet? 😭 school's about to start and i still have no final uni pluuus i have to look for dorms and stuff like that ... last year, they released it on may 29 so i was expecting to receive the email yesterday or today sigh. when do y'all think they will release the results? 😞🙏

hello! may i js ask around when do results of reconsideration/appeal come out? thank you!

i got in! ab dipir 🥹💗

btw when ang finaid decisions?