Question #7: What's your exposure trip/NSTP experience?

One's college life, or even life in general, may not be lived to the fullest without getting the chance to experience helping the less fortunate. One's experience in the Ateneo would not be complete without having attended the exposure trips held by the Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI) during freshman year, along with InTACT class. During sophomore year, students engage in National Service Training Program.

"Mga mayayaman lang mga 'yan," some may say to generalize Ateneans, knowing that some, but still so much of the student population, live middle-class, if not well-off lives. True, even some students do not know what it is like in areas out of their comfort zones. This is the purpose of exposure trips and NSTP—to bridge the gap between the Atenean and society, and realize that the Atenean belongs to this society and will, hopefully, contribute to make it better.

"It was a good experience to have fun and help out at the same time."
— Jake Javier, BS Applied Mathematical Finance

"I enjoyed teaching the kids Math and English."
— Tiffany So, AB Management Economics

"I really had fun playing with the kids."
— Jansen Ignacio, BS Computer Science

"Enjoyable."
— John Sanchez, BS Management

"I found it an eye opener and it made me more aware of how other people have different lives."
— Andread Beldua, BFA Information Design

"Not too bad. Quite fun actually!"
— Patrick Py, AB Political Science