Can a filipino american go to college in the philippines?

Question

i was born in the united states but i'm full filipino and is there a way that a filipino american can go to college in the philippines? say...university of cebu?

Answer 1

Of course!  What were you thinking?  That it is prohibited or something?

Answer 2

of course!!! why not???

Answer 3

yes, but why would you?  You'd just be shooting yourself in the foot.

Most Filipinos if given a choice would prefer to study in the US as the quality of Education is much better and its degree recognized everywhere in the world.  Sad to say, but trying to find a job overseas w/a Philippine degree will be challenging as most countries will not recognize it.

Answer 4

Yes, I had a friend do it. But at the same time why?????? He came back a month later and said "I already did all that stuff back in high school." He said the classes were super easy.

Answer 5

Yes you can, not much problem there.

But why would you? Quality of Education is way better in U.S.

Don't go to University of Cebu, that's a public school.Not a really good school. (I'm from Cebu by the way). Find a good private school in Cebu. Also, what are you gonna take? I don't think it's a good idea. For so many reasons. You have to adjust yourself and speak their language. (If you're going to cebu, do you know how to speak Cebuano/Bisaya?) Also, when you go to college there, their schedule is so hectic, I promise you. Per semester, you take AT LEAST 18-30 units (which are credits here in U.S.) and in the U.S. 12-18 credits are full-time. You can't go over that. (Last semester, I was in the Phils, I took 29!) So you have much more free time here in U.S. for studying. Also, in the Phils, you take religion, history, Filipino subjects. And if you're not from around there, you'll have a hard time. Think about it.

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

yeah there is a way.....

just like foreign students here in the US, they pay fees to attended colleges or universities. Same goes for the Philippines you'll have to pay a different fee then the regular students. Also if your going to stay there and your a US citizen you'll have to pay  a fee to stay there for a long period...from what I know it's an annual fee. Hopefully this answers your question. Goodluck!

Answer 8

OMG. Even you are not Filipino you can still go to college in Philippines whatever nationality you are.  

Answer 9

Of course ! There are a lot of schools in manila for international students. You can even go to the university of Cebu with NO PROBLEM ! Just make sure your grades are good because they do look at it still. Be careful of the course you choose though, because if you plan on working here in America, then the school has to be an accredited school. I think it may be best going to school in Manila though because that's where all the top universities are in the Philippines. Like Ateneo de Manila, De La Salle, University of Philippines.

Answer 10

I'm also 2nd generation and I know of people like us (fil am) who did that.

But like the other guy said, "Why?" LOL

No offense to the homeland and I'm not tryin' to "hate" on the educational system there, but why would you wanna go to a school there when there is a plethora of institutions globally recognized right here? (I was set on going to UC Berkeley myself, but too freakin' expensive for out of state. Had to settle for UA instead).

(UP, which is supposedly the "highest ranked" university in the PI, is globally ranked like 398. Surely there is a community college or state college near you that is ranked higher than that!)--again, no offense.

Also, I found this article online from Malaya Newspaper (One of the few that I found that actually reports real news and not just silly Manila "gossip")---it's a couple yrs old, so the rankings are not exact, but I think the gist of the article still applies. (UP slipped from 299 to 398)

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By Angel Alcala

The top 520 universities of the world are listed in the website http//www.top-universities.com/worlduniv... The first 10 are, in the following order, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, Imperial College London and Princeton University. Massachusetts and Yale tied for the 4th rank, making Stanford the 5th in the ranking. About 20 percent of the 520 universities are American universities. I have not searched the website so I do not know the criteria used for the rankings. But, as everybody knows, the above-named universities are generally well known to be among the top ones. Therefore, there seems to be no doubt about the reliability and credibi-lity of the rankings.

With this conclusion, I would like to discuss one important criterion pro-bably used by the evaluators in arri-ving at their decisions. (There are of course other criteria.) This criterion (value for money) is the success of a university administration (trustees, president, deans) and professors (that is, real professors in the academic sense, not as loosely used in the Phi-lippines) in accessing funds and other support for the most important academic or intellectual activities of a university. These activities are research and graduate teaching.

Research and graduate teaching are closely related in top universities and are the key activities in the ge-neration of new knowledge in universities. Top professors in such universities are in demand and tend to attract more graduate students than ordinary professors. They are also the professors that receive all kinds of grants to pursue research and improve graduate teaching. Their academic departments are recipients of infrastructure and laboratory grants, donations, endowments, prizes, etc. from donors such as alumni, philanthropists, industries, foundations, governments, funding agencies, etc. I observed all these during my 3-year graduate degree studies at one top American university. In the Philippines, I give the example of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute.

In summary, top international universities have top administrators and top professors, all of which attract funding and other kinds of academic support over and above their trustee-approved budgets for running their academic programs. Such universities wield much influence on human affairs.

The rankings have serious implications to the Philippines, a country that would like to enter the global arena not only in business and trade but also in higher education. But the Philippine record is not so good, especially if compared with some of our ASEAN neighbors (see below). Only four have made the list, namely, the University of the Philippines (rank 299), the De La Salle University (rank 392), the Ateneo de Manila University (rank 484), and the University of Santo Tomas (rank 500). None have been included in the top 100. Our national performance is something to be worried about. What can the Commission on Higher Education do? Is it in fact ready to respond?

For ASEAN countries, Thailand has 7 universities included in the list (ranks 161, 317, 322, 404, 418, 475, 481). Indonesia has 4 universities (ranks 250, 258, 270, 495). Malaysia has 2 universities (ranks 192, 292). Singapore has two universities at the top 100 (ranks 19, 61), making it the best performing ASEAN country. We should ask how Singapore did it and learn lessons from its excellent academic record.