We asked over 13,000 UPLB students what their talents are. Some students are asking why we need this information. Some even argue that they don't have talents. Well, we ask this because we know how talented UPLB students are and we want to get to know them better. At the same time, we use our talent database to give opportunities to students so they can bring their intangible assets into play.
In the past, we've asked students to showcase their talents by performing during university events. These performances range from singing, dancing, acting, stand-up comedy, and even staged surprise performances. Last year, we looked for potential Communication and Infotech Assistants (CIA) in the talent database. These students are now getting paid to write articles and develop components of the OSAM System for us.
Here are the Top 10 Most Popular Talents in UPLB:
| Rank | Talent | Frequency (N=13130) |
|---|
| 1 | singing | 26.87% |
| 2 | dancing | 21.71% |
| 3 | drawing | 10.26% |
| 4 | writing | 8.21% |
| 5 | acting | 5.40% |
| 6 | playing basketball | 2.85% |
| 7 | cooking | 2.73% |
| 8 | musically inclined | 2.48% |
| 9 | playing the piano | 2.43% |
| 10 | public speaking | 2.12% |
The complete list of the 40 most popular talents of UPLB students form the UPLB-shaped visual representation below:
Surprisingly, sleeping has gained so much popularity that it's now a popular talent among UPLB students.
While we were tabulating and looking for trends in the talent database, we couldn't help but notice some unpopular talents that are worth mentioning. Here are 15 of these talents:
We don't really know how you do these especially
fixing a broken heart and
competitive eating but thank you UPLB students for sharing this with OSA. We hope that you would continue to hone your talents so you can use them to better serve the Filipino people.
And we apologize for deceiving you, there is no OSA-hosted talent show just yet. But feel free to let us know in the comments if you want us to host something like this!
