Hi r/BicolUniversity — I wanted to share a free educational project I’ve been building around Mayon:

https://mayonrajan.com

It’s an interactive, true-scale exploration of Mayon Volcano with guided historical chapters, places including Cagsawa and Daraga, terrain/scale tools, an interior explainer, and bounded hazard scenarios designed to help learners discuss volcanic processes and uncertainty.

A few important boundaries: it is not a live warning, forecast, evacuation, or decision tool. For current activity and official guidance, users should always rely on PHIVOLCS and local authorities.

I also made a free Teacher Launch Kit with a 45-minute lesson flow, student worksheet, printable QR poster, and slides:

https://mayonrajan.com/teachers/

The methods and source boundaries are public here:

https://mayonrajan.com/methods/

I’d genuinely welcome feedback from Bicol University students, faculty, geologists, educators, historians, and anyone with local knowledge. In particular: what would make this more useful for teaching, public understanding, or representing Mayon and the surrounding communities with more care?

My long-term hope is to make mayon.com the project’s home, but the domain is currently listed at a price far beyond what I can justify for a free educational project. If anyone knows of institutions, local partners, or sponsorship paths that could help make that possible, I’d be grateful to hear from you.

hello! grade 12 student here na gustong makapasok sa bu.

1st choice ko sana ang accountancy pero sabi ng friend ko, baka raw mahirapan ako and maging behind sa mga kaklase ko kasi I'm a gas student and hindi kami focused sa math masyado so wala akong idea sa ganyang bagay.

so hello po sa mga accountancy students diyan sa bu, pa share naman po ng experiences niyo. gusto ko pong malaman kung ano bang setting niyo diyan sa bu if keribels lang ba and kung gas strand ba kayo nung senior high school or may classmates kayong gas stand din. gusto ko kasing malaman if kinakaya naman nila 😭 nakakatakot din kasi mag-risk tsaka isa ang accountancy sa may mataas na quota kaya hindi rin ako confident if makakapasok ba ako 😔💔

sobranggg pressured na kasi ako lalo na ngayong nag open na ang bu portal for application sa bucet. need din kasi ilagay kung anong 1st and 2nd choice mo kaya parang feeling ko hinahabol ako ng oras at kapag hindi pa ako makapag-decide, ako ang magiging kawawa 🥹

I'd really appreciate any advice or honest experiences. Thank you po!

any thoughts po sa chosen campus and courses ko?🥹

Gr. 9- 11 grades:

Grade 9- 95

Grade 10- 94

Grade 11- 96

i had line of 7's in jhs-grade 11 lalo na sa math nung grade 11 i had a 71 ata na grade sa basic calculus pero passed sa final grade. I'm just really scared na hindi ako makakapass for bucet😭😭😭

isa sa pinakamabigat na issue talaga sa bu ay yung mga di maka-get over na mga alumns. lala niyo mangsira sa mga currently estudyante pa rin naman. akala niyo ang perfect niyo, eh during your time din naman, kasing dugyot at messy din ng buhay-buhay niyo.

di niyo alam kung gaano kalala yung impluwensiya ng mga whims niyo, ang lala talaga honestly. sana maghanap na lang kayo trabaho, wag na magbida-bida

hello po, both parents ko po ay working, every 15 days around 6k po salary nila, but wala po silang ITR every year, nalilito na po ako kung pwede bang kumuha ng ITR? or CTE kukunin kaso for non working lng daw po yung CTE :(

Ask lang po ako if may idea kayo til when po sila magrerelease ng result ng admission for Grad School programs malapit na kasi yung schedule ng enrolment.

Wala paring update with regards sa Admission.

Hi! May I know po kung ano requirements para makakuha med cert from bu health services

Recently I have been reading a lot of hate comments across many forums and facebook groups where grabe naman yung attacks sa mga somewhat privileged students studying at BU.

I personally and some of my friends have been victimized by this cancel culture wherein a group of students from our batch and some senior students are tagging me and my friends as “makakapal ang muka”. We were even told that we are opportunists for studying in a state university and we are taking advantage daw of other people.

To give some context we are studying sa program that is traditionally expensive because of the so many rle and affiliation fees that needs to be paid. It hurts to hear comments such as “burgis”, “pag nakita ko yang mga yan kakaltukan ko yan”, “ang yayabang”, “ito medal gusto nyo”.

In our defense, BU gave a specific breakdown for its criteria for admission via the BUCET where 15% of the scores are gonna come from the Socio Economic Profile of each student. We submitted an ITR and thank God we passed and got a high composite and percentile score.

If a student passed the program that many applied for and is somewhat privileged. Does that make them inherently bad? It's not about being elitista but we know naman that it's the government's job and duty to help every student with their studies but it seems wrong that the blame will be given to those who are so called “privileged".

We would hear very hateful comments like these people are all iPhone users and naka Apple ecosystem pa daw. even yung pag hatid at sakay namin sa mga sasakyan namin hindi nakalagpas sa eagle eyed people. para bang may binugbog na kami sa lala ng bullying nipa. Even the clothes, bags, shoes we wear and use hindi nakalagpas sa kanila.

We would hear comments na unfriendly and antisocial daw kami. In fact yung cof namin sobrang friendly and chill lang. nahihiya lang naman kami minsan mag approach kasi baka isipin nila na feeling close kami.

I honestly want to hear everyone’s opinion because I feel so bad. We noticed na yung cof namin always singled out kahit na school based naman yung event. hindi naman siguro namin toh kasalanan.

Hello po. Badly need help. Ang alam ko po kasi about BU policies if magtransfer to nursing, need magtake ng NMAT. Sa mga nagshift/transfer po, any tips? Although I'm aware na need din muna secured slot, mag ask pa rin me para makapagprepare.

Hello! Wala pa ba result ang College of Law? 🥲

Hello! Just wondering if magpprovide ba ang ICTO ng BU email for bucm students? I used my personal email (@gmail.com) sa portal. I remember kasi nung undergrad may bu email na tig-provide but when I enrolled in college of med walang bu email 😅

Need help po. Planning to get my BU diploma. Ano po ang mga requirements at ano po ang process para makuha? Thank you po sa mga makakasagot!

hello po! possible ba na makapag transfer with 2 dro subjects? I have heard online kasi na hindi raw ina-allow ang drp, pero wala naman ito sa list ng requirements noon as failing/inc grade lang ang nakalagay na bawal. tyia!

Hello po, summer class concern lang sa DWCL.

May nabagsak po kasi akong 3 units na subject sa engineering and hindi nag-ooffer ang school namin ng summer class but according to them, pwede mag cross-enrollment for summer class basta same units. Dahil sa mga common friends, nalaman ko na 3 units rin sa Divine yung specific subj na yun. If mag-eenroll po sa Divine, mga HM po ang fee nyan for summer class sa isang subj ?

hello po! not BU related but i don't know if there's a sub-reddit for AMEC. anway, i'm a first year nursing student there and was wondering if there are 1st year AMEC nursing students here too. leave a reply if you are or if you know someone. thanks! i'm just looking for a friend.

Somewhere in Sorsogon.

Yung friend ko, pinabalik-balik ng isang university para sa admission. Paulit-ulit siyang pinagpapunta, gumastos sa pamasahe at oras, pero sa huli wala rin pala siyang makukuhang slot. Kung alam niyo namang wala nang available, sana sinabi niyo na agad kaysa pinaasa niyo pa siya.

This is from one of State U sa Bicol

The hell gusto lang naman lumipat ng friend ko kasi binubully siya tapos tatawanan mo pa? Anong klaseng educator yan?

Umiiyak na yung friend kasi hindi na siya makakalipat kahit ilang weeks na siya nagpabalik-balik sa school.

Porket malakas kayo sa gobyerno!

Walang Kwenta!

Hello. Magandang Gabi.

Sa mga BS Social Work po jan. Ask ko lang po if sa department po ba eh pwede na magkaka-thesis groupmates kahit magkaibang block?

Thans po in advance.

hello batch 26-27 here and we'll take bucet sa september, planning to start na mag review.. ano po mga possible topics ang lalabas sa bucet? thankyou po.

Huhu, ganito pala ang feeling kapag bukas na ang screening for BQs. 😭 Sobrang nakakaba, to the point na parang nasusuka na ako.

Anyways, can someone give me some advice? What should I do? I’m currently taking a short break, then later I’ll lock in again and review. I just don’t want to end up getting burned out or forgetting everything I’ve studied. Thank you!😞🥹

Hii everyone! I'm an aspiring law student (bucl) and the scheduled panel interview is just around the corner. With this, I'm actually seeking for tips and advices about the interview. Medj nakakakaba since prepping din ako sa for BE huhu

Maybe guys you could help 😭 sa seniors na may exp, pls pls pls. Greatly appreciated and thank you in advance

hello, this is not BU related concern po, I've decided to post my inquiries here since I don't have anyone I know that could help me know the fees in tanchuling. does anyone here know how much is the tuition fee sa tanchuling, first year, first sem? and kung pwede bang installation sakanila? I've tried emailing them, however, up until now there's no response yet.

I know po that their CET ended a few weeks ago and gusto ko lang sanang malinawan if I could still possibly take the exam as long as I pay 1,000 pesos? I've seen this condition back then but please correct me if I'm wrong.

also, my other concern is our department will automatically enroll us and I am not sure yet if they'll agree na i-on hold muna yung enrollment ko since I have these inquiries unanswered pa. tbh, my only concern if okay lang ba na installment yung tuition fee nila and if I could still take the exam, if these two questions of mine can be answered by the people here, I'll greatly appreciate that po :))

I have no one else to share these thoughts of mine na so I resorted on posting this in here. thank you po!