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DCAT review for the November paper, with two papers already behind you

DCAT review for AY 2027-2028 entry works toward De La Salle's Manila sitting on 8 November 2026, with Laguna and online sittings into December. By then most learners have UPCAT and ACET behind them, so the weeks before are spent on the short list those papers exposed, with energy kept high.

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Quick Guide

What is DCAT review?

One-to-one preparation for the De La Salle College Admission Test.

For AY 2027-2028 entry, De La Salle tests at its Manila campus on 8 November 2026, with a Laguna sitting on 6 December and online sittings on 27 November, 4 December and 11 December. The review starts from what the earlier papers already showed and from a clear read of the learner's energy this late in the season.

Key Points

  • De La Salle College Admission Test, Manila campus sitting on 8 November 2026
  • Provincial, Laguna and online sittings spread from September to December
  • The learner usually arrives with earlier papers behind them, which is useful evidence
  • De La Salle's own applicant materials set the plan, read line by line against the learner's earlier papers
  • The hourly rate follows the published entrance-exam step; the hours before your chosen sitting are set once the earlier papers are reviewed, confirmed in writing before you commit
Format Options

Two ways to run it

Short and targeted in both cases, aimed at the sitting you chose

  1. Duration: 60-90 minutes

    Online

    Straightforward through November and early December, when first-semester deadlines and the season's other papers crowd the calendar. Sessions can be spaced around those dates, which suits a short targeted block better than a standing slot.

    • Works around a crowded exam calendar
    • Shared workspace for showing working
    • Spacing set to the weeks left
  2. Duration: 90 to 120 minutes

    At your home

    Useful for the one or two full timed papers worth doing before the date, and for a learner who needs a push to begin. Often the value is simply that someone is sitting there, ready to start.

    • Full timed papers at a real table
    • Helpful when motivation is the obstacle
    • A fixed point in a crowded month
Why Choose Us

How we approach DCAT

A short, exact plan for the season's November paper

  1. Built on De La Salle's own documents

    The fixed facts here are the school and its published sittings, with the Manila campus paper on 8 November. The paper's contents are De La Salle's to publish, so the review works from the documents De La Salle sends each applicant and from what the August and September papers already showed about your work.

  2. The earlier papers are the plan

    By DCAT, most candidates already have two finished papers, from UPCAT and ACET. Reading those properly tends to be the single most useful hour of the review, pointing straight at what is costing points.

  3. Narrow wins this late

    Weeks are short and energy is precious. Picking the two things that move the most points and giving them the hours outperforms a sweep of four subjects every time.

  4. Energy planned for, openly

    By the third paper the limiting factor is often energy. The tutor names it with the learner at the start and paces the plan to it, so each session lands on a learner ready to work.

  5. A plan matched to your reason for sitting

    Some learners sit DCAT for a first-choice place, others to widen a choice they already hold. The plan is sized to that goal, with the semester's finish protected in both cases.

  6. Exam-day performance, fully prepared

    An offer from De La Salle is the university's call, weighed against everyone who sat that year's paper and the seats available. This review builds what the learner brings into that room: sharper weak areas, timing that holds, and a clear head on the day.

Mastery Ladder

What November looks like, depending on what came before

Four learners arrive at this date, and each gets a plan of its own

  1. Holding an offer already

    Sitting it to widen the choice
    1/4

    With a place secured elsewhere, DCAT adds a De La Salle option to the offers the learner already holds. A light plan keeps the semester's finish protected while the learner takes the paper at full strength.

    Subjects:

    What a De La Salle offer addsA light, targeted blockProtecting the semester's finishTimed practice on the weakest section

    Focus Areas:

    • Your goals lead the plan
    • A light block aimed at one section
    • Every session booked for a clear reason

  2. Still waiting on an offer

    This one carries more weight
    2/4

    For a learner still waiting on an offer, DCAT is the paper to prepare for properly. The plan goes narrow and deep on the weaknesses the earlier papers showed, which moves more points in a few weeks than a sweep of everything at volume.

    Subjects:

    The narrowest weaknesses from earlier papersTimed practicePacing and triageComposure on the day

    Focus Areas:

    • Narrow and deep
    • Conditions rehearsed properly
    • Weeks spent where the points are

  3. First exam of the cycle

    Started late, for whatever reason
    3/4

    A few learners reach DCAT as their first attempt, an earlier date not having suited this year. With no August or September paper behind this learner, the opening task is one full timed mock, so exam nerve and pacing are practiced well before the real sitting.

    Subjects:

    A full timed paper, earlySubject gaps the paper revealsPacing from the startExam-day routine

    Focus Areas:

    • Conditions before content
    • Start as early as the date allows
    • A longer runway, started early

  4. Running low on energy

    The learner experienced reviewers plan for
    4/4

    By DCAT, some learners have taken two or three papers since August, and this one lands on top. Coasting through sessions is an ordinary response to that much testing. A few short sessions aimed at one weak area, with rest built into the week, bring the energy back and move more points.

    Subjects:

    A plan built around the learner's energyA few short, specific sessionsRest scheduled into the weekOne clear target per session

    Focus Areas:

    • Energy planned like any other skill
    • Short sessions with a visible finish
    • Rest counted as preparation
Program Syllabus

What the sessions work on

Chosen from evidence the learner already generated

De La Salle sets the DCAT and its calendar. For AY 2027-2028 entry the application window runs from 15 July to 30 September 2026. The Manila campus sitting is on 8 November, the Animo Lane sitting on 11 October, the Laguna campus sitting on 6 December and the online sittings on 27 November, 4 December and 11 December, with provincial sittings from 5 September to 24 October (De La Salle University admissions page, read 25 September 2026). The review is built from De La Salle's guidance for applicants and from what the August and September papers already showed about you.

Module 01

Reading the earlier papers

The advantage DCAT has over UPCAT. Two real papers usually exist by now, and they show precisely where this learner loses points, which is almost always narrower than the learner believes.

Topics Covered

  • Errors that repeat across papers
  • Sections where the clock ran out
  • Questions left blank, and where they cluster
  • Separating nerves from gaps
Service Coverage

Where this is available

Online Tutoring

Everywhere in the Philippines, provided the connection holds for a full session

Practical through November and December, when the semester's finals and the season's other papers crowd the week. Sessions can be spaced around those dates, which suits a short targeted block.

  • Fits around school finals
  • Shared workspace for showing working
  • Sessions spaced around your calendar

Timezone: Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8)

In-Person Tutoring

At your table, with a DCAT tutor from your city

A DCAT session at your own table suits a Grade 12 learner juggling a busy semester, since nobody loses time on the road. Write in with your city or municipality ahead of the sitting, and the reply names the tutor who will come to you.

Who Should Join

Who this is for

Four learners heading into the November sitting, and what each one needs

A learner with no place yet

The clearest case for real preparation. DCAT is the paper that brings a De La Salle place within reach, and it gets a narrow, well-aimed block of work built on the earlier papers.

Good for:Diagnose from the earlier papersTwo weaknesses at mostTimed practice through to the date

A learner set on De La Salle specifically

Where De La Salle is the genuine first choice, the plan starts early in Grade 12 and runs straight through to the sitting you picked.

Good for:Start as soon as UPCAT is doneFull timed papers earlyFixed finish on the exam date

A learner who is simply tired

Several papers in and running on fumes. A few sessions aimed at one thing, with rest protected around them, carry this learner into the paper steadier.

Good for:A small number of targeted sessionsRest protected deliberatelyA plan paced to the learner's energy

A learner who already has an offer

Wanting a De La Salle option alongside an offer already in hand is a fine reason to sit this paper. Naming the goal at the start (the course, the campus, the scholarship) gives every session that follows a clear purpose.

Good for:The goal named at the startA light, targeted blockEach session aimed at a named weakness

What DCAT review costs

The hourly rate sits on the same entrance-exam step as UPCAT, ACET and USTET. The total moves with two things: where the sessions happen, with a Metro Manila home visit costing the most, and how many hours this short November block really needs.

From

₱600 / hour

Home visit, Metro Manila₱800 / hour
Online₱600 / hour
Home visit, provincial areas₱600 / hour

Per hour, one tutor with one learner. Home visits run at least 1.5 hours. Packages: 12 hours at 5% off, 24 hours at 10% off. A 20-hour entrance exam plan is available.

This step of the ladder holds for every DCAT booking. The hours behind it follow the learner: some want one full timed paper before the date, others a weekly block through to it. The block and its total are set down for you in one message, ahead of the first timed paper.

FAQ

What learners ask before DCAT

Starting with the learner who already holds an offer

I already got into another university. Should I still sit DCAT?
Sit it when a De La Salle place would widen a choice you care about. If De La Salle would be preferred, or offers the course or campus you want, the paper is worth sitting well, and a light targeted block does the job. Where the draw is reassurance, a short, efficient block keeps the semester's finish protected. We talk this through with you at the first call and size the plan to the goal.
ACET went badly. Is November realistic?
Yes, and the earlier papers are the reason. They show exactly where the points went: usually one section, one kind of question, or the clock. That short list is a very workable target for the weeks before the Manila campus sitting on 8 November.
I have stopped studying entirely. What now?
Treat it as fatigue. After several papers and a full semester, the inability to begin is usually exhaustion, and short sessions with a visible end restart momentum best. Where you need it, the plan opens with a week of genuine rest and builds from there.
How much does it cost?
The hourly rate for DCAT review is the number already showing on this page. The hours your chosen sitting calls for are set after reading the earlier papers, and the total goes in writing before anything is agreed.
What is on the DCAT?
That is De La Salle's to give, and the plan is built around it once we have it. The review is anchored to De La Salle's own documents, so every session matches the paper you will sit. Forward whatever De La Salle has sent you, and the review works from that document.
How much review does it need?
A narrow block aimed at one or two weaknesses, plus a couple of full timed papers, is the common shape when earlier papers exist. We read those papers first and propose the block, finished in good time before the sitting you chose, whether that is the Manila campus paper on 8 November or an online date in December.
Can you guarantee admission?
De La Salle decides who it admits, weighed against its own criteria, how many seats the incoming first-year class has, and everyone else applying that same year. What this review delivers is a learner who sits that paper at their best, with the weak areas worked and the timing rehearsed. Ask for a different tutor at any point before the sitting and the replacement costs you nothing.

Get Started

Tell us how the earlier papers went

Which exams you have already taken, what came back, and how you are doing with it. A person reads it. The reply sets out the short block of targeted work this paper calls for, the hours it needs, and how it fits beside the semester's finish.

  • Planned from the real earlier papers
  • Two weaknesses at most
  • Paced to the learner's energy
  • Rate published; hours confirmed before you book
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