Bewitched by my name

Bewitched by my name
by Elvira Masferré

A stroke of bad luck came when we heard that they did not approve the exam to take place here in Baguio, too. Now that was devastating, not to mention inconvenient, especially to those who lived even farther. It was scheduled on the 28th and 29th of October and my friends and I travelled Monday, a day before the exam. I did not even bother bringing all my notes, just one notebook. That’s self-fulfilling prophecy working in the flesh right there! I didn’t scan the materials from the review center until the last week. (It was not even the serious type of reviewing, too) And to top it all off, I had sore eyes a day prior to the board exam. Wow. Clearly I was not meant for this.

If there's anything worse than failing the board exam, it's failing the board exam because of my condition. I can't even read a single item without pouring Visine on my eyes and trying to remove the unlimited production of discharge every 5 minutes with my bare hands because I forgot to freaking pack with me a handkerchief which, by the way, caused more irritation. The dreadful cycle goes on as I try my best to answer each item correctly in the first subject: Theories of Personality. I want to pull it off until the end but it was too painful, and that is when I decided not to take the rest of the exam; I can hardly understand the stems presented. I tried reasoning out with our proctors but they told me to endure the pain and not give up since I can’t take the exam on a different day. I had no choice. Even with my case, I actually thought I had a chance, a slim chance though, of passing given the first three subjects, but when Psychological Assessment came, I lost hope. My chances suddenly fluctuated and I nearly cried as I continue to intellectually figure out distractors from the correct answer number after number. I don’t think I can pass even if I did work hard reviewing for it. It was not anything like I thought it would be. I mean, I knew it was going to be difficult, but not like this. The problem was not even about the effort or time spent on reading; it was more like focusing on misleading, irrelevant topics. I did not take into consideration that it was an Outcome-based board exam.

I became realistic, not pessimistic. I'm evaluating myself basing it from my performance, and frankly, I know I did not do well. My family and friends kept on telling me not to lose hope, and have faith in God, and to open my gates for possibilities, but I simply cannot hold on to these when I know that they are barely there. I do trust Him; it’s me that I don’t trust. I know myself enough to know what I can and cannot do. The fact is that this is one test I cannot achieve. When I got home, everyone asked me how well I did and I answered, “Ang importante kumpleto tayo at nagmamahalan tayong lahat.” I told my Mom not to expect anything from me and to simply move on and pretend that we did not waste money, effort, and time just for me to fail the exam.

It did not take long before they posted the results online. There was not even one bit of excitement nor anxiety left in my body. I humbly accepted defeat and failure. I quickly searched for my friends’ name if they passed. Some made it, some didn’t. Last but not the least, I looked for mine.  

WHAT.IS.THIS.SORCERY. That’s my name. That’s my name right there! How the bloody hell did that happen? Are they even serious? Don’t play with me gma news and PRC that is not a good joke. I was literally crying. It wasn’t pure happiness though since some of my friends did not make it. It doesn’t feel right at all. I pictured success with them, together. Nothing really changed because of the result. This does not mean that I am any better than them. I have not proven anything just because I passed; I have not proven anything yet. THE BOARD EXAM DOES NOT DEFINE YOU AS A PERSON AND YOUR LIFE IN GENERAL. There’s more to life than this. But in that very moment I thanked everyone who believed in me despite not believing in myself in the first place. It was an in-your-face moment to that one person who never believed in me and never thought I’d make it: ME. And I came to a realization that I should stop being harsh to myself and start being nice because I deserve it; I deserve my own forgiveness. I can’t even put into words my exact feelings about this whole experience. But on a serious note, there must be some crazy good witchcraft going on here.

(Note - we made a call for contributions for anecdotes of individuals who took the 2014 BLEPP (Psychometrician). For our first post, we are featuring the experience and success story of Ms. Masferré. We hope that her story will serve to  inspire those who would like to take the exam.)

Official Result from PRC Website - Psychologist and Psychometrician Licensure Examinations

October 2014 Psychologist and Psychometrician Licensure Examinations results released in four (4) working days

Posted on 11/4/2014

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 35 out of 53 passed the Psychologist Licensure Examination and 1,290 out of 3,283 passed the Psychometrician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Psychology in Manila last October 2014. The result of examination with respect to one (1) examinee was withheld pending final determination of his liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examination.

The members of the Board of Psychology who gave the licensure examinations are Ms. Miriam P. Cue, Chairman; Ms. Alexa P. Abrenica and Ms. Imelda Virginia G. Villar, Members.

The results were released in four (4) working days after the last day of examinations.

Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be on November 24-26, 2014. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 1 piece passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2014-2017. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.

The date and venue for the oathtaking ceremony of the new successful examinees in the said examination WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

Related Downloads

• Full text of the Official Result of October 2014 Psychologist and Psychometrician Licensure Examinations
• Performance of schools in the October 2014 Psychologist and Psychometrician Licensure Examinations
• List of successful examinees who garnered the three (3) highest places (Psychologist Licensure Examination)
• List of successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places (Psychometrician Licensure Examination)
• List of successful examinees in the October 2014 Psychologist and Psychometrician Licensure Examinations

Source - http://www.prc.gov.ph/news/?id=864&page=0&maxrows=10 

Updated Initial Registration Process for BLEPP (Psychometrician) Passers and Schedule of Registration

(Updated 24 November 2014, 11:19 PM)

Check Window H at PRC-Manila to get your result just show your NOA - as shared by those who registered today, some missed the opportunity of verifying result of their board exam when they went today at PRC for their initial registration.

(Updated 24 November 2014, 5:00 PM)

Registration Process/ Reminders for PRC Main/Central Office (Manila) 

Shared by Kim Asban and Christian Noel Abiño
https://www.facebook.com/groups/philippinenetworkRPM/



PRC INITIAL REGISTRATION PROCESS 
(Location PRC Manila)

1. Buy two (2) documentary stamps at the PRC cooperative store (just after the entrance door).

2. Proceed to PRC registration division (ground floor, main bldg).

3. Present your NOA/Valid ID to the officer in-charge of printing of OATH FORM. Attach 1 doc stamp.

4. Fill up cedula part and submit to step 2, VERIFICATION WINDOW (right side of bldg) and present your OATH FORM to claim  PRC EXAMINATION and REGISTRATION CARD.

5. Proceed to CASHIER to pay the initial registration fee Php1,050.00.  At the back of registration card write amount paid, OR # and date.

6. Proceed to window 7/8 (inside bldg again) and submit registration card. REGISTRATION CARD will be collected by the officer.

7. Proceed to window 9/10 for fingerprinting and submission of docs. While waiting for your turn, place 1 doc stamp and 1 passport size picture inside brown envelope. Write your License Number underneath profession on the brown envelope (indicated on the registration sheet to be given by window 7/8) and sequence number on the upper right corner of the envelope (indicated on the registration card-upper part). Sign the PRC registration sheet and affix your thumbmark.

8. After you have filled out the Registry Sheet, proceed to REGISTRATION WINDOWS. Show your PRC EXAMINATION and REGISTRATION CARD, 1 DOCU STAMP, REGISTRY SHEET. After you present the requirements, the claim stub will be given to you.


Additional Notes:

a) Bring brown envelope write your full name & profession, ballpen, marker and passport size picture with nametag (only ONE is needed). LICENSE NO. at the LEFT UPPER PORTION OF SHORT BROWN ENVELOPE, whereas, the SEQUENCE NO. is on the RIGHT UPPER PORTION.

b) Follow the schedule. You will told to come back another date if you are not scheduled that day.

c) Don't forget to claim the stub. Cards will be released during oath taking.

d) Extra documentary stamp and one PASSPORT SIZE ID picture put inside the SHORT BROWN ENVELOPE will be submitted to PRC.

e) The PRC ID AND Certificate of Registration will be issued at the OATH TAKING at PICC  so bring the stub with you on Dec 9, 2014.

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(Updated - 19 November 2014, 8:41 PM)

Source - http://www.prc.gov.ph/regsched/PSY1014reg-Manila.pdf

PANUNUMPA NG PROPESYONAL (Oath Form - Filipino)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9L6cSSvjzAoUDRzaUdGc0h5SkE/view?usp=sharing

(Updated - 18 November 2014, 7:50 PM)

(Credits to Ms. Gwynn Nilo of UST)/ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=897642920276526&set=gm.385238161632424&type=1&theater

Schedule and Alphabetical Order

November  24, 2014           ABAD                     KO

November 25, 2014           LABCAEN               QUITOS

November 26, 2014           RADA                       ZUYCO

Requirements 

1) Oath form

2) 1 pc passport size picture/name tag

3) 2 pcs documentary stamps

4) short brown envelope - labeled with your complete name

5) Php 1,050.00 fee

6) 2014 Cedula/Residence certificate

Note those dates November 24-26 2014 for the registration.

Initial Registration

Below is the process for board passers to follow when they apply for registration.

Initial registrants are advised to observe the following steps:

1. Download your oath form HERE and bring the following: 
   
   1.1 Printed Oath Form. Please note that there is NO NEED to have the Oath Form notarized.
   1.2 One (1) documentary stamp
   1.3 One (1) passport size picture in plain background with complete name tag (for Registry of Professionals)
   1.4 Current Community Tax Certificate (cedula) 
2. Present duly accomplished or downloaded oath form at designated counter/window (verification officer) for assessment of prescribed fees.


3. Proceed to the cashier window to pay the prescribed fee. Cashiers’ windows are located at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors of the PRC Annex Bldg and/or at the ground floor of the PRC Main Bldg.. 
   
   

   	Registration Fee (in PhP)	Annual Fee (in PhP)
   Baccalaureate (except for Maritime Professions)	600	450
   Non-Baccalaureate	450	420
   Marine Deck/Engineer Officers	600	750

4. After payment, proceed to the designated Registration counter/window. The Registration Officer will print Registry Sheet with assigned Registration / License Number to be signed and thumb marked by the Registrant.


5. Upon completion of the Registry Sheet, issuance officer shall issue claim slip/stub.


6. Receive claim slip/stub and claim your Professional Identification Card as scheduled indicated on your claim slip/stub.

Source - http://www.prc.gov.ph/registration/?id=28


Meanwhile PRC will be increasing by 100% all the former fees that it used to charge. 

Congratulations to all 2014 Pioneer Psychometrician Licensure Exam Board Passers!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BOARD PASSERS
of the 2014 Board Licensure Examination for Psychometrician - the first ever licensure exam to be given to graduates of Psychology. 


http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/examresult/496/list-of-passers-in-psychometrician-licensure-exam-nov-2014





We congratulate also all our readers and likers of our FB Fan page for passing the licensure exam, they who actively posted, interacted, and shared resources links and quizzes. Maraming salamat and we will continue this initiative as we level up on our practice of our profession as Psychometrician. We will continue postings relevant information and resources as we have done before.

Also, for all newly licensed and registered Psychometricians we would like to engage you all on a new initiative - our dear board passers! Please check this link:

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/philippinenetworkRPM/

Be proud, please put your sequence number and name or that of your friend/s  in the comment below. This is an important history of Psychology in the Philippines, so let us be proud being part of it and be remembered in the history!

MABUHAY MGA BAGONG REGISTERED PSYCHOMETRICIANS!

Week of revelation unfolds

As the new week unfolds, let us invoke positive energy and good wishes that our desire to pass the 2014 BLEPP (Psychometrician) is realized. Whatever the result, pass or fail, let us openly and gladly accept it. 

For those who will pass remember to thank all those who helped you in one way or the other attain your goal. For those who will not make it, always remember there will be another chance next time. Consider it as a challenge to do better in the next exam.

So continue to invoke our mantra, 

Kita-kits sa Oath taking! 

Crowdsourcing PSYCHOMETRICIANS LENS: 2014 BLEPP Anecdotes

After day-2 or the last day of the BLEPP (Psychometrician), we were receiving complaints and feedback about the exam particularly Psychological Assessment on our FB page. We have to make our FB page offline for few days in order not to breach the attestation of non-disclosure.

So to make those complaints formal and official we suggest our FB readers/likers to send us private message or email us those complaints and we can collate and send them to the Board of Psychology of PRC.

In line with this, we are requesting you our readers to make our experience of the licensure exam a lasting memory and a legacy, whether we did good or failed in our first attempt in the history of Philippine Psychology. It is by way of anecdotes which we entitled,  Psychometricians Lens: Anecdotes of the Pioneers on the 2014 BLEPP.

We would like to feature here in our blog those personal stories and experiences of the board exam. Since we are pioneers we would like to document them for posterity. And we  hope those experiences will serve as lesson  and a a source of inspiration for those who will take the exam after us. We would truly appreciate your contribution. 

The goal or objective of this anecdotes crowdsourcing include: 

1. sharing of personal story and experiences of the board exam (not necessarily the content of the board exam)
2. lessons learned to serve as source of inspiration for future test takers
3. to post in blog these anecdotes and transform them to free-downloadable e-book.

Note: copyrights belongs to/will remain with the author/contributor and will be co-shared as a creative commons when posted in the blog or made into an ebook.

So what are the requirements:

1. not more than 3-4 paragraphs
2. at least 500 words
3. written in any Philippine language such as Tagalog/Filipino/Visayan/Ilocano/(English/Taglish)
4. send us your article via PM on FB or email to tinorepaso@gmail.com

What and how to write, it can be humorous, anxious, fun, informative, academic, etc. How you got to know about the exam, the struggle of finding out information about the exam during your application, your preparation and review and the result and outcome (which will be out next week) - whether pass or fail. Also, if you have some issues and concerns or constructive feedback, recommendations and suggestions to the Board of Psychology of PRC then write about it as well. Refrain from discussing content of the exam though so we will not breach the non-disclosure policy of the board exam. 

We hope to feature 10-20 stories (depending on the submissions) both of those who will be successful and those who did not make it on their first attempt of the licensure exam. We also wish to provide copy to the Board of Psychology of PRC so that they will be made aware of  our experiences and concerns as test takers and pioneers.

SELF-REVIEW SURVEY: LICENSURE EXAM FOR PSYCHOMETRICIAN