OAU Pre-Degree and UTME
Like
the JUPEB programme, the pre-degree programme, according to generally belief, is
a preliminary or remedial programme for higher education aspirants who are
unable to pass UTME and candidates who want to boycott UTME, but this is mostly
wrong. It is indeed are preliminary or a remedial programme, I don’t know if
there is any other school that does it differently, but I know for OAU and some
other universities, pre-degree does not carry that general definition;
pre-degree rather is for aspirants who are able to score at least 200 in UTME
and at least average in the OAU post-UTME too, but they just cannot score high enough
to get the course they want in that school, so they resort to using the
pre-degree as a remedial route (you will understand this by the end of this article).
OAU
is one of those universities that will not conform to it if government says to
cancel post-UTME, or NUC and JAMB declares any score lesser than 200 as
university cut-off mark. You cannot qualify to write OAU’s post-UTME if your UTME
score is anything lesser than 200, in fact, the system will not even recognise
your JAMB registration number at the point of registering for the post-UTME;
this means you will not even be able to apply for the post-UTME if you score
lesser than 200 in your UTME. If you or your ward who has chosen OAU as their
first choice of institution score lesser than 200 in the UTME, just don’t bother
waiting on OAU’s post-UTME, change the school of choice immediately.
Now,
this is the most important part, you see that 200 UTME score required for an
applicant to be able to apply for OAU’s post-UTME, that is not the cut-off for
admission, it’s only the cut-off for the university’s post-UTME, so don’t be
one of those people who think because they have scored 200 in the UTME, they
will be offered admission by OAU; as I’ve stated, the 200 is only the university’s
cut-off, departments have their own cut-offs too, and if an applicant does not meet
their aspired department’s cut-off, the department will not consider them for
admission. Also, other departments (which they meet their cut-offs) will not
automatically consider them for admission… unless of course they use legs,
slots, and all those things. This is possible because a candidate scoring at
least average point in each of O/Levels, UTME, and post-UMTE qualifies for an admission—even
if they are not qualified for their department because they do not have the
department’s cut-off; but if no one is pushing such supplementary admission for
you, you are not getting it. So, if your aggregate point after summing all your
exams and their points together is at least average but you do not meet your desired
department’s cut-off, you can still be admitted to another department which you
meet their cut-off, only that you will have to know somebody powerful in the
system to push this for you, and you will have to do change of course with JAMB
so you can change your choice of course to the one you are given.
If
you do not know already, an applicant’s aggregate score is gotten by analysing their
O/Level results, UTME result, and post-UTME results, and transposing the grades
and scores into points, and adding all the points together to get an aggregate
point. This aggregate point is what will compete with the departmental cut-off
to determine whether you will get that department or not, and whether you will
get an admission in the school or not.
Talking
about the pre-degree now, with all that has been discussed, this is why, in
OAU, the pre-degree is a remedial programme for students who can score 200 in the
UTME, it’s just that they cannot score enough that will get them their aspired
department when their UTME score plus other exams have been converted to
points. So, if you are a -200 UTME scorer and you know you can never score up
to 200 no matter how you prepare, I’d advise you to not bother doing the OAU pre-degree
programme; it would be a waste of money and time when all is finished and you
have to return home after one year without an admission. If you can score at
least average point in all of your needed exams, even if you cannot score up to
your desired department’s cut-off, you are definitely going home after the pre-degree
programme with an admission—the school will surely fix you to another
department which you have their cutoff mark; you don’t have to use legs, slots
or anything.
For the pre-degree route to work for you into getting an admission, you must score at least average point as your CGPA at the end of the two contacts (first semester and second semester), your O/Levels when converted to points must reach average at least, you must score at least average in your UTME, (I am not sure of this) but you may need to score at least average in the post-UTME too. For the pre-degree to work for you in getting admitted to your desired course, by the time your scores from the needed exams are converted to points, you must meet the department’s cut-off. For emphasis, even if you do not meet your desired department’s cut-off, but you have at least average in your exams and the pre-degree CGPA, OAU will automatically consider you for another course which your aggregate score meets, and this is the difference between going through the pre-degree route and the UTME route. Understand these things before going for OAU’s pre-degree, you don’t want to waste money and time. If you need more explanation or consultation on these issues, don’t hesitate to call us on 08139534187.
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