FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS OF THE DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF BANGUED
FIRST SEMESTER 2010-2011

Mary B. Gallardo,MST-Math, Alfreinell S. Castillo, BSC, Jessie T. Sibayan, AB,
Marianito T. Taeza, AB, and G. Regil D.Valera, BSCE
Registrar’s Office, Divine Word College of Bangued
June 1, 2011.

The objective of this study was to examine factors such as age, gender, high school graduated from, and Grade Point Average (GPA) in fourth year and to identify whether these factors could distinguish differences among students based on academic performance. A survey was made from the available data at the Registrar’s Office. The researchers looked into the records of the first year students of the degree programs namely: Bachelor of Elementary Education (N= 37), Bachelor of Secondary Education (N= 20), Bachelor in Business Administration (N= 53), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (N= 30), and Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (N= 35) a total of 175 subjects.
In this particular research, age, school graduated from and gender did not affect academic performance in college among the first year BEEd, BSEd, BSBA, BSAc and BSN students of the Divine Word College of Bangued during the first semester 2010-2011.
Academic performance was significantly associated with the grade point average in high school.

Introduction. Learning is a lifetime process. Continues learning equips an individual as a student with a larger tapestry of knowledge, a broader understanding of facts and a better insight on life that will make one a better individual, responsible and upright citizen. In the learning process, the student is the center of education. Studying their different aspects as a student such as age, gender, the school where they finished their secondary education and their general average in fourth year high school as factors that