PUP Application Rules
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Language and Reading
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Mathematics and Data
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Science Literacy
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Logic and Information
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Quick Facts
- Exam
- PUPCET
- Owner
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Admission
- First-semester college admission
- Items
- Not published
- Time
- Not published
- Weights
- Not published
- Cutoff
- Not published
- CQS formula
- Not published
- Campus rule
- One campus; once per AY
- Permit
- Printed ePermit required
Application Rules
- Applicant
- Completes registration personally
- Photo file
- JPEG; maximum 300 KB
- Photo format
- Colored 2×2 with name tag
- Report card
- Grade 11; LRN; both GWAs
- Identity fields
- Match PSA birth certificate
- Account
- One account per application
- Finalize
- Locks form for evaluation
- Campus
- Choose one branch or campus
- Attempt
- Once this academic year
- Duplicates
- Result becomes null and void
- ePermit
- Print in color; present onsite
- Validation
- Allow 6–20 working days
- Results
- Check iApply during official release
Main Idea vs Detail
Main idea
- Covers whole passage
- Unifies key points
Detail
- Supports central claim
- Narrow passage evidence
Whole vs support
English Reading
- Main idea
- Passage's central claim
- Supporting detail
- Evidence backing main idea
- Inference
- Conclusion supported by clues
- Context clue
- Nearby wording reveals meaning
- Tone
- Writer's attitude toward subject
- Purpose
- Writer's intended effect
- Denotation
- Literal dictionary meaning
- Connotation
- Associated emotional meaning
- Coherence
- Ideas form logical whole
- Cohesion
- Links connect sentences
Denotation vs Connotation
Denotation
- Literal meaning
- Dictionary definition
Connotation
- Associated meaning
- Emotional coloring
Definition vs association
English Mechanics
- Subject-verb agreement
- Match grammatical number
- Pronoun agreement
- Match antecedent number
- Modifier
- Place beside intended word
- Parallelism
- Match grammatical patterns
- Fragment
- Missing complete independent clause
- Run-on
- Independent clauses joined incorrectly
- Comma splice
- Clauses joined by comma only
- Transition
- Signals idea relationship
- Apostrophe
- Possession or omitted letters
- Colon
- Introduces explanation or list
Pang-uri vs Pang-abay
Pang-uri
- Describes noun
- Katangian ng pangngalan
Pang-abay
- Describes verb
- Paraan ng kilos
Noun vs action
Filipino Reading
- Paksa
- Pangkalahatang pinag-uusapan
- Pangunahing ideya
- Pinakasentrong mensahe
- Pantulong na detalye
- Sumusuporta sa pangunahing ideya
- Hinuha
- Konklusyong mula sa pahiwatig
- Pahiwatig sa konteksto
- Kalapit na salitang gabay
- Tono
- Saloobin ng may-akda
- Layunin
- Dahilan ng may-akda
- Denotasyon
- Literal na kahulugan
- Konotasyon
- Pahiwatig na kahulugan
- Kohesyon
- Pagkakaugnay ng mga pangungusap
Filipino Grammar
- Pangngalan
- Ngalan ng tao, lugar, bagay
- Panghalip
- Pamalit sa pangngalan
- Pandiwa
- Kilos, pangyayari, o karanasan
- Pang-uri
- Naglalarawan sa pangngalan
- Pang-abay
- Naglalarawan sa pandiwa
- Simuno
- Paksa ng pangungusap
- Panaguri
- Sinasabi tungkol sa simuno
- Pangatnig
- Nag-uugnay ng salita o sugnay
- Pang-angkop
- Nag-uugnay ng panuring
- Pang-ukol
- Nag-uugnay sa layon
Order of Operations
Parentheses, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract
Group firstMultiply/divide leftwardAdd/subtract leftward
Mean vs Median
Mean
- Uses every value
- Sensitive to outliers
Median
- Uses ordered middle
- Resists extreme values
Arithmetic center vs positional center
Quantitative Solver
- Percent question→Part ÷ whole × 100(Match units first)
- Unknown ratio term→Cross multiplication
- Linear rate→Slope formula(Δy ÷ Δx)
- Two linear equations→Eliminate or substitute
- Right triangle side→Pythagorean theorem
- Average requested→Mean formula
- Middle requested→Order then median
- Single-event chance→Favorable ÷ possible
Number Skills
- Fraction sum
- Find common denominator first
- Percent
- Part ÷ whole × 100%
- Ratio
- Compares two quantities
- Proportion
- Equation of equal ratios
- Absolute value
- Distance from zero
- Exponent product
- Add exponents; same base
- Exponent quotient
- Subtract exponents; same base
- Negative exponent
- Use reciprocal
- Scientific notation
- Coefficient × power of ten
- Order operations
- Group, exponents, ×÷, +−
- Unit conversion
- Multiply by conversion factor
Percent Path
Part over whole, then times hundred
Part ÷ wholeMultiply 100%Check reasonableness
Algebra and Functions
- Linear equation
- Isolate variable equally
- Slope
- Δy ÷ Δx
- y-intercept
- Value when x=0
- System
- Shared solution coordinates
- Function
- Each input has one output
- Domain
- Allowed input values
- Range
- Resulting output values
- Factoring
- Reverse polynomial multiplication
- Arithmetic sequence
- Constant difference
- Geometric sequence
- Constant ratio
- Simple interest
- I = Prt
- Compound amount
- A=P·(1+r÷n)ⁿᵗ
Geometry and Statistics
- Triangle angles
- Sum equals 180°
- Right triangle
- a² + b² = c²
- Rectangle area
- A = lw
- Triangle area
- A = ½bh
- Circle circumference
- C = 2πr
- Circle area
- A = πr²
- Rectangular volume
- V = lwh
- Cylinder volume
- V = πr²h
- Mean
- Sum ÷ count
- Median
- Ordered middle; average middle pair
- Mode
- Most frequent value
- Range
- Maximum minus minimum
- Probability
- Favorable ÷ possible outcomes
Experiment Variables
Change independent; measure dependent
Independent: causeDependent: responseControls: constant
Speed vs Velocity
Speed
- Scalar quantity
- Distance ÷ time
Velocity
- Vector quantity
- Displacement ÷ time
Magnitude vs magnitude-plus-direction
Science Solver
- Quantity with units→Write governing formula
- Unknown direction→Draw vector arrows
- Experimental cause→Independent variable
- Experimental response→Dependent variable
- Atomic identity→Count protons
- Ecosystem change→Trace energy and populations
- Geologic boundary→Match plate motion
- Graph claim→Read axes and trend
Life and Earth Science
- Cell membrane
- Controls material exchange
- Nucleus
- Stores genetic material
- Mitochondrion
- Produces usable cellular energy
- Photosynthesis
- Light stores chemical energy
- Respiration
- Cells release chemical energy
- Genotype
- Allele combination
- Phenotype
- Observable expressed trait
- Food web
- Connected feeding relationships
- Ecosystem
- Organisms plus environment
- Convergent boundary
- Plates move together
- Divergent boundary
- Plates move apart
- Transform boundary
- Plates slide past
- Weather
- Short-term atmospheric conditions
- Climate
- Long-term weather patterns
Mass vs Weight
Mass
- Amount of matter
- Measured in kilograms
Weight
- Gravitational force
- Measured in newtons
Matter vs force
Chemistry and Physics
- Atom
- Smallest elemental unit
- Element
- Defined by proton count
- Compound
- Chemically bonded elements
- Ion
- Charged atom or molecule
- Density
- Mass ÷ volume
- Speed
- Distance ÷ time
- Velocity
- Speed with direction
- Acceleration
- Velocity change ÷ time
- Force
- F = ma
- Work
- Force × parallel displacement
- Power
- Work ÷ time
- Ohm's law
- V = IR
- Wave
- Transfers energy, not matter
- Frequency
- Cycles per second
Conditional Logic
Contrapositive preserves conditional truth
Reverse partsNegate bothConverse differs
Correlation vs Causation
Correlation
- Variables co-vary
- Cause remains unproven
Causation
- Change produces effect
- Alternatives controlled
Association vs cause
Reading Solver
- Main point→Summarize whole passage
- Vocabulary in context→Test nearby substitute
- Inference→Combine clues cautiously
- Author tone→Track loaded language
- Supporting detail→Locate direct evidence
- Grammar error→Identify sentence core
- Transition blank→Name logical relationship
- Conflicting claims→Compare source evidence
Logic and Data
- Proposition
- Statement with truth value
- Negation
- Reverses truth value
- Conjunction
- True only when both
- Disjunction
- True when either holds
- Implication
- False only true-to-false
- Contrapositive
- Equivalent reversed negation
- Converse
- Reverses conditional parts
- Counterexample
- Disproves universal claim
- Correlation
- Variables change together
- Causation
- One change produces another
- Primary source
- Direct original evidence
- Secondary source
- Interprets existing evidence
- Graph axes
- Variables and scales
- Outlier
- Unusually distant observation
Common Traps
Blueprint claims
PUP publishes no weights ≠ Review lanes are editorial
Commercial item counts
100/150 claims unverified ≠ Official count: Not published
Commercial timing
Third-party durations unverified ≠ Official time: Not published
CQS formulas
Commercial formulas unverified ≠ Official formula: Not published
Finalize vs edit
Edit before finalizing ≠ Finalizing locks form
Inference vs guess
Inference uses evidence ≠ Guess lacks support
Percent vs points
Percent is relative ≠ Points are absolute difference
Graph shape vs scale
Read plotted trend ≠ Check axes and intervals
Last Minute
- 1.Verify exact campus choice
- 2.Use one application account
- 3.Match PSA identity details
- 4.Finalize only after review
- 5.Print official ePermit in color
- 6.Follow ePermit test instructions
- 7.Item count: Not published
- 8.Time limit: Not published
- 9.Domain weights: Not published
- 10.CQS formula: Not published
- 11.Estimate before calculating
- 12.Read units and graph axes
- 13.Support inferences with text evidence
- 14.Check signs, labels, and units
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