Tips to Pass Post UTME 2023: Are you a student preparing for admission in your preferred school of choice and intend to pass out with flying colours in the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of your institution?
Yes?, pay attention to every detail of this blog post as we discuss the processes of gaining admission to Nigerian universities.
Indeed, this process begins with having the O’level requirements of the institution, getting good jamb results, and finally sitting for the post UTME screening of the institution.
Because of the increase in the number of applicants who wish to get admitted into tertiary institutions on a yearly basis, the process of admissions becomes tedious for the school and the students.
The insufficiency of schools to cater for all the students leads to increased competition for admission. Therefore, in order to stand a chance to be among the few that will be admitted, passing the post UTME of your institution is important.
Campus News 360 in this article explains helpful tips on how to pass post UTME excellently.
Tips To Pass Post UTME
Before the examination, there are preparations necessary for students in order to obtain high post UTME scores as desired. These are tips that would help:
1. Familiarize yourself with Your Institution’s Post UTME format
Every tertiary institution has formats in which they conduct their post UTME examinations. Learning and understanding the exam format of a choice of institution is very important.
Some universities, for instance, the University of Nigeria, Nsuka test students on their JAMB subject combinations while Delta State University’s post UTME is always on quantitative and qualitative reasoning as well as current affairs.
By familiarisation, students should be able to know – how institutions set questions, how many questions are set, whether the questions are essay or multichoice and the types of questions to be expected.
Getting to know how the school sets their questions and how often they use past questions is smart.
In order to understand the post UTME formats of your school, what is required is practicing the past questions of the school.
2. Study Post UTME syllabus
The post UTME syllabus always contains topics that must be read and understood by students.
The syllabus gives a scope of questions that are expected in the examination. Therefore in order to pass post UTME excellently, it is pertinent to study your school’s post UTME syllabus.
3. Develop an effective study plan
In order to have good post UTME results, students must plan their studies to allow them to organize and track their preparation progress for the examination.
Develop a study timeline that best works for you. Know when best you read and understand.
Develop a timetable for the purpose of maximizing your time effectively in preparing for your post UTME.
You can embrace personal reading or group discussions with other aspirants on subjects or topics in the post UTME syllabus.
4. Study in a Conducive study environment
In order to achieve a set study plan, students must study in a conducive environment.
A conducive environment is devoid of noise and distractions, but rather a morale booster that helps students to concentrate and helps their assimilation.
Light, tables and chairs, and serenity are things to consider in an environment before it is described as conducive for reading.
5. Start Reading Early
As important as it is to read vehemently for WAEC and JAMB examinations, so it is for post UTME.
Students who wish to have high scores have to start preparing for the exam as early as possible.
Do not make the mistake of reading some days before your examination under the thought of “post UTME is simple”
6. Study Past Questions
Practicing past versions of post UTME questions of institutions is regarded as one of the most practical ways of preparing for post UTME.
By these, students are familiar with the format of asking questions and the duration required of them to finish the examination.
The student is given the opportunity to test their understanding and capability of the past questions of their preferred choice of institution.
In the process of practicing past questions, you must not engage in the practice of cramming or memorizing answers to post UTME past questions.
Rather, learn to understand how the questions are solved.
Additionally, studying post UTME past questions helps students to know the pattern of questions to expect in the examination, the structure, and the exam format.
It also highlights the difficulty of the exam and what students should focus on while studying.
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7. Stay Calm and Overcome Anxiety
As a student who wants to pass with flying colours, you must deal with all forms of doubt and anxiety that can make you disorganized from writing the examination.
Furthermore, You must have confidence and be proud of yourself. Do not allow anxiety to make you fail, even though you have prepared adequately for the examination.
Students may hear news about how tough it is to get admitted, and you may be told only 10% of students who are writing the post UTME will be admitted.
Take your mind off this kind of negativities and rather prepare to be among the limited students that will be admitted.
On the day of your examination, stay calm and have control. Be positive and confident that “I will pass this exam with flying colours”.
8. Obey your school’s post UTME rules and regulations
It is necessary to always follow instructions and pay attention to the rules and guidelines that have been stipulated for the post UTME examination.
All preparations you have made before the day of the examination should not go in vain because of a simple instruction that you failed to listen to.
What is the format of Post UTME?
In the last couple of years, many tertiary institutions have adopted the Computer-Based Test (CBT) format for the conduct of post UTME. This format has taken over the usual paper-based examination.
The following are examples of institutions that conduct post UTME using CBT.
- Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife
- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye
- University of Ilorin
- University of Benin
- Kwara State Polytechnic
- Delta State University
- The Polytechnic Ibadan
- Yaba College of Technology
- University of Lagos
- University of Technology, Akure
- Osun State College of Technology
- Imo State University
- Federal Polytechnic, Ado-ekiti
- Auchi Polytechnic
- Adeyemi Federal University of Education
- Ekiti State University
- Lagos State Polytechnic
- Federal University of Technology, Owerri
- Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi
- Delta State University
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- University of Jos
- University of Uyo
- Umaru Musa Yar’adua University
- Federal University of Technology, Minna
- Osun State College of Technology
- Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi
- Federal university lokoja
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