PMA Registration CdO August 31, 2008

Local Applicants can apply for full government scholarship to the PMA (Philippine Military Academy), this coming Sunday, August 31, 2008, at the Camp Evangalista Gym.

Walk-in applicants are accepted.

Requirements:

• Applicants should be natural-born Filipinos, of good moral character and physically fit, single and never married. Height requirements are 5’4″ (162.5 cm) for males and 5’2″ (157.5 cm) for females.
• For high-school graduates, all applicants must be not a day older than 21 and not a day younger than 17 years on April 1 of the year of their submission. They must have a minimum GPA of 85%.
• For college graduates and those with advanced degrees such as masters and doctorate degrees, the age limit is somewhat higher.

Walk-ins must arrive early, between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM to submit their applications.  Forms will be provided on-site.

For those who have already applied online, please bring your issued permit to verify and trace your previously submitted application.

All applicaants should bring their NSO-certified birth certificate, high school form 137 or report card.  College graduates should bring transcript records.  Everyone should bring two #2 pencils, 2 valid IDs, and two 2″x2″ ID-type color photos.

Captain John Barrameda, an instructor at PMA, and a local resident of Cagayan de Oro, advised me that it used to be that only two students per year were admited to PMA from CdO, but the past few years at least 10 have been accepted from Cagayan de Oro each year.

Captain Barrameda suggested that reading through a college exam reviewer because many of the questions on the PMA exam are similar to those on regular college entrance exams.

If you do not pass the exam the firt time you may take it again.

If you are accepted to the PMA, your educational, room & boarding and allowance will be PHP 14,000 per month.  Of this money, only PHP 3000 per month is given to the cadet, and what money is left over, after room and board, books and academic charges, is put into a savings account for the cadet, which he or she may draw on during holidays and for visits home.

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