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sexymoma:
So nobody fit tell this guy true talk
Mr Man the cloud is big enough for birds to fly
Where is that headboy in your secondary school
Where is your class captain sef
you better start praying to see favor after graduating.... you re here typing payan
you just dey envy the guy ni.. Nothing more

da was a lirubit motivating

Gerrard59:
Lots of inane comments and ridiculous posts aimed at discouraging the lad.

True though that the job market is highly competitive and is survival of the fittest, but these factors don't mean individuals in tertiary institutions should be complacent towards their studies. Rather, they should strive to achieve the best. Xammax, my advice is:

- Ensure you get As till you graduate

- Don't envy your competitor (the lads I competed with were my best friends in school and till now)

- Don't bother to know his grades. Your focus should be to finish excellently every semester ditto session. Don't be like Liverpool that hopes for Manchester City to fail so they can win the EPL.

- Attend EVERY class unless for unforeseen circumstances and keep good relationships with your lecturers and everyone in class.

- Eat nutritiously and exercise periodically. Also, keep abreast with the latest developments in the industry.

- To achieve this aim, don't attempt ICAN presently (I don't know your capacity but it will be stressful running both concurrently). Rather apply for a scholarship afterwards and get exempted for the Foundation Level.

- Don't mind folks who yap about third class graduates "working in oil firms" or "managing big enterprises (yet to see one)" or "employing first class graduates (why did they not employ their fellow third class fellows?)". There is nothing wrong in competing with anyone, it brings out the best in you.

- After your program, you can take aim at different professional certifications depending on your financial capability (ICAN, ACCA, CFA, CIS etc). Better still, you can combine the CFA Foundation Program (this is easier to combine than ICAN) as you progress.

Regarding job search, prepare for Workforce, Dragnet, SHL and GMAT. Be informed of openings and tricks involved (there are lots of them these days). Apply to audit/financial services/corporate firms and prep very well for their test 'cos some allow candidates to write it once as an entry level individual. Additionally, you have age on your side, so you are not only opportuned to apply to ANY opening (ask TGI and Dufil Prima Foods) but lucky to be on the right side regarding the age cap during entry level applications (average of 26).

True story: I know a lad who is a first class grad of Economics from UNN and got a job in one of the big 4 before he finished NYSC. Dude also got sponsored by ICAN authorities to write the diets. And trust me, there are many of such folks. Just finish well, prep for aptitude tests and the sky is your starting point.

Best wishes!

Hello please how can one get those job test questions like SHL, DRAGNET, WORKFORCE,GMAT and the rest. I wouldn't mind paying for it.
Thanks

Balolord123:
Its his cumulative grade point average, once u gave crossed hundred level u have a cumulative GPA.

NA wetin we dey call am for school oo !!!!! abi cumulative don change meaning ni ............. 100L plus 200L na cumulative now and not GP

xammax:
Thanks boss. I don't know why people are taking this out of context. Hope i didn't offend you.

Not at all.... To know is to b able....

I need that one 4 males. How much??

OneCorner:
It’s people like u dat normally end up as lesson teacher or graduate selling puff puff
And people will now be saying, and he knows book oo

Oga what is wrong in being a lesson teacher.

CoolAmbience:
Thumbs up bro!

Infact you got me there. I have a son and a daughter hence it was easy for me to understand that I was in a very good position to intervene. I hope he sees and reads my advice. I am so proud of him, especially because our society is fast replacing that knack for undiluted academic excellence with plain mediocrity. I know how much I motivate and encourage my kids. Up till now, as an engineer and entrepreneur, I give everything to stay at the very top.

Every father would be proud of that young man. We must keep encouraging young men like him as nothing can take the place of academic excellence in any society. Academic excellence provides the backbone for exciting innovative ideas, breakthrough research outcomes and empowering global businesses.

You are right, mainstream oil and gas companies as well as topnotch global institutions, are actually the natural habitat of first class graduates. I worked in that sector for about a decade and I know this for a fact.

You are right bro. You have said it all.

I also know how I personally advise and push my son to be competitive. Competition is always that driving force towards excellence.

To the Glory of God that type of Spirit pushed some of us to where we are today

femi4:
olodo, you can. Infact in every semester /session

mtcheww... d era i went to school you couldn't.. GP is different from CGPA

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
Every school show their students their CGPA at the end of every semester, if a school doesn't do so, it is a problem peculiar to them and their kind.

GP is different from CGPA.. d era i went to school you can't check ur cgpa unless u calculate it... Uniben ddnt... kno a lot of school that don't da tym... Tyms hv prolly changed.. Good..
So his CGPA is his yr 1 nd 2 gp

anonymous96:
mtcheww... d era i went to school you couldn't.. GP is different from CGPA

it is still different ...what you lack is your ability to differentiate between the two. Indomie generation


(Cumulative Grade Point Average) is the cumulative aggregation of your GPA of all semesters you have studied.

OneCorner:
It’s people like u dat normally end up as lesson teacher or graduate selling puff puff
And people will now be saying, and he knows book oo

You wicked sha..... Anyways some lesson teachers earn far more than bankers

femi4:
it is still different ...what you lack is your ability to differentiate between the two. Indomie generation


(Cumulative Grade Point Average) is the cumulative aggregation of your GPA of all semesters you have studied.

i ddnt say it was different then..
"mtcheww... d era i went to school you couldn't.. GP is different from CGPA"
Rushing to prove you know something nobody asked u to explain..... I clearly said there GP is different from CGPA..... i ddnt say it was different den.. i said "is different".. so why are you explaining what we know just because you kno it?..Stupid boy..

Strive to be your best no competition in life.

The Koko na to get work after graduation.

Your quality is more important than you grade. Though not discouraging you.

xammax:
thanks for advice.

You are welcome

brandable:
Hello please how can one get those job test questions like SHL, DRAGNET, WORKFORCE,GMAT and the rest. I wouldn't mind paying for it.
Thanks

http://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-ii97JplpxMdzhHNnYxSUlPOEE (GMAT & GRE)

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1IFQ-OyZjRNRlc5tDdN3KnPiSvTBjs-A6 (SHL)

I will upload Workforce and Dragnet questions on later date (I need to ask around).

anonymous1759:
Don't Focus all your Energy to have first class put some in creativity. No salary man will ever pay you that will make you as rich as the billionaires ruling over the world and in Nigeria.... That's my advice but we all have different dreams

My dream is to retire dangote.. Save your Naira land account. And remember this post from Anonymously 1759...the future Richest man in Africa and top 5 in the world....

Bro Hope you have thought about eternity?
Does it not matter to you? Think of your soul -for it is appointed unto man once to die and then face the judgement. Just imagine(God forbid) dangote has a plane crash today? Think about it

They wrote GRE and TOEFL, to back up their applications to some Universities. Most of these Universities admit them on full scholarship with graduate assistant......

chufor:
Bro Hope you have thought about eternity?
Does it not matter to you? Think of your soul -for it is appointed unto man once to die and then face the judgement. Just imagine(God forbid) dangote has a plane crash today? Think about it

I get your point, but poverty doesn't guarantee you heaven.. You can still be the richest man and still make heaven... Think about it too

Baselm:
It is not 100% certain,in fact it is not 50% certain you will get a dream job

If you have a top first class, you won't only get a dream job, you will get a global job.

Of course, this is assuming that the first class is a proxy of how good is the student

Gerrard59:
http://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-ii97JplpxMdzhHNnYxSUlPOEE (GMAT & GRE)

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1IFQ-OyZjRNRlc5tDdN3KnPiSvTBjs-A6 (SHL)

I will upload Workforce and Dragnet questions on later date (I need to ask around).

Thank you sir.

Admitwithschola:
If you have a top first class, you won't only get a dream job, you will get a global job.

Of course, this is assuming that the first class is a proxy of how good is the student

First class is first class, what is the definition of a top first class. The best a first class can guarantee you is scholarship opportunities. I know quite a number of first class students who are yet to get a dream job

Actuarydeji:
What will that earn you in this country? There are a lot of first class graduate in the street, while we have a graduate with Pass doing well in an Oil company. Just pray to God to bless your efforts. I started my first year with 4.51 and since then I told God to bless it for me and I stopped reading like the way I used to do like before. Glory be to God, He answered all my prayers during my undergraduate and bless me with a 6 digits job and also with a managerial role. Please, always tell God to bless your efforts and not the grade. Funny enough, we only produced crammers and not a potential first class. Let me quickly ask you this; how many academic publication did you have? How many problem have you proffer a lasting solution to in respect to Accounting as a course? You rely on the archaic lecture note you lecturers are using to teach you and you are here telling us how good you're in cramming. Go and watch "The three idiots".

Even in the "Three Idiots", Chanchad was still the best in the class. Trying to be the best of yourself shouldn't be discouraged!

anonymous1759:
I get your point, but poverty doesn't guarantee you heaven.. You can still be the richest man and still make heaven... Think about it too

All the best

The race is not over because u still ave other years to cover so don't think he can be the best student. Is not how well u start with a difference of 0.9 but how strong u will finish with a gap of your hard work. Be strong, pray and work very hard at the end u will be victorious. All the best

IamGoke:
Even in the "Three Idiots", Chanchad was still the best in the class. Trying to be the best of yourself shouldn't be discouraged!

You didn't follow the movie with wisdom. The guy that's always trying to be the best what happen to him?

Actuarydeji:
You didn't follow the movie with wisdom. The guy that's always trying to be the best what happen to him?

Trying to br the best is not by cramming and that was what "Silencer" was doing.

Humans are funny and strange.
Those battling with third class are praying to upgrade to 2,2 those on 2,2 are praying for 2,1 those on 2,1 are praying for 1,1. This one wey dey 1,1 still dey pray to top class.
Truly human wants are unlimited

Pruwa:
Study hard!!!
And try and be friends with him to teach how he does it
But hope u have a side hustle too
Because there is no assurance of a job after school these days

Fact been told

Timisamd:
That not what he asked ... He want to be the BGS ..not asking you about job...

I told him what to do already in the first two lines
I advised him because a lot of students don't know that there is life after school
So let the hustle start now

Pruwa:
I told him what to do already in the first two lines
I advised him because[s] a lot of students don't know that there is life after school[/s]
So let the hustle start now

There is a chance and probability that he knows and have plans also ... The answer exceed the question ...

Anyways .. There is fact in what you're saying except we don't wanna face reality ...


Nice one woman

xammax:
it's 4.73 and the guy leading my dpartment has 4.84. My dream is to graduate as the best student in my department. So how do i overtake.

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Obviously you are doing competition with him then...you would ave better just Aim Higher...and if you achieve it..it would be better than doing comparison
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[quote author=xammax post=76593509]bro i dont think you should allow your desire for being the best graduating student bother you. From what i can see you have a very good CGPA that alota student are desperate to have. Being an Accounting student myself i will only advice that you keep on doing what has brought you this far, focus on yourself and try to set higher goals each semester. with that you can be rest assured that you did your best if you ended up not comming out as the BGS.
In a nutshell while it is good to use others who are ahead of you as an inspiration to perform better it is also important you dont compete with them as the only competition you have in this world is yourself. so keep setting new personal goals and keep striving hard to beat your last success... That is that.

But i will love it if you can share and elucidate on the study method or secret you had adopted that got you those high GPAs so that i can apply them into my study methods thanks.