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DarkPheonix:
Don't think I would want to take the risk, I am not a kid and I am not getting younger again... my jamb score is 283, I have been assured by someone I will get medicine in aau but I don't really want medicine, do you think I stand any chance of getting dentistry in ui if I work hard?

Commmy:
Alexaonfleek pls how does AAU calculate their screening score? My younger sister want to school there. We want to calculate her score and know her chances

Alexaonfleek:
I can't remember now.
I'll ask from other people

DarkPheonix:
hmmmmm, I actually work hard but I end up scoring below my expectation.
please who has any idea about Lasu admission and point that can me dentistry in Lasu...
sir horpeyemmi66 :my parents kicked against the idea of me going to bornu I need advice.

igwedehxy:
U stand a big chance in Lasu

horpeyemmi66:
Hello DarkPheonix,

Well done and congratulations on your result. You did great. Always thank God in everything .

I am not so surprised about your Parents kicking against UNIMAID, it's normal given the prevailing circumstances in the country.

No one University is perfect. There are some schools where connections and money run the affairs viz: LAUTECH, UNIJOS, ABU, UNILAG, LASU and UI (covertly).

Now I would pick each of these schools(I know a bit about each one) and talk about them briefly to buttress.

LAUTECH: I was at Ogbomoso some seven years ago for Predegree. When admission time came I began seeing different funny things at the students affairs, because that's where the office of the admissions officer is located. You see several vehicles littered across the car lot that caters for the students affairs building. Pot-bellied lecturers going in and out. Students milling around in their numbers.

I saw deserving students even of Oyo and Osun origin shuffled to funny departments that had no correlation whatsoever with what they applied for from the onset.

I myself was offered crop and environmental protection in lieu of Medicine, when I complained the admissions officer told me blankly "Go and study Medicine in your father's state (Ondo)". I knew someone who applied for Medicine and was offered Fine and Applied art.

People getting whisked from Computer Engineering to Accounting Technology, Marketing and Transport Management. While some students who, if their scores were subtracted from mine, there would still be more than 100 difference got in for Medicine, Nursing and MLS.

LAUTECH was so porous (I don't know about now). I even helped a friend who failed his test that time. I knew one of the student leaders at that time, I explained, he told me to bring 20/25k, (I can't remember which) for upgrade. When the results and admission was released, my guy did well and was even offered Human Anatomy.

UNIJOS: I considered applying here for Dental Surgery but had to take two steps back when I started observing irregularities in their admissions process; I followed UNIJOS aspirants page on Facebook. I saw several people who merited the courses they applied for being offered something totally different. It's bewildering, really.

I have this colleague in Medicine who came from Jos to ABU. He was offered LARIS (Library and Archival Studies) in place of Medicine. Funny enough, a friend of his who he scored more than got Medicine. That school's modalities still baffles me, a lot.

ABU: ABU also has her own fair share of illogicalities, several if you asked me. How else, would one explain why someone with 250 average got Medicine and someone with 286 average was offered Physiology(with connection; I learnt about this much later). Moving a dude I know from Nursing all the way to Home Economics.

ABU also has SBRS (School of Basic and Remedial studies) students (from the 19 Northern states) to satisfy. It's complicated, honestly.

"You have to score the highest from your non-catchment state to be eligible for competitive courses", that statement only but goes so far.

I would say ABU is a matter of God's grace. A friend told me to, quoting him, "Make sure you know somebody. You know those abokis are always against Southerners blah, blah, blah". Well, I got in on the first list. I knew only God.

UNILAG:At Akoka, people pay millions to get into Medicine/Dental Surgery. Their admissions cut off mark list is more or less them fulfilling "Social righteousness" so to say.

Sure, some people would get in on merit, but how many? Is it with their style of Post UTME that seems the devil himself descended to design the model?.

Infact, I quizzed a friend who studies Medicine there now on how he prepared for their PUTME. He told me he had to buy a JAMB Government past question and several types of Current affairs pamphlets just to ace their exam.

Laudable effort, I agree. However, can you just imagine?

How about their Foundation/Diploma students? You know how much they pay? And there one is, spending at most N10,000(including registration in cafes for UTME and PUTME). One can't possibly expect them to admit one over them.

I have a neighbor whose father had to part with N700,000 for him to get a space in Law. On transit to 200L, I think they reviewed his results and found him missing Yoruba, he losed his admission. Baba took the UTME again and is currently in part 3 studying English Language. UNILAG is money and connection for the most part, if one has any of those, one is by all means good to go.

LASU: A friend's friend(who comes from Ogun State) applied there for Medicine some two years ago and heard nothing from that school up till date. He had 300+ at that time. Today, that fellow is now at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto studying Medicine.

UI: University of Ibadan is by far the most transparent federal University in Nigeria. If you merit your admission, there's no witch or villager that would usurp what the almighty has perfected.

However, the competition. It is at UI you see Olympiad winners, Best Students at NECO and WAEC, people who have experience with A-Levels. This is where majority of them come. However, this is not to scare you, if it's Dental Surgery/Medicine at UI you want, you can by all means get it.

Now, only a few persons know UI past questions get leaked. How else can one explain a person scoring 92 in UI Post UTME. You can't just up and achieve that feat, it's the University of Ibadan.

I have a hunch those tutorial guys(Team tutors, Abadina; Apex Tutorials, Agbowo, et al.) have these questions. How do they get them? When their students go in for the PUTME, they tell them to memorize some of these questions, see, simple.

When it's time for their PUTME tutorials, I'd advice you be on campus for them, it would go a long way.

Also, the covertly aspect is this. Some students are given a sort of edge; a back door. If they fall couple of marks below the cut off mark, they are given a sort of waiver, provided the student is an offspring of and has thesame surname as a senior staff such as a Professor. I got to know about this at the UI UG-Admissions office last year when I went on enquiry for a friend.



Conclusively, all of these I have written are not an hallmark or a sort of yardstick and should not be regarded as one.

I do not know the innings of things that occur in various admissions offices across universities in Nigeria, all of the above are guesstimates.

Yet, we've got a God who can do the seemingly impossible. Do your part and do it very well.

My heart goes out to you all. It's hard, I know. You've come far and I applaud you.

Just pray, hope, follow your heart/intuition and do not be anxious for anything.

I wish you guys the very best.

Yours.


PS: Usman Danfodio recently began their Dental Surgery program. Not a lot of people know about this. You might want to do some findings.

Alexaonfleek:
yeah you'll stand a very high chance of gaining admission for dentistry in UI if you work very hard.
Last year,cutoff was about 73 for dentistry.
Aim for 80 and above in the post utme and you should be fine.

DarkPheonix:
Sir horpeyemmi66. I really appreciate you taking your time to give this analysis I am really grateful, I will try and do my research about Usman Danfodio admission process, and if I have any questions I will message you here or on WhatsApp sir.

Genesis002:
Got 270 In Jamb.
Got 280 In PUTME.

I'm From Akwa Ibom.
Isn't That Enough?

Maravel:
Greetings sir
Unical post UTME is marked over 400
40 questions which implies each question is 10marks.Those for medicine will write bio, physics,chem, English and current affairs.
To me,their post utme is one of the cheapest to score very high.Many persons do score 300 and above even those with jamb scores of 190,215 etc
The exams last for about 30 minutes .
What you score in the post UTME will be added to your jamb score and then divided by 2
The outcome will be your aggregate which will determine if you will be admitted or not.
One thing I can say is if you aren't under their catchment or Eld try as much as possible to beat their merit cut off.They usually don't joke with their merit list.
As at 2017,I got in through catchment
I scored 282 in jamb and 280 in post UTME
Aggregate 281

Maravel:
Greetings sir
Unical post UTME is marked over 400
40 questions which implies each question is 10marks.Those for medicine will write bio, physics,chem, English and current affairs.
To me,their post utme is one of the cheapest to score very high.Many persons do score 300 and above even those with jamb scores of 190,215 etc
The exams last for about 30 minutes .
What you score in the post UTME will be added to your jamb score and then divided by 2
The outcome will be your aggregate which will determine if you will be admitted or not.
One thing I can say is if you aren't under their catchment or Eld try as much as possible to beat their merit cut off.They usually don't joke with their merit list.
As at 2017,I got in through catchment
I scored 282 in jamb and 280 in post UTME
Aggregate 281

Mandeyy:
Why not try UNN since you want dentistry? With 286, you'll be offered dentistry there. However, travel down to the faculty at UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu and ask them. I'm sure you'll certainly smash the postutme and score up to 290 or 300 in it. You have a big chance there.

DarkPheonix:
it is actually 283 sir and hope the issue of catchment won't be a major problem?

Mandeyy:
It's still ok. The issue of catchment will not be a problem. With 283 in JAMB, just try and get 290 in the post-utme and you'll be offered admission into dentistry at UNN.

Mandeyy:
Why not try UNN since you want dentistry? With 286, you'll be offered dentistry there. However, travel down to the faculty at UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu and ask them. I'm sure you'll certainly smash the postutme and score up to 290 or 300 in it. You have a big chance there.

Jerrypolo:
Hello medics here.
My name is Aaron and this is my brother's account. I just checked my utme result and I got 315, quite fortunately. My institution of choice is OAU but my friends are advising I change, truth is I'm scared likewise. I don't want to take any risk anymore. I believe there are experienced people here that can guide my path so I don't make silly mistakes.
Pls guys, I need suggestions. I need a school that can guarantee me admission into the medical school, preferably one that doesn't do post UTME. My waec is kind of sound too. 1A, 1B2, 1B3 and a C5 in physics. Please guys, help me, I'm confused. Someone suggested University of Uyo for me but I don't know if this my score will do the trick.

Thanks to you all in anticipation.

Stephaustin:
If you're planning of changing school, I suggest University of Uyo.

No post UTME and the highest cut of mark we've seen so far is 305 which was last two years. This was because of high rate of pass among students that year and it was also the same year the lowest number of students (48) were admitted against the usual 80+.

Secondly, that has been the only the merit cut off mark got up to 300; normally, it's always between 280 and 300.

Moreover, I am currently a medical student there. So if you need more information, feel free to ask.

Jerrypolo:
Wow, Please sir, can we chat in private. I'll appreciate that.

charleymed:
Please don't go to UNN for anything,please.
The medical school there is a complete joke.
They over admit students across all departments.
I was there last week, during their lecture hours, you will not believe that more than half of the students were outside while lectures were going on. Medical students at that.
When I made enquiry, I was told they admitted more than 400 students for a quota of 150, imagine! Don't go there, you won't learn anything.

Alexaonfleek:
I wouldn't advise you to put in for lasu with that point.
But if you want to take the risk,it's okay
The odds might be in your favour.

Jerrypolo:
I'm not an indigene sir

DarkPheonix:
I am really considering Usman Danfodio, please who is here on this group who knows if the school admission is transparent and free from tribalism? sir
horpeyemmi66

Horlorlardaey:
I saw this somewhere! Lemme share here to fellow aspirants...

Getting Admitted into Medicine... Where am I missing it here?
PS: This is a long post riddled with opinions of the writer alone, you're free to agree to it or not and it's not meant to denigrate any medical school.
Getting admitted into Medicine is a herculean task, to be candid Medicine is not easy to get at all, less than 10% of all medical aspirants get in at first attempt - others have to try twice, thrice... And some it was at the sixth attempt. I'm not here to hype medicine or paint the gory tales of admission seekers, rather channel your minds to few factors that might have been the cause of delay as a medical enthusiast.

One, Do you want to really study medicine or you want to study the university? Don't get me wrong, it is okay to crave for admission into Nigeria's ivy league, it is very okay to want admission in schools like UI, UNN, OAU, ABU, UniBen etc but when you can't get in at 1st and 2nd attempt - switch university don't trade dreams. It took me longer than expected that 'medical education at the undergraduate level is the same', That it's not by the university name but what you acquire overtime there. We are all addressed as 'doctors' in the clinical setting not 'Unilag Doctor', 'Absu Doctor', 'Unimaid Doctor'. Have a proper mindset as medical aspirants. 'Accreditation Status', 'Facilities available', 'Standard Teaching Hospital', 'Available Personnels' are what you should be considering when selecting schools not name of school, category of students going there, location or friends choice. Stop wasting money and time chasing Unilag when you know your grades would have fetched you that same MBBS in LASU.

Two, Admission Process. Medical education is not always that smooth. Most schools compromise when it comes to MBBS - I don't blame them, all medical schools in Nigeria do get more than needed aspirants. The golden rule here is 'Try to beat the process'. Some schools write post utme, others don't, some schools consider O'levels, some don't use Olevel at all - some schools bank only on utme, Some published cut off marks, Some hide their cut off marks from the public, some consider indigene..... You need to know the one you can 'beat their process'. Find out all the information you need, don't just bank on what you see online, make findings from people there, because you read it online from a wacky blog that a school cut off mark is 270 does not mean 270 on dot will 100% get you MBBS there. You need to ask those inside the system. You need to score more.

Three, Be ready to bend. I learnt this phrase too very late. 'Be dogmatic to your goals but flexible with your approach'. Not all medical students gain admission via Utme. Try other means like jupeb, pre degree, remedial.... Even DE and Change of Course at the end of 100lvl for schools that do such. Ade wrote utme for six consecutive times before getting MBBS whilst his friend Bayo wrote once got Microbiology, finished and applied via DE. Ade wasted six years at home with nothing propelling him towards his goal while Bayo bagged a separate degree during that period.

Four, Consider God Factor and be happy for others in the system. Delay is not denial. You not getting it last year doesn't mean you can't get it forever. Oh ye medical aspirants know thine self - know your strongholds, know where you can excel, work on your flaws. Beat competition at where it favours you the most, consider catchment where it favours you the most, head slam merit where you can get it, build your connections too - no one is too small or less important to help, connect with helpers and stay updated, don't bank on online hearsays when choosing schools.
Always remember "The goal is to be a Doctor not to study Medicine".

© Concerned Medical Students.

Horlorlardaey:
Transparency - 85%. Tribalism - 97%. Don't ask me how I know.
Udus MBBS is not about scores alone, there are many things attached that isn't fed to the public.
If you're from catchment - you're safe. If you're from ELD - you stand a chance. If you're from merit - then you'd fight a war to get in.
All in all what matters in Udus is your score, your state, God and maybe connections if you want MBBS.
On a simpler scale, last year merit was 280 until you apply. That 280 is just on paper, they will only admit you if you're the highest or among the highest from your state. ( assuming 10 people from Lagos or any merit state choose Udus for MBBS with scores like 340, 333, 320, 301, 298, 295, 289...) They will only admit the top 3 or 4 scorers for MBBS, the next 2 top scorers will be offered BDS ( a new programme) while others will be thrown to applied chm, MCB, etc. Don't forget the fact that all the ten aspirants had above 280 which was written on paper. That's why I said they are transparent but tribalisms is ....
But assuming you are from catchment states like Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger etc. With 270 they can literally beg you to accept the admission for MBBS. I saw people with 230, 240, 235, 250 etc offered MBBS from the core northern states (cut off mark for catchment was pegged at 230)...

There is no post utme as at now (just a good utme score and complete Olevel). Also their MBBS is kinda okay and fast too. Their class of 2015 were supposed to start their 2nd MB (Exam written at the end of 400lvl) in March before the ASUU stuffs.
Do your homework well, if you have 300+ in utme and you don't want to prepare for post utme again... You stand a good chance in Udus. Just don't be surprised if you're the only student from your state while some state have as high as 25 students.

Horlorlardaey:
Transparency - 85%. Tribalism - 97%. Don't ask me how I know.
Udus MBBS is not about scores alone, there are many things attached that isn't fed to the public.
If you're from catchment - you're safe. If you're from ELD - you stand a chance. If you're from merit - then you'd fight a war to get in.
All in all what matters in Udus is your score, your state, God and maybe connections if you want MBBS.
On a simpler scale, last year merit was 280 until you apply. That 280 is just on paper, they will only admit you if you're the highest or among the highest from your state. ( assuming 10 people from Lagos or any merit state choose Udus for MBBS with scores like 340, 333, 320, 301, 298, 295, 289...) They will only admit the top 3 or 4 scorers for MBBS, the next 2 top scorers will be offered BDS ( a new programme) while others will be thrown to applied chm, MCB, etc. Don't forget the fact that all the ten aspirants had above 280 which was written on paper. That's why I said they are transparent but tribalisms is ....
But assuming you are from catchment states like Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger etc. With 270 they can literally beg you to accept the admission for MBBS. I saw people with 230, 240, 235, 250 etc offered MBBS from the core northern states (cut off mark for catchment was pegged at 230)...

There is no post utme as at now (just a good utme score and complete Olevel). Also their MBBS is kinda okay and fast too. Their class of 2015 were supposed to start their 2nd MB (Exam written at the end of 400lvl) in March before the ASUU stuffs.
Do your homework well, if you have 300+ in utme and you don't want to prepare for post utme again... You stand a good chance in Udus. Just don't be surprised if you're the only student from your state while some state have as high as 25 students.

Mandeyy:
Why not try UNN since you want dentistry? With 286, you'll be offered dentistry there. However, travel down to the faculty at UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu and ask them. I'm sure you'll certainly smash the postutme and score up to 290 or 300 in it. You have a big chance there.