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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 8:58am On Mar 02, 2019
the onus placed on sciences differs that of social science.

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by femi4: 9:03am On Mar 02, 2019
asuustrike1:

Subject combination and less knowledge about the subjects chosen are main factors responsible. If you watch closely you would discover that many the science students have high scores in science related subjects than English.
In addition, those science subjects are interwoven.

You ll find maths in physics, physics in chemistry and vise versa
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 9:04am On Mar 02, 2019
DonroxyII:
It is absolutely correct .... the time put in differs and so is the result !!
It is still not correct. Taking studies serious has nothing to do with the class you were. Be it science or art related. If during your time many were phone frek,mine wasn't because camera phones were not in existence.
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 9:05am On Mar 02, 2019
femi4:
In addition, those science subjects are interwoven.

You ll find maths in physics, physics in chemistry and vise versa
Exactly!
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Ayobami7(m): 9:15am On Mar 02, 2019
好的
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by somto811(m): 9:17am On Mar 02, 2019
Obaofusa:
True.
Specially those having the option of physics, chemistry, English and biology.
My days I got 400
lies..overall score is 320 you didnt write any jamb.
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by hardbody: 9:18am On Mar 02, 2019
I will guide y'all.

The answer is simply that 2+2 will always be 4. If you know a formula you can't go wrong, so it's really easy to score 100%. In the arts, the question, how many magi visited the new born Jesus elicits the answer 3. But the account only says men from the east visited and gave him 3 gift items.

Another question could be, what did God create on the 4th day?

My point is, in Arts, you need to virtually understand and memorise each line of what you are reading and learning. Certainly that's a lot more difficult especially when all the options seem correct.

You all will be fine.

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by jerryvyne(m): 9:24am On Mar 02, 2019
The notion that science courses/subjects are difficult is a first hand issue that should be addressed.
The science students are diligent enough to combine the concept of calculationss,master them and in case of biology, which involves living things,arr easily related in our everyday life.

What I'm saying in essence is that Science is practicable and simple when Ure sure it's your strength.
Art on the other hand, is considered to be very easy to pass since there is no calculation involved, the Day-to-Day Govt is studied, Literature et all.. I would suggest that as there are brilliant art students who r diligent. Maybe, Many have lost their priorities. Some got the wrong calling due to the impression related to them about the Science subjects.
So, Diligence should be Applied! And be convinced what you are doing is what you can do well.. Don't study what you re not passionate about.. they'll fail you

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by NairaMaster1(m): 9:25am On Mar 02, 2019
asuustrike1:

Subject combination and less knowledge about the subjects chosen are main factors responsible. If you watch closely you would discover that many the science students have high scores in science related subjects than English.

You ended up saying nothing. Is English a science subject? Or you want to tell us economic is harder than mathematics or physics or chemistry?

Mathematics, physics and chemistry exam be like: oboy it's like there are no answers oo!

Try it and see.

The truth is that science students are too committed due to the nature of the courses.

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by laplace13: 9:26am On Mar 02, 2019
Answers to science questions are like answers to math questions. They are precise and direct. You can get 100% in it.

Answers to art questions are vague and confusing. No direct answer. You can logically prove the right answer to be wrong. Even the examiner doesn't know the exact answer, so they all end up confused cheesy

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by imthealpha: 9:27am On Mar 02, 2019
I think all departments have their work cut out for them.





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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Timekeeper: 9:28am On Mar 02, 2019
iceboy4752:
In 2018, about 1.8 million candidates sat for the UTME. Sequel to the release of the results, JAMB released the top ten highest scorers.

My observation was that all the top ten and even top 20 highest scorers were science students. It got me wondering why only science students top the chart yearly. You may think it's because art students are dull but there are also very serious and intelligent art students.

Does that mean out of the almost one million art candidates that sit yearly for UTME, it's impossible to find someone scoring at least 320? In fact, the highest score I've seen from an art student so far is 303. I've never seen or heard of someone claiming they have seen higher than that.

What could be the reason?

Science courses are easy.. Art and commercial courses requires logic

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Prosper91(m): 9:32am On Mar 02, 2019
Some art subjects are really difficulty laden with the likes of literature and the rest
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by toprealman: 9:32am On Mar 02, 2019
Triangles1:
How can you compare Jincheng bike with power bike, science subject need full devotion and concentration.



If you go to any clubs in the world, before you see two science student you will see 30 of art student because their course is more of entertainment.


Can art student go to planet?
What's your point please?
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by oldman112(m): 9:33am On Mar 02, 2019
Triangles1:
How can you compare Jincheng bike with power bike, science subject need full devotion and concentration.



If you go to any clubs in the world, before you see two science student you will see 30 of art student because their course is more of entertainment.


Can art student go to planet?
so you have sense now, Art subjects seems to have many answers to one question so most at times the owner of the questions chooses the correct one. Is not the same with science subjects.
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by thedio(m): 9:33am On Mar 02, 2019
Acidosis:

..because many school counselors and parents are so ignorant. They push and force the "best" brains into science without realising that they live in a third world country with very limited job opportunity for science students. After scoring high marks in sciences, you end up struggling with other students for bank and accounting jobs. Ask the so called science graduates where they wish to work.. More than 70% will identify with Banks or Consulting firms.

u mean their is limited job Opportunity for mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, petroleum and other engineers not to talk of medical and other science related proffessions. Bank r hiring them cos they perform beta than their counterpart in the screening exercise
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by kalu61(m): 9:36am On Mar 02, 2019
Triangles1:
How can you compare Jincheng bike with power bike, science subject need full devotion and concentration.



If you go to any clubs in the world, before you see two science student you will see 30 of art student because their course is more of entertainment.


Can art student go to planet?
grin
Triangles1:
How can you compare Jincheng bike with power bike, science subject need full devotion and concentration.



If you go to any clubs in the world, before you see two science student you will see 30 of art student because their course is more of entertainment.


Can art student go to planet?
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by kalu61(m): 9:38am On Mar 02, 2019
from SS1, the brilliant one's migrate to science than art

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Proflare001(m): 9:38am On Mar 02, 2019
It is not all about the most difficult subject. It is a Psychological problem an average science student belive in his or her self to archive anything he lays his hand on also science student feel he or she is in the most difficult field of life so he or she work harder for others it opposite major reson

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 9:39am On Mar 02, 2019
NairaMaster1:


You ended up saying nothing. Is English a science subject? Or you want to tell us economic is harder than mathematics or physics or chemistry?

Mathematics, physics and chemistry exam be like: oboy it's like there are no answers oo!

Try it and see.

The truth is that science students are too committed due to the nature of the courses.
Your assertion about science students been committed is a lie. It would have been better you say many science students are committed instead of generalistic view which is false. Many art students don't score high because many of their questions aren't found in the syllabus. Yes I made reference to English because many science students have less score in that subject
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by mechanics(m): 9:43am On Mar 02, 2019
The reason is that art courses require critical thinking and so the time is short to do that, while in science subjects just only formulars, the problem is solved.

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by DonroxyII: 9:44am On Mar 02, 2019
asuustrike1:

It is still not correct. Taking studies serious has nothing to do with the class you were. Be it science or art related. If during your time many were phone frek,mine wasn't because camera phones were not in existence.
Oga I finished secondary school in 2003 .... (It was a no phone era for secondary students, only adults have gsm unlike now and the Alhajis n Pastors have landlines) !!!

I know what our science class students put in and what we commercial student put in as well as Arts in that era and prior eras.

Best student in Art can not compete with Science in , "Mathematics" ... we all avoid Further maths and there is a level playing ground in English in fact , An art student is still likely to be aced in English language except Literature in English (it's not a general course) !!

The effort required to aced science courses as well as the difficulty level is never compared with Art ..... and the effort level is reflective in the results of science students !!!


Art students are always happy when it's time to play Drama or press clubs .... while a science student is breaking Polynomial and Binomial, spending time in laboratory mixing chemicals that may never yield expected textbook result !!

The effort level I put in Accounting as ICAN student I swear if I should put it in Sociology (a course with zero calculation) .... Taaaaa .... cheesy

Now, Sociology is difficult for an average sociology student and Engineering is difficult for an average Engineering student

Now, let a common exam be set between Engineering student and a sociology student....

Engineering student will read based on engineering difficulty level and time .......

Sociology student will read based on sociology difficulty level and time ....

Engineering student is likely to excel based on past difficulty level already trained for while sociological student may wobble due to not having experience in such difficulty level and time commitment !!

You see why Engineering graduates are taking over banking jobs ..... They excel better in GMATs/ SHL and the likes than Social science and Art students .....and with an MBA, they are already where we are cheesy

Their difficulty levels is more than ours and time put in is not same as ours ....

The time put in to grasp calculation and technical courses is higher than time put in for reading through pages of non calculative assertions !!

You think the same time I used to read 'Management , Governance and ethics" is the same time I dedicated for "Strategic Financial Management"
An ICAN student will understand !!

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 9:59am On Mar 02, 2019
DonroxyII:
Oga I finished secondary school in 2003 .... (It was a no phone era for secondary students, only adults have gsm unlike now and the Alhajis n Pastors have landlines) !!!

I know what our science class students put in and what we commercial student put in as well as Arts in that era and prior eras.

Best student in Art can not compete with Science in , "Mathematics" ... we all avoid Further maths and there is a level playing ground in English in fact , An art student is still likely to be aced in English language except Literature in English (it's not a general course) !!

The effort required to aced science courses as well as the difficulty level is never compared with Art ..... and the effort level is reflective in the results of science students !!!


Art students are always happy when it's time to play Drama or press clubs .... while a science student is breaking Polynomial and Binomial, spending time in laboratory mixing chemicals that may never yield expected textbook result !!

The effort level I put in Accounting as ICAN student I swear if I should put it in Sociology (a course with zero calculation) .... Taaaaa .... cheesy

Now, Sociology is difficult for an average sociology student and Engineering is difficult for an average Engineering student

Now, let a common exam be set between Engineering student and a sociology student....

Engineering student will read based on engineering difficulty level and time .......

Sociology student will read based on sociology difficulty level and time ....

Engineering student is likely to excel based on past difficulty level already trained for while sociological student may wobble due to not having experience in such difficulty level and time commitment !!

You see why Engineering graduates are taking over banking jobs ..... They excel better in GMATs/ SHL and the likes than Social science and Art students .....and with an MBA, they are already where we are cheesy

Their difficulty levels is more than ours and time put in is not same as ours ....

The time put in to grasp calculation and technical courses is higher than time put in for reading through pages of non calculative assertions !!

You think the same time I used to read 'Management , Governance and ethics" is the same time I dedicated for "Strategic Financial Management"
An ICAN student will understand !!
So why didn't you state this at the beginning?
But some of your assertions are generalistic and are not true. Yes many science students are dedicated towards problem solving but not all of them. Yes many tend to do well in MBA because that course isn't difficult but you forgot that many rarely switch to law haven't you wonder why? Haven't you wonder why many choose to write ICAN whereas many runaway from law?. The law profession made it a bit difficult for many to crossover couple with the fact that there is less financial gain whereas the accounting profession made it easier for any except ANAN
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by NairaMaster1(m): 10:00am On Mar 02, 2019
asuustrike1:

Your assertion about science students been committed is a lie. It would have been better you say many science students are committed instead of generalistic view which is false. Many art students don't score high because many of their questions aren't found in the syllabus. Yes I made reference to English because many science students have less score in that subject

We don't read English but we still score higher in English. What you need to know is that science students are more committed.

So, the economic questions are also not in the syllabus? Kikikiki
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Deicide: 10:01am On Mar 02, 2019
Its simple, Maths, Physics and Chemistry are mostly calculations you solve and get your answer in which you see in the option and then tik. If you don't know it you don't know it.
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by DonroxyII: 10:02am On Mar 02, 2019
asuustrike1:

It is still not correct. Taking studies serious has nothing to do with the class you were. Be it science or art related. If during your time many were phone frek,mine wasn't because camera phones were not in existence.
Another scenario, the effort you put in your education in Nigeria due to Nigerian education system .... if you travel to Yankee or UK and put such effort and time .... cheesy

There is nobody in the history of such Yankee school that would have produced your record..

You see free internet, free electricity, lecturer accessibility, you determine when to write your exam, Social clubs on your discipline , organised classroom cheesy ... why Oyinbo go beat me in such scenario, he no where me dey come from grin

Now , bring Oyinbo come Nigeria make him come school, if ihm CGPA reach "Pass" him try cheesy

So, Difficulty level and time committed is a factor that determine success in the results of science and art students !!
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Edoziesmart(m): 10:04am On Mar 02, 2019
You guys made me remember my first jamb that year I scored 158. Is not someone that told me to read my book in my second sitting grin grin
The most poor result I ever hard in my entire life.

Last last man pikin graduated as a computer engineer without any work in the society sad angry
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 10:06am On Mar 02, 2019
NairaMaster1:


We don't read English but we still score higher in English. What you need to know is that science students are more committed.

So, the economic questions are also not in the syllabus? Kikikiki
Do many science students score higher score in English than science subject?
The pasted results of the best students in Jamb showed that their science subjects were higher than English. You made reference to Economics but you forgot that there are other subjects in art aside Economics. Art students has Government and Literature in English to deal with. They also have history to contend with. Subject like Government have many current affairs in their questions. Are you saying that current affairs are in their syllabus too?
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by BadBradley: 10:09am On Mar 02, 2019
Triangles1:
How can you compare Jincheng bike with power bike, science subject need full devotion and concentration.



If you go to any clubs in the world, before you see two science student you will see 30 of art student because their course is more of entertainment.


Can art student go to planet?
spoken like an "art" student.
Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by sowilli: 10:10am On Mar 02, 2019
There are additional skills that come with STEm education and one is speed in problem solving. Thinking fast and solving fast. The ability to solve problems very fast. Art on the other hand requires a slow and steady approach. You don’t dance very fast. You take your steps one after the other. You don’t paint in a rush. You do it gently. One of the things Jamb test is your ability to solve problems very fast. The science students have mastered this, so it is easy .

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by BlackAce31(m): 10:11am On Mar 02, 2019
I am a science student and I scored pretty high on Jamb and I can say one of the major reasons it is this way is cos unlike popular opinions I believe science subjects are easier. It's easier to understand a few definitions, laws and theorems and not to mention to most serious science students calculations are bonus points and that's what Jamb thinks it's our disadvantage. That's y check the best science jamb scores have maths as their best scoring subject. For art students, it isn't so easy. Too many definitions, too many theorems, so much ambiguity which jamb plays on (that's y all options would most times look too similar). I took literature and government in SS1 so I know. I may have been good with both but I swear it's stressful. Those doing those things are trying

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Re: Why Do Science Students Always Score Higher Than Art Students In UTME? by Nobody: 10:13am On Mar 02, 2019
DonroxyII:
Another scenario, the effort you put in your education in Nigeria due to Nigerian education system .... if you travel to Yankee or UK and put such effort and time .... cheesy

There is nobody in the history of such Yankee school that would have produced your record..

You see free internet, free electricity, lecturer accessibility, you determine when to write your exam, Social clubs on your discipline , organised classroom cheesy ... why Oyinbo go beat me in such scenario, he no where me dey come from grin

Now , bring Oyinbo come Nigeria make him come school, if ihm CGPA reach "Pass" him try cheesy

So, Difficulty level and time committed is a factor that determine success in the results of science and art students !!
Yea. One thing I like about the white is the fact that many don't stress themselves in school. Yes many Nigerians are sound academically but the practically is
appalling.

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