A XAVIER University summa cum laude topped the Mechanical Engineering Licensure Examination.
Xavier’s Jay Nelson Corbita topped the board with a rating of 92.20 percent.
Two others from Mindanao — Ateneo de Davao University magna cum laude Jakal Castillon Suyo and Nelbert Iligan Sumulpong of Notre Dame University in Cotabato City — were among four passers who ranked third with a rating of 90.10 percent.
There were 3,517 passers out of 5,098 who took the exams.
The national passing rate of the exam, conducted Sept. 28 to 29, is 68.98 percent, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said.
Corbita is the first Xavier graduate to be the No. 1 Mele passer.
Xavier University’s overall performance was 71.43 percent with 25 of 34 first-time takers passing and a repeater failing.
Ateneo de Davao University’s overall performance was 100 percent with all 11 first-time takers passing.
Notre Dame University’s overall performance is also 100 percent with five first-time takers passing and one repeater passing.
Corbita’s father reportedly worked as a janitor in a private school near their home and his mother sold ice candies, hotcakes, and banana cue.
He graduated Valedictorian in elementary and high school, and won a scholarship at Xavier University for college.
His elder brothers, both mechanical engineers, inspired Corbita to take up the same course.
The top passers, according to the Professional Regulatory Commission website:
1) Corbita, 92.20 percent
2) Von Eric Abag Damirez, University of Batangas, 90.15 percent
3) Teofilo Gregorio de Lima Ayo IV. Camarines Sur Polytechnic College-Nabua, 90.10 percent; John Bert Bringino Onrubia, Bicol University, Legaspi, 90.10 percent; Sumulpong, 90.10 percent; Suyo, 90.10 percent
4) Aaron Mendoza Constantino, Technological Instiute of the Philippines, 89.90 percent
5) Lean Maverick Nikko Toledo Alcantara, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, San Fernando, 89.75 percent
6) John Nico Navarette Omlang, Technological University of the Philippines, 89.75 percent
7) Raymar Nureal Otero, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, San Fernando, 89.65 percent
8) Juan Miguel Bustamante Manzano, University of the Philippines, Diliman, 89.50 percent
9) Paolo Raphael de Lara Maningas, Bulacan State University, Malolos, 89.45 percent
10) Alfredo Yap Relucio, Jr., Dela Salle University, Manila, 89.40 percent
11) Mark Joseph Rivera Carlos, Saint Louis University, Baguio, 89.10% (mindanews)
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