2017 BAR Exam Results: Baguio City’s Saint Louis University In The Top 20

The Supreme court released the 2017 Bar Exam results on Thursday, April 26, at 1:15 in the afternoon. The results show future lawyers and one of them hailing from Saint Louis University in Baguio City, Nadia Christine Mandiguarin. Reports say 25.55 percent or a total of 1,724 passed the bar exams.

As recorded, the 2016 BAR Exam scored one of the highest passing rates in history. In 1954, a record-high of 75.17 percent passing rate went down in history. However, 1999 scored the lowest with 16.59 percent passing rate.

Mark John Simondo from University of St. La Salle in Bacolod, Negros Occidental topped the 2017 Bar examination. He scored 91.05 percent of the total score. Meanwhile, University of San Carlos settles for the second place this year. Short by a few decimal places, Christianne Mae Balili placed 2nd with an average of 90.8 percent. The last time an examiner scored an above 90 percent score was in 2002. Arlene Maneja from the University of Santo Tomas scored 92.90 percent of the total score.

A university in Baguio City placed in this year’s list. Nadia Christine Mandiguarin of Saint Louis University landed the 15th place. She tied with Stephanie Claros from the University of San Jose-Recoletos and Rhea Doll Gonzalo from Xavier University. They all got 87.55 percent of the total scores. Click here to see the TOP 20 PASSERS: November 2017 Bar Exam Topnotchers.

The other schools in the list are Ateneo de Davao University, University of San Carlos, San Beda College – Manila, University of Santo Tomas, St. Mary’s University, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Cebu, University of the Philippines, and Jose Rizal University.