Many candidates are very worried, fear,
anxiety and frustration is all they see.
Very are smiling and the reason why is not
far-fetch. You need to know about merit list,
supplementary list and catchment areas to
fancy your admission chances.
These things are very important so that you
dont kill yourself of tension. after
I wrote about what to do if you score below
50 in the post ume exams, many students
have been calling and writing in to ask for
merit list and supplementary list.
Below is my explanation.
MERIT LIST ADMISSION
Merit list is for those who meet the cut off
marks. They deserved the admission on
merit.
The university will fix a cut off mark
following the general performance of
candidates in a particular examination.
They use a marginal curve for this and make
sure for each department at least they have
20-30 people who fall inside that curve.
Example:
Now assuming cut-off is 60, and you score
60 and above you will get in on MERIT.
If you scored 59.98 you will not still get in
on MERIT, although you may get the
admission. Those that got in here are not
better than others, just first fruits.
CATCHMENT AREAS
After merit list they will then fix the cut-off
mark for catchment areas. this knowledge is
very important when you are filling your
JAMB form.
Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, Lagos, Osun have
catchment with UNILAG-that means they
have consideration for admission because
the school is located in this region, every
school have their catchment area.
So If you are from Osun for example and
you scored 57 you may get into UNILAG on
merit even when the cut-off is 60.
do you understand?
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
Supplementary is everyone who has a
godfather, moneybags, connections. Here
you did not meet the MERIT list this is your
time to shine-lolzz
