Most admission seekers are often times left confused trying to get the reason why they were not offered admission to the institution of their choice despite having a very high score in admission screening. At times, having a such high score is not a guarantee for admission. The following are the reasons why students may not be offered admission despite having a high score in admission screening. 1 Wrong UTME SUBJECTS combination This is one of the reasons a number of students lose admission despite beating the admission screening score cut- off mark Even at times, some students are being stripped of their admission or moved to another department during the process of first-year registration simply because of wrong JAMB subject combination. For instance, a student seeking admission to study mass communication would definitely lose the admission if he or she did not take Literature-in-English as part of the four subjects for the UTME exam. Similarly, a student seeking admission to study Physics and Electronics should definitely select Physics as part of his UTME subject combination. Before any student fills his or her JAMB form, he or she should painstakingly go through the JAMB Brochure to know the right subject combination for his or her course of study. 2. UNIVERSITY'S CATCHMENT AREA Most federal universities, including some state universities, still retain the policy of catchment area in selecting students for admission. For instance, UNILAG catchment area constitutes majorly South Western states. What this implies is; prospective students from the South West have higher chances of gaining admission. For example, a prospective student from Osun state who scored 56, applying to study sociology may be offered admission while another student from Imo state who scored 60 may not be offered admission. This is so because if the catchment cut-off point for Osun is 56 while the general cut-off is 62, such a student from Imo state has definitely lost the admission despite having a higher score than his counterpart from the catchment zone. In view of the above, admission seekers should always be aware of a university’s catchment area and requirements before selecting any university. 3. UNIVERSITY'S POLICY Despite the general catchment area policy, some universities still have their individual policy they adopt as yardstick in admitting students. Oftentimes, such policies are not made public. It is therefore the duty of admission seekers to find out specific admission policies of their prospective universities from friends schooling in such universities. 4. Low UTME score or O'level grades Often times, I pity most Jambites who score within the range of 180 and 210 in UTME and unfortunately most of their O'level is not that strong and they still choose competitive universities like O.A.U, U.I, UNILAG, UNIBEN and so on ). As those scores or low grades in O'level will limit their chances of gaining admission in a situation where they have to compete for the same admission slot with students who score as high as 250 and above or with distinctions in O'level result. 5.) Having no connection with any university's personnel ( NOT HAVING LONG LEG ) In Nigeria of today, it is advisable to know the VC,PROFESSOR,LECTURER OR EVEN A MESSENGER in a school in which someone choosed. We have some universities in Nigeria where you will see some candidates that scored far above the cut-mark of their various courses and still NOT offered admission ..........It is not necessary to mention the name of such schools, I think we all know these schools. YOU CAN MAKE USE OF THE COMMENT BOX IF YOU FEEL LIKE ADDING TO THE ABOVE REASONS DONT FORGET TO LIKE AND SHARE THESE WITH YOUR FRIENDS .........THANKS FOR READING source : www.naijaschoolnewz.

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