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Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 8:30pm On Apr 25
YoshihideSuga:


You see this information you have dropped here? I'm extremely grateful and pleased. Thank you!

One last question, how does one groom his or her child to be able to pass the exams and interviews to gain admission into LJC?

P.S. An observation, if it's based on merit, how come there are quite a number of politicians who send their children to the school? I sincerely hope they don't influence the tutoring, scoring and administrative processes. Na Nigerian politicians we dey talk about.

P.S. I think the child of Kogi's Audu was accused of sexual harassment by one prominent TwitterNG feminist some years ago. Both attended the school.

Use this book to practice
https:///product/catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-coop-hspt-tachs-5885635
I think certain primary schools have an edge because they teach the type of content that comes out in the exams. Ultimately, the exams are a test of IQ. Admission is strictly on Merit. An average child cannot keep up with the rigor and pace of learning which is why it's important they admit the best kids.

Loyola enforces rules regardless of whose children they are of.
Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 4:35pm On Apr 25
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Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 4:23pm On Apr 25
YoshihideSuga:


This is an impressive list of achievements. The fact it's normal means the standard is the norm, not an exception.

I'm curious, which curriculum is used for teaching? How does the school recruit exceptional teachers? Any idea of the entry level salary for a teacher? What does it take to be employed there? What is the profile of parents who send their children to LJC?

Sorry for the too many questions.

I'm not sure about the salaries but I do know they are not a for-profit organization like most private schools so teachers are paid generously. Fees this year is about 5 million. They do have additional termly fees for using medical facilities and a few other services.

Loyola is VERY selective in its admissions. Every year, about 2500 students sit for the entrance exam into JS 1. They accept only 120 (about 4 percent of applicants). Every student must live in the boarding house and they do not accept transfers into other classes. So your classmates in JS1 are the same ones you'd graduate with in SS 3 barring those that leave in-between. It is a very close-knit community.

They've had and still have some pretty high profile parents. Mind you, they'd NEVER admit your kids based on who you are but strictly on Merit. The entrance exam is administered once in a year, followed by an interview.
Some of the high profile parents are:
Former Kano State Governor and present APC chairman, Ganduje, had two kids there. One graduated in 2004 and was just appointed by Tinubu as the Executive Director of Rural Electrification (Umar Abdullahi)
Former Nassarawa Governor's daughter, Adamu. I think he is a senator
Former Edo State Governor and former APC chairman's son, Oshiomole.
Former Ekiti Governors son and daughter, Oni.
Former Akwa Ibom governor and current Senate President, Akpabio had two kids at Loyola
Former Imo State Governor's son, Udenwa.
Former Imo State Governor's daughter, Rochas Okorocha
Former Kogi Sate Deputy Governor, Omeiza
Former Labor party's presidential candidate, Patrick Utomi. Had two kids at Loyola
Abike Dabiri had two kids
Former Ambassador of Nigeria to Switzerland Uhomoibhi, had two kids
Former Finance minister's kid, Diezani Madueke, graduated in 2003 (This was long before she became minister)
Former CEO of Fidelity Bank, Ihejiahi, had 4 kids there
Fomer CEO of Konga had two kids there, one of which is CEO of the firm

A good number of senators: Ndoma-Egba, Chris-Asoluka etc. There are quite a number, can't type it all.
Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 2:01pm On Apr 25
YoshihideSuga:


Yes. As it's, only Loyola Jesuit College can comfortably compete with Ambassador College in mathematics wizardry across the top secondary schools in the country. Looking at Ambassador's trajectory, I wonder if they scooped all the math teachers at Loyola grin

The difference between Loyola and Ambassadors is that while Ambassadors might have a small group of shining stars that it puts forward for competitions, Loyola has an entire school of stars.
Also, Loyola does not advertise itself like other private schools do.
For the class of 2023, one student got a full ride to Princeton (currently the highest ranked US university), another got a full ride to Yale. Two students got full scholarships to Johns Hopkins (one of the best medical schools in the US). They had one full ride to University of Chicago and two to Rice University, Houston (all of these schools are top 10 universities). One to UCLA, USC and UCal Berkeley. This same set had 89 students, 77 of them had over 300 in JAMB.

In 2022, they produced the best student in JAMB, Eyimofe Adebayo. The same student got a fully funded offer to MIT.

More than 80 - 90 percent of every set gets into top schools in the US, UK and Canada. Last year, 2 students represented Nigeria in Olympiad Chemistry in Switzerland

Also, every year, they send 25 ss2/3 students to participate in Model United Nations at Washington DC in February.

The difference is, they don't advertise like other schools do

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Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 1:39pm On Apr 25
YoshihideSuga:
Ambassador College Ota and the likes of Loyola Jesuit makes me refuse to believe the notion that there aren't good schools especially for the ambitious middle class segment in Nigeria.

Congratulations to the lad!

How much do you think Loyola Jesuit fees are? grin The fees are expensive o
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 2:02am On Nov 08, 2022
ifax:

IW


This is for a B visa and not an F yeah?
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 7:10pm On Nov 07, 2022
ifax:
Yes


I know someone with a December appointment in Abuja that hasn't been canceled but for an interview waiver appointment at DHL. Where you scheduled for an in-person interview or IW?
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 17 by Centrix: 1:37pm On Oct 31, 2022
brotimi:
this is information is not detailed enough
I also applied for EA and was approved on October 21 and my start date is scheduled for 5 January, 2023 which is more than 60days.
So let us know
1. the location Abuja or Lagos
2. when did you apply
3. Did u apply with your SEVISFEE receipt and I-20

I was just wondering, is Lagos offering emergency appointments? Also how do I apply for them. I checked the website but the link to the EA form is broken or do I just send an email? How did you go about it. Thanks!
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 1:30am On Oct 31, 2022
So I noticed it's impossible to cancel an already existing appointment once we book. Are there any Interview Waiver (drop box) dates in Lagos now? I hear the Abuja embassy is transferring its existing appointments to Lagos. Has anyone booked a dropbox appointment recently? Thanks!
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 11:43pm On Oct 25, 2022
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Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 10:44pm On Oct 25, 2022
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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 12:36am On Apr 23, 2021
Ilamina:
The campus looks more green the atlantic hall

And this is only a small section of the school. The campus is huge, green and very beautiful. Olashore, atlantic hall, bells, whitesands and lekki british are definitely not comparable to Loyola

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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 12:25am On Apr 23, 2021
Ilamina:


At least atlantic hall has swimming pool
Olasore has swimming pool

Even norwegian secondary school in portharcourt that charges less than loyola. .looks 2 million times luxurious

Bells secondary school
That has horse ride and all

I just expected the school to be more luxurious considering the fees, they charge


So a swimming pool is your standard of luxury not the natural environment and architecture? Loyola was built in the 90's and had arguably the best campus at the time. Obviously, times have changed with newer, more modern architectural designs. But Beauty and luxury goes beyond modern architecture. Harvard was built in the 1600s and even though its buidings are far from modern, the campus still provides an ambience of style and class. This is literally how Loyola's campus feels like.

Ive attached a few pics. Again..you need to visit

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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 8:30pm On Apr 22, 2021
Ilamina:


Almost the same level as atlantic hall in that list

lol Atlantic hall just doesn't look as good as Loyola. Whitesands has a tiny campus (It's a day only school), olashore barely has a storey building on campus. Bells is not even on par with the rest you listed. Lekki british has a small campus with a single building.

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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 8:19pm On Apr 22, 2021
Ilamina:


Not that luxurious like most of those schools I mentioned


Luxurious in terms of what? What facilities do they have that Loyola doesn't? Loyola's campus is light years ahead of atlantic hall bells whitesands or olashore.

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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 8:16pm On Apr 22, 2021
KingClown:



thank God for people like you.

your head dy ground.


first of all this guy doesn't even know a proper architecture cos if he did he wouldn't be shouting Loyola up and down.

Loyola looks choked up.


secondly many schools deceive parents with good buildings, beautiful uniforms and polished english speaking teachers.



Loyola has one of the biggest, spacious and most beautiful campus in Nigeria. I suspect you saw photos of Jesuit Memorial in ph and assumed it to be Loyola.

Here's a similar thread from Nairaland on Loyola :
https://www.nairaland.com/3955914/loyola-jesuit-abuja-pictures
Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 7:47pm On Apr 22, 2021
femi4:
May be then, not anymore. With the economy and private schools everywhere now, the standard is no longer the same

Loyola's standard is even higher than it was. Where did you get this from? It is still the most sought after secondary school in Nigeria. They accept about a hundred students out of over 5000 that write the entrance exam into JS 1 every year.

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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 7:40pm On Apr 22, 2021
Ilamina:


It's just now, I am hearing loyola is expensive
It's a dope secondary school

But loyola wasn't known for cool rich campus


Like the bells secondary school, olasore, green springs, white sands, atlanta hall, British lekki

Loyola just focused on academics. .where the best brian's . .go and compete
No time for swimming pool on campus

So much misinformation on here

1. Catholics are not idol worshippers.
2. Loyola is *3million per session not 2 million
3. Loyola arguably has a better campus than most of the schools you listed. The campus is spacious, green and beautiful.
4. Loyola is still the most sought after secondary school in the country and still takes the best students
5. There are probably more non-catholic students than there are catholic at Loyola

NB: Here's another thread on Nairaland on the same topic ( https://www.nairaland.com/3955914/loyola-jesuit-abuja-pictures )

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Travel / Re: Diapora Kids Studying In Nigeria Secondary Schools by Centrix: 2:46am On Jun 09, 2020
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Education / Re: Babcock University High School by Centrix: 10:29pm On Feb 26, 2020
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Career / Re: My Life As A Teacher. by Centrix: 6:53pm On Mar 11, 2019
NL1960:


Are you sure it is not through the extra payments made by parents to teachers that are specialist in Loyola exams?. I heard it is very expensive to engage a Loyola Jesuit specialist teacher. I also normally see a lot of Corona in the pass list of Louisville in Ijebu itele.

Not necessarily. Corona was one of the first few exam centers for Loyola exams in the 90s. They've been doing this for so long. But Corona Pry school standards are still better than most big name pry schools in Lag for sure.
Career / Re: My Life As A Teacher. by Centrix: 6:27am On Mar 10, 2019
drafrican:


Thank you,i actually attended corona pry sch but to be honest am not impressed with the kids of family friends that attend the sch,for mothers its a status symbol and most of them cant get into sec sch like loyola,olashore,day waterman,oritamefa baptist they all end up in corona where they fail ,waec pass gce cant pass jamb n end up in uk or cyprus ,the standard has dropped you pay all that and still need lesson teachers

While in corona in pry 4 i scored 480 in common enterance in pry 5 i scored 565
My sibling had 7 As in ssce but now corona is a mess,it all about cash and the closest to me is gbagada.


Well that was corona of the 80s probably but more students get into loyola from corona than any other school. Chrisland and Montesorri Int School Ph are also worth mentioning. Corona standards (including the sec school) is deft much higher than it used to be. 10 corona students had over 300 in JAMB 2 years ago. Expensive yes, but relatively good. Olashore and Day Waterman do not have competitive entrance exams like that. Any child with average learning abilities can get in. I'd say corona sec school entrance exams are way more competitive than those two
Career / Re: My Life As A Teacher. by Centrix: 3:04am On Mar 10, 2019
drafrican:
Good morning,
My question is simple
Why dont we have ratings for primary schools in Nigeria based on performance.
I am searching for a school for my kids and i noticed anytime i ask people always just list the most expensive as the best.

Pls i need a school in yaba/surulere with core academic values and other things can follow am not keen on ballet and co to me they are secondary.

The names ve heard of are blooming greens, pampers,oakwood,womens association university of lagos ,redeemers,mbari mbayo

Pls dont say st saviors i cannot afford it.

I really want to know which one is really academically and morally sound

I wish loyola jesuit would tell us the schools in lagos and hiw their kids perform @ their enterance exam.

Bottom line help me pick a school.

Corona (Any of them) and chrisland
Education / Re: Grange School, BIS, Lekki British School or AISL? by Centrix: 11:01am On Feb 06, 2019
I've been to Loyola Jesuit and I've been to Grange. Grange is impressive, Loyola is way more impressive, very beautiful school. I'd say do it. People shuttle weekly between cities so travel shouldn't be a problem.

Not sure how much discipline there is at AIS, BIS or Lekki British but if I had to make a choice going strictly by the "international" education you seek, I would choose AIS because it is really the only AUTHENTIC expatriate owned and run school in Lagos. Students come from everywhere and teachers are largely expatriate unlike the other three schools. That being said, things are not the way they used to be. The world is going mad so you might want to include discipline/moral principles in choosing a school.

Second choice will be grange. From my knowledge (outdated), they outperform other British curriculum schools in Lagos in the iGCSE exams and admission is mildly competitive.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Centrix: 8:53pm On Aug 02, 2018
Stdannyel:
morning everyone,
Please my wife will be traveling soon (St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia) . Kindly help me with list of necessary things to make her traveling and early days in the state less stressful.
Thanks.

Please I need urgent attention to this.

Did she get accommodation in Philly? Moving there soon and looking for accommodation
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Centrix: 8:42pm On Aug 02, 2018
Guys is anyone here going to PHILADELPHIA, live in Philadelphia already or know Nigerians living in Philadelphia. Please let me know. About to move and l've still not secured housing. Thanks
Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 12:51am On Aug 13, 2017
There are also full fee paying scholarships to Loyola for poor kids
Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 3:53pm On Aug 01, 2017
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Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 12:20pm On Aug 01, 2017
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Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 12:11pm On Aug 01, 2017
MaziOmenuko:


Lol...after everything, JAMB humbles them all. They end up in private universities where JAMB is not a requirement. The few of them that manage to make it into the Federal Universities are not as smart as you are shouting. We saw them all.

Guy, why you taking this personal na. You asked about JAMB, someone posted something about the JAMB record to date being held by a student from that school (Greg Ugwi, 2003). You asked about Cowbell, you were referred to a post about their students placing first and third nationally in cowbellpedia in 2015. You asked about WAEC you were told they've being the most consistent in topping WAEC charts since their first WAEC in 2002.

Just concede you were wrong

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Education / Re: Shalom Academy Nsukka Student Makes 9 A1s In The Just Released WAEC. by Centrix: 1:03pm On Jul 20, 2017
tensazangetsu20:

Coventry university is a shitty university. The school isn't in the same league as loyola jesuit then.

Education / Re: Ten Most Expensive Secondary Schools In Nigeria 2017 by Centrix: 4:56pm On Jun 12, 2017
yemiosinbajo:


Believe it or not, but I got nothing to lie about. She was top of her class in LJC, but her post utme score and GPA ranked her way below top five in UI. I'm tempted to mention her name, but I don't want to do that 'cos there are a lot of UI peepz here. I totally understand your sentiment- you think being the best in LJC automatically makes you the best in any other school. You may be right, but I dare tell you that medical school is different, especially one such as UI. Don't misunderstand me, the girl is truly good, but UI medical school is more challenging than LJC. If you still don't believe, send me a PM and I will send you her name and the book of life (GPA book).

Also, not all of LJC's best students get those full scholarships through LJC. Many of them graduate from LJC and go EducationUSA Abuja where they qualify for the Opportunity funds to receive those full rides.

No doubt LJC students are the bomb, but med school life is different. You will surely encounter a stronger challenge in med school no matter where you're coming from. Imagine an LJC best student meeting a Victor Olalusi (google that name) in class!! Mehnnn, med school dey humble giants o!


I googled Victor Olalusi, great achiever. But let me share with you a few names:
Gregory Ugwi: 340 out of 400 (100 in Physics), JAMB 2003. Still holds JAMB record today. Went to Princeton and now owns a million dollar company in the US. Went to LJC

Odaro Omusi:Best Student in WAEC in West Africa. 2005

John Yusuf: Best WAEC student in West Africa. 2007 Went to Harvard
LJC students had the best JAMB result in the country 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Habiba Daggash: First Class Honors from Cambridge University

So many other names, too many to mention. The most recent, Johnpaul Nwaezeigwe. Even Kechi the Americas Got Talent singer, plane crash survivor, graduated top of her class.

The best LJC students make the top results in the country in JAMB. Go to their wikipedia page. So if she told you she was the best student in her year, then she's probably not telling the truth

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