Some students have become regular JAMB’s clients every year. They sit for the exam every year, have a relatively high mark, say 260+, yet fail to get admission. They either fail the Post UTME of the school, make one funny mistake or miss the whole year outright. The following year, they brace themselves to write the exam again.

From my experience talking to many students and listening to their plights, I have found out three mistakes they always make while seeking admission to any university.

1. Insistence on a particular course

Now, don’t get me wrong. There is nothing wrong in being ambitious or chasing a particular course, say medicine and surgery, nursing, law, accounting, and you name it. But, most times, your educational background also matters. If you’re not sufficiently armed with the requisite knowledge, it may take you increasing number of hours, months, or even years, to compete favourably with people who have better educational background or more privileged than you are. You just cannot meet up with their standards. And they don’t need to read as much as you do.

If you find yourself in this situation, you need to go for a less competitive course that’s closely related to your desired course. You need not worry now, the dots will connect when you look backward. There is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of many courses. This means that some courses are connected, or related, in a way, but you may not know now.

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