5 Reasons Most Students Are Not Offered Admission Despite High Post-UTME Score

Most admission seekers are often times left confused trying

to get the reason they were not offered admission to the

institution of their choice despite having a very high UTME

score. At times, having a high Post-UTME is not a guarantee

for admission. The following are the reasons students may

not be offered admission despite having a high post-UTME

score;



1 Wrong UTME combination

This is one of the reasons a number of students lose

admission despite beating the post-UTME cut-off point. Even

at times, some students are being stripped of their

admission or moved to another department during the

process of first-year registration simply because of wrong

JAMB subject combination. For instance, a student seeking

admission to study mass communication would definitely

lose the admission if he or she did not take Literature-in-

English as part of the four subjects for the UTME exam.

Similarly, a student seeking admission to study Physics and

Electronics should definitely select Physics as part of his

UTME subject combination. Before any student fills his or

her JAMB form, he or she should painstakingly go through

the JAMB Brochure to know the right subject combination

for his or her course of study.



2. University's/Polytechnic's catchment area

Most federal universities, including some state universities,

still retain the policy of catchment area in selecting students

for admission. For instance, UNILAG catchment area

constitutes majorly South Western states. What this implies

is; prospective students from the South West have higher

chances of gaining admission. For example, a prospective

student from Osun state who scored 56, applying to study

sociology may be offered admission while another student

from Imo state who scored 60 may not be offered

admission. This is so because if the catchment cut-off point

for Osun is 56 while the general cut-off is 62, such a student

from Imo state has definitely lost the admission despite

having a higher score than his counterpart from the

catchment zone. In view of the above, admission seekers

should always be aware of a university's catchment area

and requirements before selecting any university.



3. University/Polytechnic policy

Despite the general catchment area policy, some

universities still have their individual policy they adopt as

yardstick in admitting students. Oftentimes, such policies

are not made public. It is therefore the duty of admission

seekers to find out specific admission policies of their

prospective universities from friends schooling in such

universities.



4. Low UTME score

Often times, I pity most Jambites who score within the

range of 180 and 210 because such scores limit their

chances of gaining admission in a situation where they have

to compete for the same admission slot with students who

score as high as 250 and above. And most universities still

compute both UTTME and post-UTME scores in calculating

the student's average score. Hence, having a low UTME

score can also hinder one's opportunity of gaining

admission. It is always advisable for students to try to score

250 and above in order to be on a safer side. As a matter of

fact, it is very necessary concerning the JAMB policy of

redirecting students with lower UTME scores to less-

competitive universities.



5. O'level result

I do advise admission seekers to pass ALL the necessary

subjects in their O'level exam(s) very well before going

ahead to take UTME exam. I have met with lots of students

who lost their admission because they did not have at least

credit pass in some important subjects in their O'level

result. Recently, I met with a student who lost his admission

to study medicine at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-

Iwoye (OOU) because he did not have at least a credit pass

in Mathematics in his O'level result. In fact, I felt very sorry

for him because gaining admission to study a competitive

course such as medicine is not easy.





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