My sister J, who shifted from Accountancy, is now a Banking and Finance student. She’s just told me all about it thru text. I’m happy she was able to get a slot early. She said she’s very optimistic about her new course. She’ll be a sophomore come enrollment time in June.

Speaking of enrollment, how do you save up for tuition fees? Do you pay in full or installment? Personally, I think it’s always best to save up money for tuition fees in advance. This has proven to be a wise move for me as I’m the one who handles the family’s finances. I find it easy to do. I just allot a particular amount to “Education” in my budget monitoring sheet. Slowly but surely, the money accumulates and before I know it, I have already generated the amount needed for the tuition fees of my two siblings who are both in college.

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Shifting to a different course is quite hard. It means a lot of things for the shiftee: an entirely new curriculum, a new set of classmates, a new class schedule, change in study habits, physical and psychological adjustments, etc. While shifting to a different course can be prevented, sometimes you are left with no other choice. The trick is to choose the course according to what you want to pursue best and have your documents processed ahead of time so you get a sure slot.

My sister J who’s studying in a state university here in Manila learned yesterday that she had to shift to a different course because she failed to pass the qualifying exams. Apparently, Accountancy (her course) has a quota to live up to its competitive standards. Qualifying exams are then given to the students at the end of each academic year to determine who will make it to the quota.

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