USTCA Student Council

𝙈𝘼𝙔 I just say… your presence got us all intrigued 🎂✨

And just like that, the celebration glowed so 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 🌷
Filling the room with 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩 and 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 💫
Got us feeling like the stars aligned just right 🎀
For souls the world was meant to 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 all night 💛

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶! 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 ✨



Poster by Ben Romblon
Caption by Faith Mendoza

𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁… 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁🏗️

The school year’s almost over🎓
yet the fire’s only getting warmer 🔥
From deadlines to highlights ✨
this month is all about making everything 𝗠𝗔𝗬-𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 💛

One last push before the curtain calls, Archi!💪



Poster by Jana Dumangcas and Ian Delos Reyes
Caption by Reah Gaspar

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 👊

That is not all— 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 to go, Archi! 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 is here, and this is specifically when we don’t quit 😉 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗸— because finals won’t wait for anyone ☕ We’ve been here before, do it again, but do better this time 💪

Archi, we only accept “𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲” as an 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 ✨



Poster by Matt Dimalanta
Caption by Franz Dacut

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗲 😪

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞! This is your moment to shine, so show up and know your 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 inside and out! 📆 Consider this the 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 👀 the 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 of the year where everything you’ve worked for finally comes together on the stage 🤩

Know that by the end of it all, you'll look back and realize 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙮 👠✨



Poster by Ben Romblon
Caption by Yani Lapitan

𝙂𝙚𝙩’𝙘𝙝𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙩’𝙘𝙝𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞 🏀

Pulling off plays that had the crowd going wild 📣 Firing up the shots, keeping the scoreboard blazing 💯 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 ⛹️ bringing the heat and setting the game on fire ☄️

Let’s bounce off and travel back to the hustling plays from the 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 🔥



Captured by Denicia Hontomin, Chae De Dios, Xander Canama, Jaslene Taguinod and Alaina Tongol
Caption by LA Lavarias

2026-062

RE: Cut-off Policies for A.Y. 2026-2027

ATTENTION TO ALL INCOMING FIRST YEAR STUDENTS FOR A.Y. 2026-2027:

Pursuant to the College's Supplemental Policies on the Student Handbook, the first-year academic cut-off was established to uphold the College's retention standards. This policy aimed to ensure that only students demonstrating the potential for success in the Architecture profession and worthy of advancing within the Thomasian Architects family proceed to the second year.

Recent observations by the Office of the Dean, corroborated by feedback from academic staff handling first-year courses, indicate that many first-year students struggle to adjust to the rigors of technical courses during their initial college year. Furthermore, while students from technical high schools often possess an advantage in studio courses, students from non-technical high schools frequently begin to progress and demonstrate their potential later in the program, typically during their second year.

To validate these findings, the Office of the Dean consulted with the College Guidance Counselor ("Counselor"), who confirmed these observations. To mitigate the adverse effects of the initial adjustment period on first-year academic performance, the Counselor was asked whether implementing the cut-off policy after the sophomore year, rather than the first year, would be beneficial. The Counselor concurred, explaining that this revision would alleviate a significant burden on first-year students during their transition to college life. This change would also be advantageous for students from non-technical high schools, providing them with the opportunity to acquire basic skills during their first year and fully develop their potential during the sophomore year.

Giving due consideration to the aforementioned rationale and following consultation with the Dean's Council and the First-Year Academic Coordinators, the Office of the Dean will implement the following updated College cut-off policies, effective for incoming students of Academic Year 2026-2027 onwards:

The College's academic cut-off policy shall henceforth be implemented at the end of the Sophomore Year (Second Year):
1. A second-year student who fails to meet the cut-off grade, as determined by the Dean’s Office, shall be ineligible to enroll in the third year. The cut-off grade will be based on the student's General Weighted Average (GWA) in Allied and Professional courses relative to the performance of their batch.
2. Effective Academic Year 2026-2027, students are strictly prohibited from failing or dropping any Allied or Professional course for any reason during their first two years. Non-compliance with this specific requirement will result in the student being ineligible to enroll in the third year.

For your guidance and compliance.

𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 📐✨

A week of inspiration, insight, and industry-ready learning is officially in the books! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗖𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 was more than just a series of talks 🤔it was a 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 filled with 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 where our students 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 🤩

Every photo here is a 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 to look back on 📸a solid reminder that 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 🏗️ 𝗚𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶!

Captured by Denicia Hontomin, Natasha Allenby, Genesis Ganhinhin, Jazcel Galang, and Jaslene Taguinod
Caption by Yani Lapitan

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 🌙✨

Confidently beautiful with a heart, our ⚜️ 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 candidates showcased 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 💪 that make Archi truly extraordinary 🏛️🤩

Crowned with pride and carried by conviction, their triumphs lay the 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 👑 that endures beyond the night 🌆 The lights may have dimmed, but the pride they ignited will continue to 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 ❤️‍🔥

𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶!



Captured by Denicia Hontomin
Caption by Sherlin Reyes

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵 👑

Overflowing with pride and joy, the whole 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 is beyond proud of our newly crowned 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘇 and 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗼, as they became pillars of triumph on stage. ✨ Like structures designed with a 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, built with a 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, and shaped by 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻— you stood tall with undeniable presence

𝗪𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶! 🎉



Poster by Matt Dimalanta
Caption by Franz Dacut

𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 ✨

As you take the stage 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲, you carry 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 that will support you until coronation night!

With confidence founded on concrete support and dreams drawn with purposeful vision, 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸 🍀

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶 👑 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵!



Poster by Matt Dimalanta
Caption by LA Lavarias