10 Ways To Ensure Success In Post-UTME

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board(JAMB) recently

announced 120 as the cutoff mark for candidates to qualify

to write the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination while institutions were at liberty to set their cut off and as such Unical pegged their cut off @ 160

With the lowered mark from 180 last year, more candidates

will have the opportunity to write the examination and better

chance for admission.

Based on past experience, here are a few tips and tricks on

how to succeed in the exercise. 

1.READ UP PAST QUESTIONS: This is very important for

any student that wants to succeed in the upcoming

examination

Past questions serve as a guide to writing the examination.

It gives you a clue on the area of concentration and makes

you well equipped on what to expect from the examiners.

Furthermore, so many tertiary institutions have been known

over the years to repeat questions from the previous

examinations. Some of the questions might be repeated and

if a student has revised the past questions booklet

thoroughly,he is sure to succeed.

2. ATTEMPT FAMILIAR QUESTIONS FIRST:

You should start with quesstionos that you are really good

at as this will give you the confidence to take on the rest.

A student who focuses on the questions he or she knows

best will do better than the one who doesn’t. It is always

advisable to focus on the questions you know before you go

for the ones you don’t know

3.TIME MANAGEMENT

Time is part of the examination. They test your ability to

work with time. Manage the little time given for the

examination and don’t waste much time on questions you

don’t know. Answer all the ones you know and then come

back to the unknown questions before the time lapses.

4. BE CONVERSANT WITH YOUR ENVIRONMENT

Visit your exam venue some days before the date. If you

must arrive that day, arrive on time so as to make new

friends that you can revise possible questions with. This will

help you to get over the pressure that go with examinations.

5.GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES OF

YOUR SCHOOL OF CHOICE

Different schools have different techniques for their Post-

UTME. While most Nigerian universities have adopted the

computer based test(CBT),others have stuck with the old

PPT (paper and pencil test)

Whatever the case may be, to succeed in the examination,

you should be conversant with the techniques of your

examination before entering the exam hall.

You may find computer based examination trials on the

internet and practice well so as to get used to the procedure

if this is your first time.

6.OBEY ALL EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS

You must read all instructions before you start to answer

the questions. This is very important. Failure to read

instructions can make any student fail an examination.

Be sure to come to the examination hall with the right

materials required of you to avoid disqualification in the

examination hall

7. DO NOT CHEAT

In order to succeed in the post-utme examination, do not

indulge in any form of examination malpractice. Do away

with materials such as pieces of papers containing answers

or gadgets and communication devices that can implicate

you and be disqualified.

8.DRESS APPROPRIATELY

According to a popular saying –“dress the way you want to

be addressed.” When going in for the examination,be sure to

dress decently and appropriately to avoid harassment from

examiners and security personnel.

9.REVIEW YOUR ANSWERED QUESTIONS BEFORE

SUBMISSION

Don’t submit your questions without reading through them

over and over again to check for mistakes and probably

questions you missed.

Be sure to dot your I’s and cross your T’s before

submission. There is no award for the first person to

submit. It is not about how fast, but how well

10.PRAY BEFORE AND AFTER THE EXAMINATION

It is pertinent to always commit whatever you do into the

hands of your creator. So, as a candidate ensure you pray

before and after the exam so as to succeed in your

endeavour.