A student of the San Beda College of Law scored a grade of 85.5 to top the 1,126 law graduates who passed the 2014 Bar exams.
The passing rate is 18.82 percent, Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, chair of the 2015 Bar exams, announced on Thursday.
Here’s the official list of topnotchers (Top 10) for the 2014 Bar Exam:
1st place
Irene Mae Alcobilla – San Beda College – 85.50%
2nd place
Christian Drilon – Ateneo de Manila University – 84.45%
3rd place
Sandra Mae Magalang – University of the Philippines – 84.60%
4th place
Mark Leo Bejemino – University of the Philippines – 84.55%
Gil Garcia II – Ateneo de Davao University – 84.55%
Reginald Laco – De La Salle University Lipa – 84.55%
5th place
Michelle Liao – University of Cebu – 84.50%
6th place
Jose Angelo David – San Beda College – 84.45%
7th place
Adrian Augmentado – San Beda College – 84.35%
8th place
Rhey David Damay – University of the Philippines – 84.20%
Fideliz Cardellie Diaz – Far Eastern University-DLSU (Juris Doctor MBA) – 84.20%
9th place
Jamie Liz Yu – University of the Philippines – 84.00%
10th place
Tristan Matthew Delgado – Ateneo de Manila University – 83.95%
SC on Thursday announced that for bar 2014, they received 6,370 applications but 6,344 were admitted to take the exams. A total of 5,996 showed up on first Sunday but only 5,984 completed all the exams.