Excellent, exemplary passers in the 2020-2021 bar examinations

The Bar Examinations Committee did away with the traditional announcement of Top 10 passers this time to avoid the idea of competition among the takers, bar examinations committee chair Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said on Tuesday.

Instead, the committee announced passers with “excellent” performance obtaining over 90% grades and “exemplary” performance with 85% to 90% grades

"The reforms include the recalibration of the grading system to avoid unnecessary competition for an artificial top ten, recognizing that the examinations are not a competition,” Leonen said.

“The system of pass, exemplary pass, and excellent pass without any ranking already recognizes effort without encouraging needless competition among individuals.”

Leonen said only 14 or 0.17% of the passers earned recognition for “excellent” performance, while 761 or 9.23% of passers earned recognition for “exemplary” performance.

University of the Philippines (UP) has four excellent passers, while Ateneo de Manila University and University of San Carlos (USC) have two each, and one excellent passer each in Arellano University, Ateneo de Davao University, Far Eastern University, San Beda University, University of Cebu, and University of the Cordilleras.

See the list of excellent and exemplary passers in the 2021 bar examinations here.

Excellent passers

List of Excellent Passers by GMA News Online on Scribd

Exemplary passers

List of Exemplary Passers by GMA News Online on Scribd

—JCB/NB, GMA News