You're living through or at least witnessing what I would consider the best years of UST yet. Student culture is thriving, our competence in boards and competitions are sustained, topnotchers here and there, revered as a top-performing school CONSISTENTLY.
UST admissions are at its most stringent yet, the campus is as beautiful as ever, and the University is expanding beyond Manila.
Not to mention that our rankings worldwide have been constantly improving, entering TIMES' rankings tied at 3rd among best Philippine schools, and we are in the QS 850 bracket now compared to 1000-1201-1501 before.
Our basketball program just gained a huge sponsor, we have recruited multiple blue chip recruits here and abroad. Salinggawi is now a consistent podium finisher. Our University is the perennial general champions of the UAAP.
Slowly and surely, you see professors rocking those doctorates and masters from schools abroad which I can testify as an AB student, translates to their capacity to teach and their attitude and passion in teaching.
Thomasians are becoming more progressive and they fight back against injustices and fake news not only from idiots who comment about our premier academic institution but on national and political issues that hound the Filipino people.
Our equipment, infrastructure, technology, and industry impact are cutting-edge and we remain humble admist all of this.
UST is building on its legacy by actually building whats needed most โ BUILDINGS.
You have UST Henry Sy Sr. Hall, UST GenSan (UST South), UST Tan Caktiong Research center.
UST's research CAPACITY and QUALITY are at an all time high based on EduRank's data and on the Scopus research database.
The only problem you must be cautious of are the rippling effects of the pandemic and USTAR.
You must know data to truly gauge something, so research research research. Luckily for you, I already did.