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success1smyn:
I didn't finish reading before I made my conclusion that Medicine is DEFINITELY not for you.
Why you may ask
If Jamb syllabus not 'syllables' is too bulky I wonder how you will cope with medicine.

Go for another thing please.

pocohantas:
Really? In Nigeria?
Do they work as doctors too at hospitals?

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Sonnobax15:

Jamb has over stayed it's welcome in Nigeria . Imagine sitting and writing jamb for countless times until your name becomes known to them and you were gifted a Tshirt for being their esteemed customer

kpankpangolo:
This must be a fake or made up story. There is no way someone will lose youth with a four to five year course and still hold medicine in mind.

Go and make money in the real world instead of chasing marks on a paper. There is no greater joy.

enemyofprogress:
Medicine is overrated. Babalawos have tooked over. Go and study Islamic or Christian religious knowledge and thank me later.

BJanta:
JAMB is indirectly telling you you're not fit for medicine. Go for Science Laboratory Studies instead, dull people like you full there.

opicgif:
this is not a negative criticism

if as a graduate of microbiology, you are complaining about JAMB books being bulky
i really don't think you should be writing JAMB again

just one of your textbooks in university should be more than any JAMB book
so how did you read in school?

except your story isn't true

FitCorper:
Hope u are not going through all this, because you want to be close to a lady? You said you’re already done with Nysc? Why not focus on the next chapter of life, get a good job, work sometime save up and further ur m.sc if u love knowledge that much. Going back in present day Nigeria isn’t worth it, especially with more people embracing herbal concoction as alternative to expensive health care. If by some miracle this method proves workable for Nigerians then that profession would lose all its relevance. Before you talk of government certifying herbs unsafe just know that the avg Nigerian don’t give a Bleep about the government.

Jackanda1:
Proffesor topic, so Physics, chemistry and biology Jamb syllabus is not bulky to you.

Jackanda1:
I mentioned medical student because I know that medicine requires a high jamb score. I am seeking for admission into medicine. it has been my dream for some time now, but jamb had been making it very difficult. It has been more than 6 years. I had to settle for a course I do not like. I'm a graduate now and done with Nysc. However my dreams remain. I attended three times and give up. I want to try it again with the determination to get it this time. I am seeking advice from people who have pass this stage successfully.

So I am making another attempt at jamb next year. I have started studying with jamb syllables and past questions but my problems are:

1. The textbooks are just too bulky. There are too many things to study if you are following the syllabus. It is very frustrating. Too many things to study in a very short period of time.

2. Tendency to forget easily. Things I studied last month I have forgotten more than 50% of it, because of it bulkiness.So I have to go back to revise them which is time consuming especially when I have new topics to study.

3. I'm currently studying organic compounds in chemistry. And it is it is painful that I couldn't answer all the past questions on that topic. I had to go back to revise the topic. It seems jamb questions are hidden in corners of the textbooks. And you can't find them no matter how hard you cram.

4. I do not know if my brain is a little bit slow because I can spend time on one particular topic and in 3 days time I end up forgetting 70% of what I read in that topic.so Did you people go through this problems cuz I'm tired.

5. Medicine for me is a do or die. I don't intend to give up. I always see myself as a medical doctor. But jamb is jamming me too much.

I need help and encouragement from you guys. How did you do it.

Should I just focus on past questions. Tell me how you did it. if possible break it down summarize it. Even if it's a hard Way. Tell me, I need your help.

Jackanda1:
Proffesor topic, so Physics, chemistry and biology Jamb syllabus is not bulky to you.

wunmi590:


Studying medicine is not for those who cram to pass, it is a must you know everything about science, not just to read and pass..

I was once rooting for medicine during my undergraduate days, nobody told me to settle for another course, microbiology...


Medicine is a course you must no the in and out of all that is required to excel, not just because you see people studying it and you want to jump at it...

enemyofprogress:
Medicine is overrated. Babalawos have tooked over. Go and study Islamic or Christian religious knowledge and thank me later.

tolu4you:
God is your strength. You can do it. Nothing to say again

Jackanda1:
I mentioned medical student because I know that medicine requires a high jamb score. I am seeking for admission into medicine. it has been my dream for some time now, but jamb had been making it very difficult. It has been more than 6 years. I had to settle for a course I do not like. I'm a graduate now and done with Nysc. However my dreams remain. I attended three times and give up. I want to try it again with the determination to get it this time. I am seeking advice from people who have pass this stage successfully.

So I am making another attempt at jamb next year. I have started studying with jamb syllables and past questions but my problems are:

1. The textbooks are just too bulky. There are too many things to study if you are following the syllabus. It is very frustrating. Too many things to study in a very short period of time.

2. Tendency to forget easily. Things I studied last month I have forgotten more than 50% of it, because of it bulkiness.So I have to go back to revise them which is time consuming especially when I have new topics to study.

3. I'm currently studying organic compounds in chemistry. And it is it is painful that I couldn't answer all the past questions on that topic. I had to go back to revise the topic. It seems jamb questions are hidden in corners of the textbooks. And you can't find them no matter how hard you cram.

4. I do not know if my brain is a little bit slow because I can spend time on one particular topic and in 3 days time I end up forgetting 70% of what I read in that topic.so Did you people go through this problems cuz I'm tired.

5. Medicine for me is a do or die. I don't intend to give up. I always see myself as a medical doctor. But jamb is jamming me too much.

I need help and encouragement from you guys. How did you do it.

Should I just focus on past questions. Tell me how you did it. if possible break it down summarize it. Even if it's a hard Way. Tell me, I need your help.

wunmi590:


Studying medicine is not for those who cram to pass, it is a must you know everything about science, not just to read and pass..

I was once rooting for medicine during my undergraduate days, nobody told me to settle for another course, microbiology...


Medicine is a course you must no the in and out of all that is required to excel, not just because you see people studying it and you want to jump at it...

RandomFellow:
God of mercy! Tooked? As in past tense of took?? 😭😭😭

BJanta:
JAMB is indirectly telling you you're not fit for medicine. Go for Science Laboratory Studies instead, dull people like you full there.

Verance:
I studied Education and currently work as teacher and I can boldly say that my salary plus private lessons in a month beats what the average medical doctor earns in a month in my locality here in Lagos, even if I don't have properties or a large bank account (just like many doctors who started practicing from the time I graduated from school), I can feed myself and family well enough, dress fine and afford a modest accomodation.

parags:
The issue is not Jamb . The issue is you have not mastered a lot about studying and retention . Do you sit down occasionally and mentally go through all you have read on a particular topic? Do you have a summary note on all you have learnt and revise periodically ? You just dont read and expect your brain to retain all the information . You have to do better . There is instant access to information nowadays , guess you are easily distracted

Now if you are complaining about the sizes of secondary school books after graduation, maybe medicine is not for you . You have no idea how medicine is tough .

doncartel:
No go end up like one guy who has been writing ICAN for the past 8 years. I’ve told him to give up that dream and join us in the cartel.

enemyofprogress:
Medicine is overrated. Babalawos have tooked over. Go and study Islamic or Christian religious knowledge and thank me later.

Discountsempai:
Lord have mercy...there are people I have known who even wrote JAMB after graduating in another course, working, just for the privilege of reading medicine.

I even have classmates and colleagues who wrote JAMB that many times just to read medicine self.

Jackanda1:
I mentioned medical student because I know that medicine requires a high jamb score. I am seeking for admission into medicine. it has been my dream for some time now, but jamb had been making it very difficult. It has been more than 6 years. I had to settle for a course I do not like. I'm a graduate now and done with Nysc. However my dreams remain. I attended three times and give up. I want to try it again with the determination to get it this time. I am seeking advice from people who have pass this stage successfully.

So I am making another attempt at jamb next year. I have started studying with jamb syllables and past questions but my problems are:

1. The textbooks are just too bulky. There are too many things to study if you are following the syllabus. It is very frustrating. Too many things to study in a very short period of time.

2. Tendency to forget easily. Things I studied last month I have forgotten more than 50% of it, because of it bulkiness.So I have to go back to revise them which is time consuming especially when I have new topics to study.

3. I'm currently studying organic compounds in chemistry. And it is it is painful that I couldn't answer all the past questions on that topic. I had to go back to revise the topic. It seems jamb questions are hidden in corners of the textbooks. And you can't find them no matter how hard you cram.

4. I do not know if my brain is a little bit slow because I can spend time on one particular topic and in 3 days time I end up forgetting 70% of what I read in that topic.so Did you people go through this problems cuz I'm tired.

5. Medicine for me is a do or die. I don't intend to give up. I always see myself as a medical doctor. But jamb is jamming me too much.

I need help and encouragement from you guys. How did you do it.

Should I just focus on past questions. Tell me how you did it. if possible break it down summarize it. Even if it's a hard Way. Tell me, I need your help.

Discountsempai:
The cold secret of medical students is....our books are all too bulky, and yes, we wonder also how we go manage finish am before session ends...

Yes, all of us have that fear. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not telling the truth

The trick is to study the 'vital' parts, not to read the whole book.

Plus other courses have severe bulky books. Like LAW for example. , even other stem courses.

Sonnobax15:

Jamb has over stayed it's welcome in Nigeria . Imagine sitting and writing jamb for countless times until your name becomes known to them and you were gifted a Tshirt for being their esteemed customer

GloriousGbola:
I mean if you read anatomy or physiology or (i forget the third one) once you are done you can read medicine straight.

This is what I saw in uni

Every year some people in 100l are dropped from medicine because of poor GPA. They usually are pushed to anatomy, physiology maybe biochemistry, / microbiology.

I knew like 5 people this happened to back then. What I saw was they completed their course and then went back to med school. At least four of them are now doctors.



The irony is that by the time most people are through with med school in Nigeria, they hate the idea of medicine because it does not pay well. No pot of gold at the end of the tunnel. And your classmates who read four year courses have already been working for two years and pulling dough while you are still collecting money from mum and dad.

Lots of guys I knew then said their parents forced or tricked them into it.

Anyways my daughter can't say that. Girl is set on becoming a neurosurgeon