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f) Curricular classification shall be based on the actual number of academic units completed
as required for a particular curricular year. For this purpose, a student shall be classified as
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior depending on the total required academic units
he has earned. The official curricular classification of students shall be responsibility of the
University Registrar.

UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarship in the university shall be classified into: entrance scholarship, university or full
scholarship, and college or partial scholarship. These scholarships are defined as follows:

a) An entrance scholarship* shall consist of free tuition or, in units where no tuition is
charged; free laboratory fee shall be enjoyed for one semester only by the following
students upon admission to the University.

Valedictorian, salutatorians and honor students from recognized public/private
high schools shall be awarded entrance scholarships. In order to avail this scholarship,
valedictorians, salutatorians and honor graduates should come from graduating classes
with at least 30 students to be certified by the head of the school concerned; provided
further that valedictorians and salutatorians from high school units of the University
shall be exempted from taking the university entrance examination and from payment
of regular University fees including tuition, except the miscellaneous fees.
Entrance scholarship shall be for the first semester only. The renewal to full or
partial scholarship shall be subject to terms and conditions of Sections b and c below.

b) A university or full scholarship which consist of free tuition and other school fees shall be
enjoyed by any undergraduate student who obtains at the end of the semester a GPA of
1.50 or better and attains a lowest grade of 2.50, or by any graduate student enrolled in
graduate school who obtains at the end of the semester a GPA of 1.25 or better; and
c) A college or partial scholarship which consist of a 50 percent reduction in tuition and other
school fees shall be enjoyed by any undergraduate student who obtains at the end of the
semester a GPA of 1.75 or better and attains a lowest grade of 2.50, or by any graduate
student enrolled in the graduate program of the University who obtains at the end of the
semester a GPA of 1.5 or better.

Provided, however, that full or partial scholarships are granted to those not
being supported by another agency or institution.
A University (or full) and a college (or partial) scholarship shall be valid only for
one semester, but shall be renewable for the succeeding semester if the student meets
the conditions prescribed.