ANOTHER Angeles
University Foundation (AUF) alumnus has once again raised the rank of AUF in
Criminal Justice Education after landing on the third spot at the 2011
Criminology Licensure Examination.
Out
of 7,789 passers, AUF Criminology Batch 2011 alumnus Resty Astrero ranked 3rd
in the licensure exam with an average of 90%.
According
to Astrero, he prepared by reviewing his notes and “relentlessly” answering
questionnaires, aside from attending the reviews that were scheduled every
Saturdays and Sundays from July to September.
Astrero
said the test questions ranged from “easy to insanely hard,” and the lessons
that were taught in school actually appeared in the exam. But “it all boils
down on how one took his four years of academic training seriously.”
Astrero
meanwhile admitted that he was “not that confident” of landing in the Top 10.
He only rated himself as “good enough” to place in the Top 11-20 before the
results were released.
“I’ve
shared these doubts after the exams not only to my schoolmates but to my
teachers as well. They were ore confident of me than I am of myself,” Astrero
said.
According
to Astrero, he “prayed a lot” and used the motto “Victoria
Astrero
has been one of the top performing students in the College of Criminal Justice
Education (CCJE) during his college years. He was the first President of the
Paragon Society and the over-all President of the Criminology Society.
Currently,
Astrero is planning to take up his master’s degree this coming academic year in
preparation for his goal of joining the academe someday.
Meanwhile,
aside from Astrero, 36 from his batch passed in the recently held exam. AUF
also gained an over-all passing rate of 82.61%, the highest in Central Luzon , versus the national passing rate of 43%.
Astrero
and his colleagues took their oath as licensed criminologists at the SMX Convention Center ,
Pasay City
* My article published in the News Page of our university paper, The Pioneer, in its November – January 2012 News Letter issue.
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