This honorific award is enjoyed for one semester by the following students upon their admission into the University: (1) valedictorians and salutatorians from public and private high schools accredited by the University, provided that they come from a graduating class with an enrolment of at least 30 graduates, this fact to be certified by the high school principals; (2) other honor graduates coming from the same class in the order of their rank for every additional 50 graduates or a major fraction thereof.

The first group of entrance scholars shall be listed in the President’s List of Scholars and the second group in the Dean’s List.