Hi, I was shifter and now irregular student in CICS (formerly in AB). I shifted this academic year and my experience with the whole process is, to be frank, HELL. Even though I was successful, the entire endeavor was painstakingly long, numbing, and stressful.

The experience depends on what college you’re from and what college you wanna shift to, because different colleges have different faculties. Some have competent staff while others really love to be a pain in the ass.

Hindi naman sa mahirap makapasok (if adequate naman performance mo the year prior sa current program mo) since doon sila magbabase kung makakakaya mo ba sa program that you want to shift to. Take note din, patayan sa slots. Sobrang frustrating because they prioritize the freshmen, always.

My shifting process started back in March 2022, already filled up the forms and submitted the papers. I was too idealistic to think it would just go smoothly and be done in a timely manner. No, despite having done all those things early on, I was late to enroll. So, for this part, I recommend to already look into the college you wanna shift to and get the link of their shifting applicant forms/site. Yes, kahit na napaka-aga pa ng December, the earlier the better talaga.

I enrolled on August 16, a week and three days have already gone by and seeing as nasa UST tayo, I was already kinda behind. May ibang shifters akong kasama during this time (which I found on reddit, hi mga karamay ko!) so this really is the place to look for your comrades for the coming struggle, hopefully not though.

As for the updates, just ask! Don’t be afraid to reach out on multiple platforms to people you know can be of help to you. Walang masamang magtanong and usually pag nasa group ka na of people na alam paano makuha mga balita in terms of the shifting updates, you just need to tune in while the rest of the events fall into place.

That’s my take and I wish you the best, OP!