The JSEC
The Ateneo offers their entrepreneurial-oriented students a place where you can take part in a rare opportunity to set up your very own business establishment. This place is called the John Gokongwei School of Management Student Enterprise Center, or most commonly known as, the JSEC. However, only a few students are chosen to participate in this challenge. It’s a gritty process wherein you have to generate unique and non-mainstream proposals; because there are plenty of applicants and only 19 will be chosen and you also have to get an approval by the Dean’s Office of the JGSOM. Also, Just like every other official business, you have to secure business permits, pay taxes and rent, and provide salary for your employees.
At first glance, JSEC looks just like every other university cafeteria with its general layout of different stalls sitting right next to each other, tables, and people. It seems like a regular food place where the students of the Ateneo regularly hang out. However, JSEC is not only a venue for great food choices; it’s also the home of the stereotypes. JSEC is stereotypically seen as the domain of the John Gokongwei School of Management (JGSOM) majors; the arena of the future businessmen and businesswomen of our nation. They are regarded as the elitists and burgis; they rule the JSEC scene. And with the prevalence of SOM people in JSEC, the stereotypes attached to these students have also rubbed off to the place, pinning JSEC with its very own stereotypes. JSEC has become known to be the tambayan or hangout place of the ‘cool crowd’; therefore, earning the name: JSEC crowd. The JSEC crowd is where you will usually see boys who sport polo shirts or v-necks, chino shorts, and boat shoes; girls dressed in skater skirts or cropped tops; and groups of friends facing their branded devices. These people are dressed to impress and are seemingly ready to party: thus, giving birth to the JSEC outfit. And lastly, the thing that has become so famous
At first glance, JSEC looks just like every other university cafeteria with its general layout of different stalls sitting right next to each other, tables, and people. It seems like a regular food place where the students of the Ateneo regularly hang out. However, JSEC is not only a venue for great food choices; it’s also the home of the stereotypes. JSEC is stereotypically seen as the domain of the John Gokongwei School of Management (JGSOM) majors; the arena of the future businessmen and businesswomen of our nation. They are regarded as the elitists and burgis; they rule the JSEC scene. And with the prevalence of SOM people in JSEC, the stereotypes attached to these students have also rubbed off to the place, pinning JSEC with its very own stereotypes. JSEC has become known to be the tambayan or hangout place of the ‘cool crowd’; therefore, earning the name: JSEC crowd. The JSEC crowd is where you will usually see boys who sport polo shirts or v-necks, chino shorts, and boat shoes; girls dressed in skater skirts or cropped tops; and groups of friends facing their branded devices. These people are dressed to impress and are seemingly ready to party: thus, giving birth to the JSEC outfit. And lastly, the thing that has become so famous