THE Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Office of the Cadet Admission is set to conduct the PMA Entrance Examination on August 29, 2010 at the gymnasium of the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division of the Philippine Army in Camp Evangelista, Barangay Patag, this city.
To qualify for the entrance examination, all applicants must be a natural born Filipino citizen, physically fit, single and never been married, must be at least 17 years of age but not a day older than 22 years on April 1 of the year following the date of examination taken, a high school graduate with a grade point average of 85 percent or higher, and are at least 5'4"tall if male and 5'2" if female.
The PMA Cadetship Application form will be distributed nationwide and can be downloaded from the PMA official website http://www.pma.ph.
All interested and qualified applicants must complete the information in the application form and subsequently attach two copies of 2x2 ID picture and must bring pencil, authenticated or NSO copy of birth certificate and a true copy of High School Form 137 during the exam.
The application form shall be mailed to the Office of Cadet Admission of the PMA at Fort del Pilar in Baguio City not later than two weeks before the scheduled examination date.
The PMA entrance examination covers algebra and geometry, grammar and composition, reading and comprehension, verbal and numerical reasoning and pattern analysis.
Examination permits are sent through mail to the address reflected by the applicants in their application forms and also can be verified at the venue during the examination.
For further inquiries, interested applicants may contact the Office of the Cadet Admission through (074) 446-8002, 0918-5872384/0927-3810493 or send email to the Philippine Information Office of the PMA at Fort del Pilar, Baguio City at oca@pma.ph, or pio_pma@yahoo.com. (PR)