How To Calculate Your JAMB Grade and Know Your Chances of Getting Admission

You may have heard that JAMB now has a new way of grading candidates. 

It's no more based just on your JAMB score. 

According to The Sun, JAMB now considers your O’ Level score before grading and giving you admission. 

So you may be asking yourself, how will JAMB grade me? This post will answer that.

And Here is the formula…

O’ Level score (40%) + JAMB score (60%) = Admission Score

What does this formula mean?

It means that 40% of your admission score is your O’level exam while 60% is your JAMB.

This is how JAMB calculates your O’level score…

If you registered for JAMB with 1 sitting, you get 10 points

If you registered with 2 sittings, you get 2 points.

Your 5 O’level subjects carry points

A1              =   6 points

B2 – B3      =   4 points

C4 – C6      =  3 points

The highest possible point you can get from your O’level result is 40.

For your JAMB result, this is how JAMB gives you points…

JAMB SCORE GRADE POINTS

180 – 185 ————————      20 points

186 – 190————————       21points

191 – 195————————       22points

196 – 200———————–        23points

201 – 205———————–        24points

206 – 210————————       25 points

211 – 215———————–        26 points

216 – 220————————       27 points

221 – 225————————       28 points

226 – 230————————       29 points

231 – 235————————       30 points

236 – 240————————       31 points

241 – 245————————       32 points

246 – 250————————       33 points

251 – 300————————       34- 43points

300 – 400————————       44–60 points

Here is an example: Kemi wants to study Microbiology in the University of Lagos (UNILAG). She scored 248 in JAMB. She used only her WAEC (that is, one sitting) to register for JAMB. 

Her O’level subjects are;

Maths              =          C5

English            =          C6

Physics           =          CB2

Chemistry       =          C4

Biology            =          A1

Let’s find out her admission score…

We will achieve this by looking at JAMB’s point table (above) and using the formula…

Admission Score  = O’ Level score (40%) + JAMB score (60%)

First, we start with her O’ level score:

She used 1 sitting            =          10 points

Maths, she got C5             =          3 points

English, C6                        =          3 points

Physics, B2                       =          4 points

Chemistry, C4                    =          3 points

Biology, A1                        =          6 points

So in summary, here is Kemi’s O’ level point…

1 Sitting                     =          10 points

Maths, C5                  =          3 points

English, C6                =          3 points

Physics, B2               =          4 points

Chemistry, C4            =          3points

Biology, A1                =          6 points

So her total O’ level score = 10 + 3 +3 +4 + 6 = 29 points

Now let’s find out her JAMB points

Remember that in JAMB, she scored 248. To get her point, just look at the JAMB point table above.

And from that table, anybody that scores 248 gets 33 points.

So, Kemi’s JAMB score is 33 points.

So far, we have discovered that Kemi scored 29 points in her O’ level exam and 33 points in JAMB.

Now what’s her admission score?

You remember that admission score = 40% of O’ level score + 60% of JAMB score

Let’s turn it to a formula so that you can easily remember. Here it is:

AS = OS (40%) + JS (60%)

Where

AS = Admission Score

OS (40%) = 40% of O’ level Score

JS (60%) = 60% of JAMB Score

So Kemi’s admission score is 40% of 29 + 60% of 33;

40% of 29 = (40/100) x 29 = 11.6

60% of 33 = (60/100) x 33 = 19.8

So Kemi’s Admission Score = 11.6 + 19.8= 31.4 points

PLEASE NOTE: The highest possible Admission point is 52. So Kemi scored 31.4/52.


How To Determine Your Chance of Getting Admission

It's simple.

Check the competition for your course and school. You can do that by looking at last year's statistics. You can find the statistics for your school here.  

Compare it with your grade. If after that, you feel confident, congratulations. Your chances are high.

If you don't feel confident about what you see, then consider changing your course or school. 

Finally, please don't put all your egg in one basket. JAMB has been known to fustrate a lot of people. There are other less know but EASIER ways of getting admission in Nigeria.

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