Pass the board with a plan, not a cram.
Exam strategy, the rules behind the CLE, and study habits that actually move your readiness, written for Filipino criminology reviewees.
How topnotchers budget 100 questions in two hours
The board gives you about 72 seconds per item. The winners don't spend it evenly, they protect the easy points. Here's the pacing habit that separates passers from re-takers.
Read the postRA 11131, explained: the 75% rule and the subject floor
A weighted average of 75 passes the CLE, but a single subject below 60 can still defer your result. We break down exactly how the score works, in plain language.
Read the postThe six CLE subjects, ranked by how much they actually weigh
Criminal Law and Jurisprudence, Crime Detection and Investigation, and Criminology each carry 20%. Correctional Administration carries 10%. Where you spend your review hours should follow the blueprint, not your comfort zone.
Read the postWhy your missed questions should come back to haunt you
Cramming fades. Spaced repetition, resurfacing the items you got wrong on a widening schedule, is how the material sticks until exam day. Here's how to run it without an app.
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