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MAIN TALK GUIDE
*Please remember that this is only a GUIDE – NOT a SCRIPT. Just get the GIST, understand the FLOW of the talk and find ways to inject YOURSELF. Do just use this as a GUIDE to whats supposed to be said in terms of CONTENT; DELIVERY is all yours. GOOD LUCK! ♥
Hi! How are you doing? Whats on your mind? Youre probably thinking of the epic summer you just had to kiss goodbye. Or maybe going home to chill and play some video games – (like PacMan who just turned 30 years old this year!) Maybe youre thinking about sparkly vampires, or if that isnt your thing, maybe even “hot” wizards. You could be looking forward to your next tweet or what to Like next on Facebook. What about partying this weekend to the tunes of the Biebs? Maybe youre just hungry like me.
Hi, so how are you doing? Whats on your mind? Youre probably missing the summer you just had, hanging out at the beach and waking up late. Or maybe you cant wait to go home and play some video games – like pacman. Maybe youre dreaming about sparkly vampires because of the movie you just watch. Or for the wizard fans, maybe you just cant wait for the upcoming movie with those hot witches and wizards
But hey! In a just a few months youre all going to be college freshmen. So its only natural that youre thinking about college. So lets be realistic. When thinking of college, what schools usually come to mind? Is it that maroon school in Diliman? That green school in Taft? Or maybe even that blue – Im sorry, I meant “the” blue school in Katipunan? Well, thats perfectly understandable as theyve been around for a really long time. Theyre probably even older than this guy! But for once lets talk about something different
, something fresh – lets talk about UA&P.
So lets get down to the bare facts. When choosing a college, what do you usually look for? Prestige? Well Im thinking, when youve got a university that was founded by two brilliant Harvard graduates – two of the best economists of their time – one of whom went on the help write the Philippine Constitution in 1987 & the other who was our countrys former finance secretary, theres got to be some element of prestige in that right? What about accessibility? UA&P is located in the heart of Ortigas Center, one of the largest financial districts in the country. If you can get to Megamall, Metrowalk and Shangri-La, theres no way you cant get to UA&P. So how do you get there? (playful) You can take your nice fancy car. Maybe, your not-so-fancy car. If you want to be practical, why not take the MRT? If you want to hang out with friends, try carpooling or if you want to make new friends, you could even try this. Now what about safety? Youll be happy to know that at UA&P there are no known fraternities or sororities, no mafias or monkey business. You dont have to worry about getting harassed by guys like this – bullying you for your lunch money – so youre able to focus on more important things and have a comfortable student life.
Okay. Quick question. Do you guys like attention? Well, assuming you do, at UA&P youll get LOTS of it. How? We have less than 2000 students. This allows us to have a student-teacher ratio of 8 is to 1, which is the best among the major universities in the country. Now that doesnt mean that there are only 8 students per class, thats pretty boring, right? I mean, come on. Zero social life, zero love life. What do you do with 8 guys in a room? Use your imagination. What it does mean is that for every 8 students on campus, there is 1 dedicated professor who is more than willing to help make your college life easier. At UA&P, the average class size is around 20 to 25 students. You dont have to worry about getting lost in a class of 50, where youre just another random student number, and your teacher wont even know your name. If youre following my logic here: bigger university, 40 to 50 in a class, less attention. Smaller university, 20 to 25 in a class, more attention. Youre the class/batch that likes attention, right? Need I say more?
Now that weve talked about quantity, what about quality? In a bigger university, this is what an actual class would look like. Because there are just so many of you, you can smell the person sitting right next to you or itd be so easy for you to sit at the back, fall asleep, slack off – and the teacher wont even notice. You cant pull that off at UA&P. This is what our classes look like. Now because there are less of you in class: you can interact more personally with your professor or when working in a group, youre not just with a bunch of strangers, youre with friends. Because of this, youd naturally want to perform well and do your best – making you competitive. Having this mindset will lead you down the road to success later on in life.
Students 098795, please answer question number 4.
Being a small school allows us to offer our students a unique benefit known as mentoring? Are you guys familiar with what a mentor is? Well, at UA&P, every student is assigned a personal mentor; someone who can be your “ate” or “kuya away from home. Your mentor can be anyone from the faculty or management staff. If youre a guy, you get assigned a male mentor & if youre a girl, a female mentor. Just so theres no unnecessary weirdness. What do you talk about? Academic life, love life, family life, social life, future professional life – basically, anything under the sun. Theyre really just there to help guide you through your hopefully-happy-college experience.
Moving on. Real, tangible support is given to our varsities, organizations and events. Quick question. Who here is into theatre? Well, at UA&P we have various theatre orgs that cater to both English and Filipino plays. Now because its such a small, (family) tight-knit community, plays are usually a big deal. Anybody from the president of the university to the janitor may actually stop by to watch. Lets say you do star in one of our plays, dont be surprised if the next day, everybody comes up to you and says “Hi! You were great!” and you could be remembered forever, just like Mike.
President and the janitors would watch. Theyll peek in the room while cleaning the halls. And when you star in one of the plays, by the next day people would call you out saying “Hi (name), that was so cool!” and be remembered just like mike.
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