The Real Problem in Enrolment

The Real Problem in Enrolment
Editorial & Column Writing



This semester, the registrar’s office established a new procedure for the enrollment. They assigned advisers for every department to guide students of what and what not subjects to take. There are different enrolment schedule assigned for every year level. Adamsonians were required to bring their true copy of grades to be presented to the adviser. Then after listing down your choices of subjects for the semester, you queue up for the adviser’s lane on your department office. Once he/she has approved your enrolment form you can now encode your subjects to the computer laboratory assigned to your college. It may seem quite easy for students belonging in a block section. Because regular students belonging in free sections and irregular students found this new enrolment setup more complicated than before.

If Adamson University registrar thinks this previous enrolment eased the burden of enrollees, most Adamsonians particularly the non-block and irregular students, think otherwise. For the last 4 years, Adamsonians has never experienced a completely hassle-free enrolment. It usually takes up half a day for a student to have his/her subjects encoded. Worse, it could even consume a whole day if some computer laboratory breaks down. Or when the computer said that a subject is not credited yet for course shifters (even when you have already undergone the creditation process), they had to follow up their creditation form to be able to take the requisite subject. It’s hard work to run around the university lining up on queues to do something you have already done before. Worst, is when you are suggested to come back the next day or the next week if some errors occurred on your assessment form or it’s not your schedule yet to enroll. This could be really a pain the butt for students who travel all the way from their provinces just to enroll for the semester.

There is absolutely nothing wrong in implementing new procedures if the intention is to ease a process. It is good to know that the registrar tries hard to come up with a more effective way for enrolment. But the problem is they’re looking at the wrong side of the problem. There is actually no problem with the procedures whether new or not. The problem is in the computer system. It isn’t updated regularly and most of them are old. Speed is also a major problem with the computers. So whatever the procedure may be if the medium used isn’t taken care of properly, change and convenience could be impossible to achieve.


“If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it”.
~Mary Engelbreit

Adamson University: An Amusement Park

Adamson University: An Amusement Park
Editorial & Column Writing




As kids, we have been taught that school is our second home. For Adamsonians, our beloved university is our Amusement Park.

When you enter the Adamson walkway, you will feel your paces gradually and sometimes worse, involuntarily, accelerating due to the pressure brought by your fellow students racing for class. It’s like queuing up for the ticket booth for the holidays. Well, speaking of ticket booths, after the long and not-so winding walkway, here comes the innovated entrance gates of ST (St. Therese) and CS (Cardinal Santos) building. It is funny seeing these gates crowded with unorganized queues of students lining from the gates to the sidewalk outside of the university. Some students would joke about it as the “box-office” line. Now, you’ve entered the park. It’s time to take the rides.

The common rides are of course the numerous leg-fracturing staircases of the university. From the ST, CS, SV (St. Vincent), OZ (Ozanam) and even the JP building. but there’s one ride uncommon to some Adamsonians especially the non-engineering students; The OZ elevator. The sole incubator in campus which stops at any moment you DON'T like. Because of technical problems, it was closed down for maintenance. But some students wished it to start operating soon so as to experience again the ride of their life.

Now let's talk about the hot spots of the campus. The most infamous is no other than, of course, the Falcon Bridge. After many years of the Estero de Balete's desperate modification, it still contains its usual characteristic. It still doesn't fail to give bridge crossers the chance to wince upon smelling its aroma. Though, they have enhanced the boundaries by setting up a garden and colorful lights at night. The workers in charged of the estero had probably lost their hope for the conservation of the watercourse so they had decided to decorate it instead. Another spot is our so-called Pinoy Big Brother house. The freshly-built edifice behind the CS building with a reception area that always seemed ready to cater various celebrations. If that's still not enough to prove Adamson's park-like grounds, we have our own version of Baywalk. The ST quadrangle that seems like a vision from Lito Atienza's mind accompanied with the song, “Mahal kong Maynila...” Adamson University actually has a lot more to offer than just rides and scenic spots. We also have a pawnshop (administration/ registrar's office), a portion of Harry Potter's Hogwart's (the fully varnished corridor alongside the president's office with scary paintings on the wall), a mental ward (the white painted corridors of ST and JP buildings), and of course the white maze of CS building second floor where you could get lost on your first time.

But despite all of these sarcasms, Adamson University provides a different college life that no other school could offer. The rides and spots are not only the places on campus but the lessons we learn. A university is like an amusement park. Here is where we enjoy most of the significant rides of our lives and our professors serves as the operators who guide and give us the time of our lives. The challenges. The thrills. The disappointments. And sometimes the boredom. But that's school life. And we only stay there for a period of time. We can't stay forever. We have to leave as time passes by. We grow old and mature and soon get tired of enjoying the rides. Some give up. Some go on. But still the most fulfilling part of school is the overwhelming feeling of overcoming it all when you've finished all of the rides.