"The Plan B" If Jamb Fails You, Don't Fail Yourself

Its so discouraging how many applicants of tertiary
institutions get turned down annually, more
painful for those applying the third or fifth
time, but most times things are not as they
appear for those that believe that every
disappointment is a blessing.
No one prays for failure but it look so funny
when some of us get to wake up to the reality
that the admission we seek has slip-off our
hands.
But life is not always about how many times
we fall, but how we stand back after a fall.

Not wasting our precious time here are 5
things to do when you loose admission into a
tertiary institution as a student;

1. Be mindful your of steps:
Most failure is a result
of one wrong step or the other. Some students
loose admission because they choose the
wrong subject combination during UTME
registration, some others didn't prepare well
for their post-utme because they did so well in
jamb. You need to re-publish your steps in
order to prevent any of such mistakes in the
next exam. You may even consider taking a
pre-degree form having considered some
factors(like you don't want to stay at home that
year), considering your steps will help you
prepare for your pre-degree entrance exams

2. Make An Alternative Plan:
 Having properly
evaluated your steps, you need to make
another plan. for some of us it may be getting
a home tutor for some subjects that we notice
lapses, for others it maybe considering
another choice university or course and so on.

3. Be Conscious :
 Procrastination is the thief of
time, collar him." –Charles Dickens
You need to start preparing today. Many
students fail because they intend to brush up
in their area of weakness by attending a
tutorial centre, but by procrastination they
don't seem to start the tutorial until February
when they expect the instructors to perform
magic. Many don't study until countdown etc

4. Improve your skills:
 improving some skills
like listening, reading, communication,
research and so on. Ability to make research
can help you get an idea of how various
schools rate their courses and how to prepare
for their assessments

5. Learn a vocation:
 most times I recommend
doing this in line with your proposed course
choice e.g learning as an apprentice in
pharmaceutical shop while you prepare to
study pharmacy. I know of someone very close
to me who spent two years to get O"level
result and another two years to gain admission
in his choice course. After gaining admission
what seem strange or tough to others is what
he has mastered. His HOD even had to take
him as an IT student and staffed him later on
in his own company. The difference was that
the vocation he learnt gave him an edge and
today while some of his mates who graduated
say 3years earlier than him are still struggling
for work. He is quite stable.