Application for Admission to Grade 11 (Senior High School)

The Ateneo de Manila Senior High School is a Filipino, Catholic and Ignatian college-preparatory senior high school that instills in its graduates the values of commitment, competence, conscience, compassion, and Christ-centeredness. The Senior High School encompasses Grades 11 and 12 of Ateneo de Manila University’s Basic Education.

The Ateneo de Manila Senior High School offers programs for the following STRANDS under the ACADEMIC TRACK:

• Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM)

• General Academic (GA)

• Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)

• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Ateneo de Manila Senior High School Curriculum

For school year 2021-2022, around 350 slots will be open to applicants from schools other than Ateneo de Manila Junior High School. In view of Ateneo’s desire to provide quality education and leadership formation for those coming mainly from the public school system, 100 scholarship grants will be offered in the Senior High School to academically gifted but financially challenged students from public schools. Scholarships in the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School are given to deserving students primarily on the basis of financial need.

Important Information on Application to Grade 11 SY 2021-2022

Who is qualified to apply?

• The applicant must be a member of his/her school’s Grade 10 batch at the time of

• No minimum grade is demanded of Grade 11 applicants. However, ADMU-SHS seeks students with good academic performance, no failing grades and good deportment records.

• The applicant must not have applied for Grade 11 in the Ateneo prior to this application.

• The school does not accept transferees/applicants for Grade 12. Grade 11 is the only entry point into Ateneo de Manila Senior High School.

Will there be an entrance test (A-SHAPE) this year?

• Under the current COVID-19 pandemic, Ateneo de Manila Senior High School gives primary importance to ensuring the health and safety of our applicants, their families as well as our own personnel. We also respect the current restrictions on the mobility of minors, recognize the potential risks of traveling outside the home, and wish to minimize occasions that may result in the further spread of the virus. For these reasons, no face-to-face entrance test (A-SHAPE) will be administered for screening of applicants for Grade 11 SY 2021-2022.

• Due to challenges faced by a significant percentage of our applicants in terms of ensuring uninterrupted internet connectivity, and the challenges of ensuring the integrity of the test-taking process, the school has also decided against administering an online entrance test.

How will applications for Grade 11 SY 2021-2022 be screened?

• Instead of the usual entrance test, all applicants will be screened based on academic performance (grades in Grade 8, Grade 9 and the first grading period of Grade 10), deportment, recommendations of teachers, and the student’s application essay (short autobiography). If more information is needed, some applicants may also be invited for an online interview; however, an invitation to be interviewed does not guarantee acceptance and the absence of an interview does not signify non-acceptance.

• Ateneo de Manila Senior High School will make use of mathematical models and qualitative review to make adjustments for the differences in grading systems and standards of the different schools of the applicants.

• Admission decisions will also be guided by the vision, mission, values and priorities of the school.

When will applications for Grade 11 SY 2021-2022 be accepted?

• Applications for Grade 11 SY 2021-2022 will be accepted from October 5, 2020 until December 18, 2020.

The application for admission to Grade 11, SY 2021-2022 will be online. Before an applicant applies, please ensure that:

• The applicant is applying for Grade 11 SY 2021-2022. The Ateneo de Manila Senior High School does not accept transferees in Grade 12.

• He/She is part of his/her school’s Grade 10 batch at the time of application, or has completed Grade 10 as long as he/she is not currently enrolled in Grade 11.

• He/She must not have applied for Grade 11 in the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School prior to this application.

• The applicant commits to following the instructions for the online process and completing the online application.

REQUIREMENTS TO BE PREPARED

Before filling up the online application form, the applicant must prepare the following:

• A scanned copy (in PDF format) of the applicant’s birth certificate. The birth certificate must be either a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or National Statistics Office (NSO) copy.

• If the applicant is NOT a Filipino citizen: a PDF copy of the applicant’s Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR) and Special Study Permit issued by the Bureau of Immigration.

• If the applicant has dual citizenship: a PDF copy of the applicant’s Philippine Passport or Certificate of Recognition as a Filipino Citizen.

• An image file (PNG, JPG/JPEG) of a recent 1 x 1 ID picture of the applicant. The picture must be colored with a white background, with only the head and shoulders visible in the picture. Head must be between 0.5 - 0.75 inches in size from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head.

• A scanned copy (in PDF format) of the applicant’s final, completed Grade 8 report card.

• A scanned copy (in PDF format) of the applicant’s final, completed Grade 9 report card.

• A scanned copy (in PDF format) of the applicant’s report card for the first grading period of Grade 10. If this is not yet available, it may be uploaded later, as long as it is uploaded before January 15, 2021.

• For all report cards: All pages of the report card and all information in the report card must be clearly visible in the scanned copy (information such as the name of the school, the name of the student, all of the grades, deportment rating, the school administrator who certified the report card, the explanation of the grade equivalents, etc.)

• A PDF copy of the applicant’s autobiography, which must be typewritten, A4 page size, 1-2 pages only, using any readable font. The autobiography should touch on the following points: interests, ambitions, accomplishments, and the reasons that the applicant desires a senior high school education at the Ateneo de Manila University.

• Each applicant must also choose 2 teachers who have taught the applicant in grade 8, 9 or 10, know the applicant well and are willing to recommend the applicant. The applicant must ensure that the chosen teachers agree to fill up an online application form. The applicant must obtain the email address and contact number (official school contact information or personal contact information) of the teacher and must ensure that the contact information is correct. Incorrect information will lead to problems in the application process. The recommendation form will be sent directly to the teacher and will not pass through the applicant.

• Application fee of P 750.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ONLINE PROCESS

The applicant needs to take the following steps:

1. Create an account in the online system and generate a payment reference number.

2. Pay the application fee of Php 750 through one of the following payment channels: BPI Online, Over-the-counter at BPI, Over-the-Counter at Metrobank, and through Webpay (credit card). Since access to the Ateneo campus is currently restricted, the option to pay directly to the cashier in the Ateneo campus is not available.

3. Fill up the online application form [“Draft” status]. This stage also involves entering the email addresses of two recommenders (teachers) to trigger the sending of a google recommendation form, and uploading a 1x1 photo (JPG or PNG) and PDF files of the required documents.

4. Submit the filled-up form online and wait for Ateneo’s checkers/reviewers to check the completeness of the form [“For Review” status]. Ateneo’s checkers will either return the form online [“Return to Applicant” status] or move the form to the “For Recommendation” status.

5. Edit the form according to the comments of the checkers/reviewers (if the form is returned to the applicant) and re-submit the form [“Return to Applicant” status].

6. Follow up if the teacher-recommenders have sent their google recommendation forms [“For Recommendation” status] until Ateneo’s checkers/reviewers receive these online recommendation forms.

7. In lieu of choosing an exam schedule (since there will be no entrance exam this year), click on the closest batch processing schedule in the online system in order to trigger the sending of the completion notice (in lieu of an exam permit) to the applicant’s email address [“For Processing” status].

Note that the online application process is not complete until the applicant receives a completion notice through a system-triggered email.

DETAILED STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE FOR ONLINE APPLICATION

It is the applicant’s responsibility to monitor his/her application and move it forward. In order to do this he/she must make the effort to read and follow the instructions of the online process.

Online application may be new to our applicants, and thus we are providing very detailed instructions regarding each step in the online application process.

Applicants from public schools are asked to download the DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL APPLICANTS.

Applicants from private schools are asked to download the DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL APPLICANTS.

These downloadable files are found at the bottom of this page. Applicants are advised to refer to these instructions as they accomplish each step in the process.

All Applicants are advised to download the instructions for payment of the Application Fee through their chosen payment channel. The downloadable instructions for payment through BPI Online, over-the-counter at BPI, over-the-counter at Metrobank, and through Webpay (credit card) are found at the bottom of this page.

Note that although each step in the application process can be completed in a few minutes, the whole process will take several days (4 days at the very least) to complete because of the waiting time for the payment to be received by Ateneo’s online system (2-3 working days), for the form to be reviewed by Ateneo’s checkers (several hours to a day, depending on the queue of forms to be reviewed), and for the recommenders to fill up and send their recommendation forms to Ateneo.

We advise all of those who intend to apply to start the process as soon as possible. The first step (creating an account and generating a payment ID number) only takes 10-20 minutes.

APPLICATION DEADLINE AND RELEASE OF RESULTS

The deadline for application is on December 18, 2020.

Admission decisions will be released in April 2021 (specific date to be announced). An applicant will be able to view the individual decision on his/her application online, through his/her application account. No public posting of admission decisions will be made.