A Bagonhon who was not able to graduate on time made it to 10th place in the Chemical Engineering Licensure Examination.
Bobby Maravilla of Barangay Balingasag in Bago City was not able to March during his graduation at the University of Saint La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City in May this year, Bago City’s Citybridge reported.
But he made it to 10th place in the November 2024 chemical engineering board exams with an 88.40 percent rating.
Maravilla said in his very last semester in college, he did not make the cut for the graduating students. Instead of March, he graduated in the summer.
“I failed in the last assessment that defined my graduation. Some awards were rescinded, though I took that chance to remind myself that even the best of us fall sometimes,” he said.
Maravilla finished his elementary education at the Bago City Elementary School, and graduated with high honors from junior high school at Ramon Torres National High School.
He also graduated in the Top 3 and with high honors in senior high school at John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation – Bacolod.
In college, scholarships funded his tuition and fees. He was a scholar of the Department of Science and Technology and Menzi Program for Research and Training Scholarship Grant, an external partner of USLS-Bacolod. *