TIPS ON HOW TO PASS UNICAL POST UTME EXAM

I come to you in a different dimension today. Many have been expecting this write-up, take a glass of water, you are on a lucid path to get a high score in post UTME.

Gone are those days when we use our feet and clay to build houses. Those days when we lost our tooth, we throw it on the zinc believing it’s the only way to grow a new tooth. I still can’t forget back then in 2008, when my primary school Mathematics teacher flogged unseriousness out of my body to marry Mathematics.

 My greatest joy then is when I hear the our Mathematics teacher was sick, because I never enjoyed anything in life but play.  Joy keep making my gapped teeth to be exposed, expecting a pleasant kiss from the door… We will go out and play on the carpet grass, throwing stones to seniors who obstruct our play. No one ever told me that I would apply all those things I’m being taught in Primary school. It’s not that I wasn’t told. But the teachers don’t know how to tell me those things so that I can easily understand… For the school is known for excellence, they will teach you but no one will teach you ways to understand them easily.

Coming to the university. No one will beat you for not coming to class. No one will punish you for not answering questions in class. It’s a different world altogether. No one will spank you if you don’t read your books. By the time you gather F’s, you will understand the true meaning of “Aluta”.

Getting good scores in post UTME is a very easy task. A mediocre can score higher than an avid reader. How is that possible? Natural intelligence stand out to be superior to knowledge derived from reading.

The only thing that can make you to succeed is “Faith”. When you receive it, you believe it, then you work hard for it to come to pass. Don’t be discouraged simple because you didn’t score high in JAMB. Post UTME is simple, only if you make it simple for yourself. Learn mouse handling because the exams is going to be computerized. It will be disgraceful when you get to the hall and you can’t hold a firm grip on your mouse… just try the exercise buy holding a pen ln a paper, move it to different directions.

UNICAL will not give you fish. But they will teach you how to catch fish. Another thing is “Time”. How fast can you solve a Calculation and move to the next question? Take the past questions, give yourself limited time and observe how fast you can think and get the correct answers. My method is this “I will first condemn two options then use 20 sec to peruse to remaining two before moving to the next question”. Once you click on an option, you can still change it if you wish.

After spending more than 1 minute on a question and you couldn’t get the answer, just click on any of the options, write the number of the question down, you will go back to it when you are done. Instead of exhausting your time on a single question.

Mathematic students. When you arrive at something like these: √400. No need to start wasting your time on useless system calculator. Just get the square root of 4 and the square root of 100. Then multiply them together. √4=2. √100=10. 4×10=40. That’s how it works. Also learn long division method and other basic things.

Don’t waste your time on Further Mathematics. The questions will come frlm the General knowledge pf mathematics like: Probability, Sequences, Length of cord, arc, shapes, etc.

Use of English. Your vocabulary development is a key. Try and learn at least 10 new words per day. During the exams, I can assure you that those synonyms and Antonyms will be as easy as ABC. Concord is not a problem. The questions are easy. Learn your prepositions and conjunctions very well.

Current affairs… Their questions are not hard. Just learn all the things in Nigeria and their date of creation. Example, NYSC, Central bank, Coat of Arms, National flag (It might interest you to know that the highest flag in West Africa is in 11-11 Road, Calabar). All these things are possible questions you are to expect.

Nothing like Computer in post UTME. But just read it in case UNICAL change their mind. Meanwhile, their questions are very easy. Learn your software, hardware, acronyms and the rest. Overcome tension when you are writing the exams. Tension made me to fail questions that I wouldn’t have failed. Write the exams as if you are the boss (but don’t let overconfidence to deal with you). Keep pride off… Say no to pride. Submit yourself and listen to what people are telling you… Humility pays.

Those topics that have been giving you problems, this us the best time to tackle them. When you get to the hall, focus on your system, stop looking at other people’s wok.
Another tip to pass is this, always complain, if your system do “pim or tim”, don’t ignore it, call on the invigilator that it did something, you have the right to complain. Don’t be shy.

Good luck on your post UTME.

Rahl Collins
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