Bar Exams Topnotcher Raoul Atadero Shares His Secret
Bar exams 2012 topnotcher is Raoul Angelo Atadero from from Ateneo de Manila University.
The bar exam results for batch November 2011 have been released by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 29, and leading the pack with a score of 85.5363 is 27-year-old Atenista Raoul Angelo Atadero.
Atadero, who also valedictorian of Ateneo Law Class of 2011, wasn't expecting to top the bar exams.
“It gave me goose bumps. I wasn’t exactly expecting to top the bar. I really didn’t think I would do that well. My Mom was beside me and she was the one crying,” he said via an interview by the media.
Bar Exam Topnotchers:
1. Raoul Angelo Atadero, Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) - 85.5363%
2. Luz Bolong, Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) - 85.5363%
3. Cherry Liz Rafal-Roble, Arellano University - 84.4550%
4. Rosemil Banaga, Notre Dame, Cotabato - 84.1226%
5. Christian Louie Gonzales, University of Sto Tomas (UST) - 84.0938%
6. Ivan Bandal, Siliman University - 84.0901%
7. Eirene Acosta, San Beda College - 84.0663%
8. Irene Marie Qua, Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) - 84.0575%
9. Elaine Lacerda, Far Eastern University (FEU) - 84.0401%
10. Rodolfo Aquino, San Beda College (SBC) - 83.7276%
In an interview by Inquirer, Atadero shared that his "secret" in topping the bar was "hard work, prayer and luck."
"Most important is hard work. You really need to work hard because no amount of prayer or luck will make you pass the bar,” he quipped.
He also said that from April to the grueling month of November when he and 5,989 others who took the bar exam at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, he was glued to law books for up to 14 hours daily.
“I started studying mid-April all the way up to November. I get up at 7 a.m., start studying at 8 a.m. and continue until 9 p.m., including breaks for meals. It’s really pretty standard for bar takers,” he said.
When asked what will be his next move after topping the bar exam, Atedero said he wants to become a corporate lawyer.
And he doesn't need to apply because offers from big companies will start to pour in the coming days, just like what happened to previous bar exam topnotchers!
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