Students can submit UPCAT applications through courier — UP’s Dalisay

Students who want to submit their applications to take the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) may do so by courier, a university official stressed on Monday.

"Hindi naman dapat magkaroon ng ganitong crowds sa registrar sapagkat noon pa namin inaanunsyo na pwede namang i-submit yung mga forms through courier, eh," UP Vice President for Public Affairs Dr. Jose "Butch" Dalisay Jr. told Super Radyo dzBB reporter Glen Juego after an estimated 10,000 students and parents crowded the UP Diliman campus on the last day of submitting applications for students from private schools in Metro Manila.

According to a report on News To Go, the large crowds resulted in chaos and even some people fainting.

Dalisay said that even though UP has emphasized the courier option, applicants still prefer to go to the university to line up in person.

"[H]indi pinapansin ng mga tao 'yun. Kanina nga nagbukas na ng mga drop box para ma-relieve 'yung pressure, per nag-i-insist pa rin ang mga tao na pumila," he added.

WATCH: Ang pahayag ni UP VP for Public Affairs,Dr. Jose Dalisay Jr. kaugnay sa sitwasyon ng mga estudyanteng nag-apply para sa UPCAT. @dzbb pic.twitter.com/Ui33c8sDe0

— Glen Juego (@glenjuego) July 30, 2018

According to the UP website, UPCAT applications may be submitted to:

UP Office of Admissions, University of the Philippines, 1101 Diliman, Q.C. either in person or through the authorized school (not a bank) representative, or by mail

Selected regional UPCAT application filing centers in: UP Baguio, UP Cebu, UPEP in Pampanga, UP Los Banos, UP Iloilo, UP Tacloban and UP Mindanao

Private school students in Metro Manila initially had until July 27 to submit their applications, but UP extended the deadline to July 30.

Public high school students in Metro Manila, meanwhile, have until August 3 to submit their forms.

Students in other provinces have their deadline on August 10.

Applicants from foreign schools may submit their forms between July 30 to August 10.

Applications received after August 10 may only be processed if test permits are still available.

The UPCAT for Academic Year 2019 will be held on September 15 and 16, 2018.

In 2017, about 80,000 students took the exam, of whom only about 14,000 were accepted.— BM, GMA News