Calculating TASUED aggregate score or aggregate cut off mark for 2024/2025 academic session is very simple. For some time now, candidates after seeing their UTME results are always curious about how TASUED calculate their aggregate score. Students are much in deed of this calculating method so they know how hard they need to study (for candidates for are yet to write their post UTME) OR to know if they will be admitted into the institution of their choice or if they should change their course or institution.
Whichever category you are in, then you are on the right page. This post will give you first hand illustration on the Tai-Solarin University Of Education grading system plus the requirements and factors put in place when calculating TASUED’s aggregate score or cut off mark.
Before we go in-depth of how to calculate TASUED aggregate score for 2024/2025 session, we would like to ask if you understand what an aggregate score is all about? Defining what an aggregate cut off mark or score is would make this post easier to comprehend. In as much as we understand some of you understand this, we can confidently boast of a quantum who do not know what an aggregate score is and why it is being calculated.
An aggregate cut off mark in our tertiary institution context is the total score a candidate has after combining JAMB and Post UTME scores then diving it with the appropriate figures which will be seen below while reading this post. For some universities and polytechnics, you would have to combine more than just JAMB and post UTME but your O’Level grades as well.
Knowing how TASUED calculate their aggregate score is very important as this will determine if you are eligible for admission into the university or not. Your aggregate score should meet up with the departmental cut off mark of the course you wish to study before you will be allowed to study any of your desired courses offered in TANSUED.
How To Calculate TASUED Aggregate Score
It is very easy to calculate TASUED’s aggregate score as the university uses a formula similar to that of most universities. Like other Federal Universities, Tai-Solarin University Of Education uses a 50:50 system, where your JAMB represents 50% while your post represents the remaining 50% totaling 100%.
However, if you are able to perform really well in your post UTME you would find yourself having a really high aggregate score regardless of how you perform in your JAMB. This is because Tai-Solarin University Of Education prioritizes its post UTME over its JAMB scores.
To calculate Tai-Solarin University Of Education aggregate score, you would need to know your JAMB and post UTME scores. Once you have that information handy, you can go ahead and use the calculation procedure below.
JAMB UTME is made up of 400 marks while TASUED post UTME is made 100 marks.
Simply divide your JAMB score by 8
Divide your Post UTME score by 2
Add up the result
That gives you your TANSUED aggregate score
Illustration 1
JAMB Score / 8 = 50%
Post UME Score / 2 = 50%
Total = 100%
Example
To better understand the calculation process, you can check out this illustration below.
Let’s assume a candidate applying to study at the Tai-Solarin University Of Education has a JAMB score of 265 and a Post UTME score of 64. To calculate his aggregate score;
JAMB score = 265 / 8 = 33.13
Post UTME score = 64 / 2 = 32
Total = 33.13(JAMB) + 32(Post UTME) =65.13
Such candidate’s aggregate score will be 65.13.
Why it’s Important to Calculate TASUED Aggregate Score?
It is important that you know how to calculate TASUED’s aggregate score as this will determine whether or not you are eligible for admission. This is because your aggregate score will be compared with the departmental cut off mark of the course you wish to study.
If you are unable to meet up with your departmental cut off mark you will not be considered for admission into the Tai-Solarin University Of Education or pushed to other departments with lower cut off marks so we usually advice students to do a change of course.
To ensure you get admitted to study the course of your choice, you would have to reach or surpass the departmental cut off mark. However, it is advisable you surpass the departmental cut off mark, especially if you are going for a competitive course.
TASUED Departmental Cut Off Mark for 2024/2025 Session
Tai-Solarin University Of Education releases a cut off m ark for each all its departments which every student must meet up with before being considered for admission. The departmental cut off mark is released on a yearly basis and several changes are also made. However, you could use the departmental cut off mark for the previous year to prepare yourself for the JAMB and Post UTME exam.
Below are courses offered in the university as well as their cut off mark;
- 220 – 240– Medicine (O’ Level result with one sitting only) and Nursing
- 200– Mass Communication, Common Law, Pharmacy, Anatomy, Physiology
- 190– Computer Science, English Language, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Geology, all engineering courses except Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering.
- 180– All other courses
In order to exceed the cut off mark of the course you wish to study ensure that your goal is to perform exceptionally to boost your aggregate score.
TASUED JAMB Cut Off Mark
JAMB releases an official cut off mark which every university must adhere to. However, some universities have a different cut off mark for different courses. This is based on the competitiveness and difficulty of the course. While TASUED’s minimum JAMB cut off mark` is 180, you would want to score higher to ensure that you end up with a good aggregate score.
Scoring below the approved TASUED cut off mark for your selected course doesn’t mean you will not be eligible for admission as long as you don’t score below 180. However, scoring anything below the stated cut off marks means you will have to score extremely high in your Post UTME to ensure that you end up with a good aggregate score that would meet up with the departmental cut off mark.
That concludes the article on how to calculate TASUED aggregate score for 2024/2025 academic session. The information above will help you with all you need to get admitted to study the course of your choice in TASUED.
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