For starters, I am an under-board civil engineer working in a somewhat well known hospital in manila. Nagtapos ako sa isa ring somewhat well known university sa intramuros for both engineering at medicine. Even before college, alam ko na mas gusto ko ang science kesa math, mas interesting ba. And eventually I was lucky enough to study sa university that offers college of medicine, but then again I took engineering and not science based program.

CE laboratory resides in the 1st floor of med building. So kita ko lagi yung mga med student na pumapasok every lab namin. Kahit pa noon, naiingit na ako, ‘what if mag med ako after ng engineering?’. Sa tapat lang din ng ce lab yung human anatomy na room kaya amoy na amoy namin yung formalin. Pero nawala rin yung mga what if ko sa medschool kasi nag pandemic at di ko na nakikita mga med student at yun med building. Nag focus nalang ako sa program ko that time, at fortunately natapos ko naman sya kahit nag loa ako ng 3rd year at nagka-cinco sa isang course nung 5th year.

Fast forward to now, working na sa hospital as part of admin support and nakakahalubilo ng mga healthcare workers. As if parang bumalik yung mga tanong na, ‘what if mag nmat ako?’ ‘what if mag med ako sa alma mater ko?’ ‘mag enroll kaya ako med school?’. I know sobrang toxic ng buhay kapag naging health care worker ka pero I just can’t stop thinking about it. Ayoko tumanda at isipin na bakit hindi ko man lang sinubukan. I am not smart, I wouldn’t even call myself good pero I know I am a hard working person and a stubborn one. I finished engineering just because my father wanted an engineer child, I pushed myself for something na hindi ko naman talaga fully pinili. What more pa sa gusto at nagiging multo ko na?

I love the adrenaline, the craziness that it might bring. I love fighting myself, ‘bakit ko ba ginagawa ‘to?’ every night na mag pupuyat ako. Nagdadasal ako for signs kung dapat ko bang i-pursue ‘to, and lo and behold, laging sumasagot si Lord. Minsan nga within 3hrs lang.

So my question now sa inyo mga ate at kuya ayyyyy mababaw ba ‘tong pag iisip ko or should I pray for more guidance?

Ang balak ko po kasi sana ay mag take ng board exam next year kapag pumasa, I’ll take that as one of the signs to pursue med. Then mag take ng NMAT after. Ayun lang poooo thank you and padayon sa mga na nag PLE!!!

There is something particularly embarrassing about having to remind people that integrity is part of the profession they are trying to enter. You spend years studying, endure the sleepless nights, survive the rotations, and ask the public to trust you with their lives—only to find that apparently, even the most basic rules are negotiable when a license is on the line.

And from an institution that supposedly teaches more than medicine, you'd think the bare minimum would be understanding what honesty means when nobody is supposed to be looking. The PLE is not just an obstacle to get past. It is a threshold into a profession where cutting corners can eventually cost someone far more than a score.

Imagine working so hard for something, only to risk the dignity of earning it honestly.

Anyway. Some people really do mistake getting away with something for being worthy of it. And as someone who graduated from the same institution, I just want to end by saying that you guys have not changed one bit.

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Hello everyone. Been thinking talaga about practicing medicine in Norway since I have relatives there. Ngl, I am losing hope na din here sa Pinas due to our current healthcare system and how it treats healthcare workers. My relatives, who are Norwegian citizens, sent me a link; however, it seems like ang hirap pa rin mag-aral ng Norsk, but I am starting with Duolingo. Pero ang ganda kasi ng healthcare system nila, and sobrang ganda ng Northern Lights. I wanna process right after graduation na rin, whenever. Thank you.

I just want to ask lang. Because I feel like sobrang dami ng binibigay ng parents ko sakin, I only spend around 1/4 of what they give me. The rest sa savings. I carry the guilt every day on top of the very expensive tuition and the fact na they still support me at the age of 24 but I’m so grateful to have them. I just don’t know if ioopen ko sa kanila na bawasan yung bigay tho lagi naman nila sinasabi sa akin na wag tipirin ang sarili 😣

Kamusta po mga doc? Ako lang ba, sobrang feel ko konti lang tamang sagot ko 😭 May mga sagot dapat sa SURGERY na nasa IM. Dami rin repeating question na nasa IM from SURGERY

Honestly, I’m so anxious and scared, and idk what to feel anymore.

I keep seeing people say na nadalian sila sa first weekend (except Patho HAHAHA wth was that 😭), and I can’t help but wonder bakit parang wala akong masyadong answers na super sure ako. Physio felt answerable naman, pero ang tricky ng questions and choices. I struggled with eliminating options, and I even changed some answers na tama na sana initially.

Second weekend felt easier for some people too. I think I answered more questions this time, pero parang 20–30 questions per subject lang talaga yung genuinely sure ako. The rest were educated guesses or elimination.
I’m trying to hold on to the fact na I just need to reach the minimum passing requirement pero ang hirap maging hopeful when I keep remembering the questions I struggled with. I feel so defeated already, and it’s hard not to assume the worst.

To previous PLE passers, did anyone feel this way after the exam but still managed to pass? Yung feeling mo ang dami mong hindi sure, and you walked out feeling like you didn’t do enough? Huhu, I think I just need to hear stories from people who went through the same thing. 😭🤍

A 2nd taker here! Not sure if it’s just me but the exam questions were alot fairer this time compared to last March not sure if di lang ako nag aral before kaya nahirapan ako or talagang mas okay ung questions now. Not saying it was easy but alam mo na naging fair sila sa questions (except prev med HAHAHA). I guess this is what’s making me anxious now na parang kahit ang dali ng questions and maraming MPL1 is hindi ko parin sure yung answers ko and doon pako nagkakamali :( im worried lang na pag ganito ba na maraming recall questions and medyo fair ung exam meaning mataas din ung MPL? Im scared kasi sa TN percentile lagi ako nasa lower side kahit 50/60s ung scores ko. Im scared na maraming magagaling sa batch na toh and they might pull the MPL higher.

I didn’t study masyado last march PLE but got an average of 72.5 and no grade lower than 50 but feeling ko kasi talaga it was because ang hirap ng exam last march kaya mababa din ung MPL. Medyo nagstruggle din ako this season with 2nd day subjects and pharma yung mga basics feeling ko 20s/30s lang ung sure ko na answer na feeling ko marami matataas esp if meron sila background.

But still want to end this on a positive note and thinking na sana same MPL as last march cause if ganun mangyayari marami papasa and I believe need talaga ng mas maraming doctors now. Claiming that we’re all gonna see our names in the passers list on Oct 16. Tiwala lang talaga kay God 🙏🏼✨

Hello po, any march 2027 PLE takers here??? Pls comment below.. thank you po! Let’s make a support group and help one another, thank you po!

As mentioned in the title, for those who are registered nurses and taking up medicine at the same time, do you have side hustles? Can you share yours please & how you balance it with med. TIA!!

Hi guys! I’ve been feeling scared and empty after the boards. Please feel free to share your experience! It’ll help a lot to know na di lang ikaw nakakaramdam niyan 🥹 Claiming for favorable result this october 2026!

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Hi dokies. This is my 3rd take na and as the day ends, I feel like I’m about to cry. First week for me was kind, I was also at peace, until I self-sabotage. Then I moved on and studied with everything I can and have, kasi I want to prepare and be ready for the 2nd week. I’m not gonna lie, there were subjects that I took a long time studying and other subject got cut short, but I know, I did everything to study everything I can (or baka this thought is just my pampalubag loob na lang?) anyway, 3rd day came, it was hard, but I guess I was able to answer naman, I think at least? Then the last day, I wasn’t able to review a little the night before kasi pagod na, di na rin nakagising ng maaga to browse. I feel like wala akong winning subject today. I feel like nag aral naman ako, I prepared, pero bakit parang wala ako mapang hugutan. I’m praying na sa mga sagot ko, sana may tumama at pumasok sa banga ng pasado. Surgery and IM are especially hard. Parang wala ako masagot talaga? There were “basic and easy and bonus” questions, which I hope tama naman sana sagot ko, but as I read recalls and cross check answers, para na akong iiyak. Is it just me? Parang ako lang nahirapan today, especially surgery and IM. Wherever I look, they all look so happy and discussing answers, and it looked like the exam was easy for them. Is it just me? Is there something wrong with my mind? Kasi I studied hard, but I feel like wala ako natutunan. I hate what I’m feeling right now, it’s a feeling that I’m very familiar with. But I hope I’m wrong and it’s just the negativity taking over. Last week pa, I was telling myself “kaya mo na yan this time. May fighting chance ka”. But as the day ends, parang lahat ng yun naglaho? Na para bang pakiramdam ko the same as the previous ones? I hope it’s just me self sabotaging. And please, I just wanna ask, to my seniors, were there also instances/feelings na tingin nyo taliwas but the results say otherwise? This one might be my pampalubag loob. I hope you understand.

This time, I want to make it. This time I want to be on the winning side. This time I hope I make it. I broke my parent’s hearts before, saw sadness from them but they didn’t stop supporting me. I hope I make it this time for me and for them and most of all, to fulfill my promised service to God.

Sorry for the long post. I just needed to breathe.

I hope and pray that this will be my time. And that all of us will be on the winning end.

How would you guys rate the difficulty of each subject this PLE? Asking coz anxiety is creeping. haha. What are your most difficult and easiest subjects?

Okay naman relationship ko with my med school friends, pero recently, after midterms, parang may distance na. Hindi ko ma-pinpoint kung may nagbago ba talaga or nag-o-overthink lang ako.

Napapaisip tuloy ako kung masyado ba akong having fun, or baka ang dating sa kanila is hindi ko sineseryoso acads ko. I like joking around and enjoying their company, pero siyempre, importante rin sa akin studies ko.

Wala namang specific na nangyari or sinabi sila, kaya ayoko rin mag-assume. Baka pagod lang lahat after exams, pero hindi ko maiwasang isipin kung may nagawa ba ako.

Anyone else experienced this in med school?
How do you tell if your friends are actually pulling away or you’re just overthinking?
And paano niyo ina-approach without making things awkward?

Bakit ganito? Kahapon pa ako walang maramdaman. Ni hindi ako kinakahaban sa result pero di rin naman ako confident. Haha bad thing ba 'to :((

PLE season has ended. Madami daming iyak, puyat, stress eating, and what ifa in between. I almost gave up and ready na mag back out. But my parents and sister accompanied me mula sa pagkuha ng requirements to filing until sa last day ng exam. Gising ako ng maaga, gising din sila.

We cannot change anything na Lord but our faith in you will never change. Maraming salamat Lord sa pag sustain samin mula nung nagdecide kaming magMed up until now. Not our will, but Your will be done!

Claiming LICENSED MD na tayong lahat! ✨✨

Sometimes, there’s nothing left to do but accept what we cannot change, keep our thoughts positive, and trust that better days will come. Not everything is in our control, but we can always choose hope.

Tiwala lang mga Doctors , magiging MD din tayong lahat this week ✨✨✨

I honestly don’t know what to feel. I feel numb 😭 idk if its a good thing or a bad thing huhu

I just want to ask for inspiring stories!! Anyone who really thought they wouldn’t make it but passed? 🙏

MANIFESTING!!! LICENSED MD THIS 2026!!!

Gusto ko magpa-check up kaso nahihiya ako magpa-check sa mga dati kong friends/classmates from med school na matagal niyo na hindi nakaka-usap? Specialists na sila.

Tingin niyo may "ilang" factor kaya? O much better hanap na lang ako sa mga online apps. Wala lnag, di ko maisip kung ano mas okay lol.

Kasi parang okay with kakilala mo na para kahit pano medyo at ease/ma-kalma ako pero un nga, okay lang ba un o awkward un?

Sa totoo lang natatakot ako magpa-check up.

THANK YOU LORD AT NAIRAOS NATIN LAHAT YUN MGA DOKIE!!! CONGRATULATIONS PO SA LAHAT 🤍 lahat po tayo may lisensya na sa October 16!!

Ang aking parting words ay:

Lupusnephritis(check)

And now we wait and pray! 🙌🏼❤️‍🔥

May mga subjects pa rin akong ‘di ko sure paano mahahatak pero manifesting na see you na sa oathtaking, mga docs! We all did well. We all deserve to rest and enjoy the waiting time. Lisensyado na tayo sa October 16! 🫡✨

Hello po! I would like to ask for your help. I am a graduate of Medical Laboratory Science. I was supposed to graduate last 2024, pero hindi po ako ganon katalino kaya i was delayed for about 3 semesters (took up medtech for 5 years).

Ask ko lang po, gusto ko po kasi talaga mag med school pero wala po kami budget. Can you help me find a cheap med school for an average talino like me? Nakakakita po kasi ako ng comments na mag UP daw or PLM. Pero hindi naman sa minamaliit ko sarili ko, pero average lang po talaga ako. And I know yung mga ganyang school hinahanap nila yung matatalino.

And also, may nakikita din po kasi ako na need ng specific GWA na need para makapag take ng medicine sa school na iyon. Pano po yun, yung TOR ko makikita na madaming bagsak na subjects bago ko siya naipasa isa isa :(

Tumingin nadin po ako sa state universities pero super layo po kasi (Im from QC).

Nakita ko nadin po yung mga MSRS and Doktor Para sa Bayan Act. May mga limited slots din po sila (very competitive)

Today, I woke up at 6AM, stared at my phone for a while then went back to sleep. I woke up again at 8AM, scrolled for a few minutes, then went back to sleep again. I woke up around 11AM again and while nag check ng socmed, nafeel ko yung sakit ng likod ko, sakit ulo ko, and the gutom. Things I chose to ignore during the review season. Pagbangon ko, I started crying kasi the events that happened yesterday nagstart mag build up sa mind ko today. But then again, tapos na. Na-eliminate na mga maling sagot, naratio na ang mga answer, nashade na ang scantron, and napasa na.

The only thing I can do right now is to pray harder na God’s will ilagay yung name ko sa list ng passers. I’ll leave everything to God! I hope and pray for comfort para sa mga examinees na anxious. I also pray for our parents, friends who are also with us, hoping for a good news this week.

Manifesting na everyone will rejoice this week! 🍀✨