PLEASE NOTE: even if you have already registered for JAMB, you can still change your course and institution – if need be. You will discover how to, inside this article.
Everybody won’t get admission this year. I wish this isn’t true.
But unfortunately, it is.
But unfortunately, it is.
Last year (2016): 1,589,175 people applied for JAMB. Only 444,969 got admission.
In 2015:1,475,477 people applied. Only 442,643 got.
In 2014: 1,606,753 applied. Only 401,688 got it.
There is a serious competition
How will you win?
How will you win?
Are you going to depend on prayers alone? (Almost) everybody believes in prayer and in God.
So if you pray and I pray…. And everybody else prays, then that balances the equation. God is NOT unfair.
Whom will he give? Whom will he leave?
Whom will he give? Whom will he leave?
So faith in God isn’t enough. It’s only the basics – the beginning.
In essence, you need a strategy to win and gain admission this year.
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Most people only know and depend on 2 popular strategies…
- Brain and
- Connection
Some even depend on expo.
Brain is good.
Connection is neither good nor bad. It depends. But do what’s best for you.
I don’t support expo. It’s the easier way out but comes with lots of loads and baggage.
If you watch the admission pattern in the past years, you will notice that the ones that get admission are not all the most brilliant. Haven’t you seen a brilliant person who lost admission?
Even connections can fails. Expo too can fail.
So none of these are guarantees. They only increase your chances.
In this post, you will discover one secret (but legitimate) way to dramatically increase your chance of getting admission this year.
You see! In a normal situation, the brightest are supposed to get all the admission.
But our situation in Nigeria is NOT normal.
It’s NOT also abnormal. It’s just different.
But our situation in Nigeria is NOT normal.
It’s NOT also abnormal. It’s just different.
Understanding those differences will give you power and help you get admission this year.
How Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics Give Admission
How Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics Give Admission
Nigerian universities and Polytechnics consider a lot of things before giving you admission. For example, your performance, the completion, your state of origin and even your gender.
Private universities and polytechnics will consider only…
Performance
In Private universities and polytechnics, admission is based 100% on merit. The highest score gets the admission.
Performance
In Private universities and polytechnics, admission is based 100% on merit. The highest score gets the admission.
But government universities and polytechnics will also consider your state of origin. They call it “catchment area”.
But…
What is catchment area?
I will explain…
You see! Every government university and polytechnic give special consideration to certain states.
For example, if you come from Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo or Ilorin, University of Lagos (UNILAG) will give you special consideration. These 7 states are UNILAG’s catchment area.
For state universities and polytechnics, all the local government in the state is their catchment area.
So for Imo State University, for example, all the local government in Imo State is their catchment area.
So for Imo State University, for example, all the local government in Imo State is their catchment area.
There are also Federal Universities without catchment area.
These universities give equal consideration to every candidate.
Some of these universities are…
These universities give equal consideration to every candidate.
Some of these universities are…
- University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)
- Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB)
- The federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE)
- University of Abuja (UNIABUJA)
- University of Ibadan (UI)
- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU)
- The federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM)
The Educational Disadvantaged States
Some states are considered to be educationally far behind.
The numbers of graduates from these states are far fewer. All government schools give special consideration to these candidates.
The states are Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Zamfara, Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Yobe.
So…
How do Government Universities and Polytechnics give admission?
Most people believe that government universities and polytechnics give admission the way they like.
But they don’t.
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They follow a guideline in the Nigerian constitution – the federal character.
Based on that law, they divide their admission slot into 3 categories.
- 45% for merit list. In this category, your state of origin doesn’t matter. You will get admission based purely on your performance. The highest scores get the slots.
- 35% for catchment area
- 20% for educationally less advantaged states
So if for example, UNIBEN has slots for 5,000 candidates this year, they will divide the 5,000 accordingly.
- 2,250 candidate will be admitted on merit
- 1,750 should get admission based on catchment area and
- 1,000 slots will be reserved for candidates from educationally less advantaged states.
Every school has their preferred statistical formula for ensuring that they follow this guideline.
Some schools, like UNILAG, will note the total number, states of origin and scores of prospective candidates in each department.
Then they will note the available slots.
Next, they use statistical calculations to come up with the cut-off for each state.
Other schools, like FUTO, will release 2 or 3 lists.
First list for merit candidates.Second and third list for both catchment and disadvantaged states.
But…
How does admission through connection work?
Connection can never get you into the merit list.
But it can get you into the list for catchment and educationally less advantaged states.
You see! Every top university staff (the VCs, Deans, HODs e.t.c.) get free slots that they can give to anybody.
Some get 10; some 20; some 5; some even 1.
Some get 10; some 20; some 5; some even 1.
So if your uncle is a HOD, for example, and has 10 slots; it means he can bring 10 names. And your name could be one of them.
But you must pass the school cut-off.
Also, if the school is NOT your catchment area and you are not from an educationally disadvantaged state, the chances that your uncles connect will get you admission gets lowered. More on this shortly.
Some of these staffs don’t have close relatives to give their slots to. So they sell it.
That’s why somebody can pay N500,000 for admission and get it.
How does connection work for candidates who are not from the school catchment area or from an educationally disadvantaged state?
Remember what I said about NOT coming from a school's catchment area or educationally disadvantaged states and how it affects your connections?
Your chances get lowered… but there is still hope.
You see! Most schools easily fill up their slots for merit and catchment. While many slots for disadvantaged states remain vacant.
No enough qualified candidate.
No enough qualified candidate.
The school is free to give this slot to anybody – provided they pass the school cut-off.
How to increase your chance of getting admission this year
Maybe you are from an educationally advantaged state.
Maybe you don’t know anybody.
Maybe thinking about the huge competition and your chances of getting into the merit list make your heart sink.
Don’t worry.
There is a legitimate way of leveling the playing field and dramatically increasing your chance of getting admission this year.
And that’s what you will be discovering in the next part of this article…
But it’s not ready.
It will be ready before the exams are over.That’s when you will act on this secret.
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