How did you get over 250 in Jamb in Nigeria?

Timothy Peters

Senior Programmer at Optisoft Solutions (2017-present)

41w ago

How did you get over 250 in jamb in Nigeria.

Don't read too hard.

Am serious 2hours a day is okay, studying for JAMB like you did for you WAEC exam is not smart enough, Jamb is meant to test you beyond just knowing the answer, The goal is for you to prove and for the government to know that you are ready to move to the higher institution.

Here are the key things you're being tested for.

Knowledge: of course you need to know basic things about the topic you're to be tested on.

Time management: Being brilliant but bad time management students are just not fit for the higher level.

Cleverness : You need to be very clever.

Prioritising : This also goes hand to hand with time management.

Follow this simple steps and you will pass JAMB and get admitted into your chosen institution.

Jamb is by far the smartest stunt the Nigeria Government is pulling on admission seekers, If you're brilliant but not clever you will pass but won't get admitted. If your good(average) you won't make the cut off, if you can’t manage time you won't have enough mark, if you don't prioritise you won't get to attempt all the questions.

Jamb is meant for the book-smart and intelligent students, Which is why cheating on Jamb is not recommended because you are cutting yourself short trust me. You'll pay more to learn this after admission.

Firstly, Jamb is meant to wear you out on purpose, It the punishment you'll get for having them(JAMB) put the answer(Options) to every question right below it, Yes the answer(Correct Option) is there you know this right? So safety first make sure you're healthy, sleep well, eat well and plan your reading schedule so that you can see it.

Secondly, Know your shortcut, Jamb is a punishment to student that are not use to time management, If you're writing as you get to every question you'll loose a lot of time, Make sure you can tackle simple questions off-hand analiyze the parameters even before using your pen. Yes they are there on purpose to serve as time saver for smart students.

Thirdly, Write many Jambs before you go for your Jamb, Yes it possible to write jamb prior the real exam here is how. This is best done a week to your paper, Take some past questions that ryhmes with your subject combinations, set a stop watch and start practicing, Immediatly it 3hrs stop writing, now compare you answers with the right answers. You will notice that as you're doing this you might feel no diffrence but wait till after you've write the real exam then you'll see the benefit.

Fourtly and my last hint is make sure you don't read at all 24hrs before the exam and have at least 4hrs of sleep, Yes it sounds odd but it true. But most candidate do this mistake which give rise to many side effect while writing the exam.

Things you read are always scattered in your memory so they are not immediately accessible, if your brain has not been given the time to organise them. That why sleeping is recommended.

Lastly, There is no such thing as bonus question in Jamb, bonuses are added to final markings after the results are ready but not yet released.

Good luck.

Ksenona Brawn

studied at Georgia State University

33w ago

Well, I agree with Timothy Peters. You have to be able use your knowledge. A little luck and your commitment, and you can get cherished Mark. I will be pleased if this simple article is useful to you - What is JAMB cut off mark for 2017/2018?

Good luck.

Caleb Matthews

I'm Nigerian, but I don't feel Nigerian. Is that bad?

41w ago

I had a classmate who got a pretty high JAMB score. Let's call her Mary. Mary was not the brightest girl I'd ever met. She wasn't particularly dumb, she came 11th or 12th in a class of about 30, so she was just a little over average. When our JAMB scores were released, I heard that she scored a 275, the highest in our class. I was happy for and shocked at her. How she made such a score is still a mystery to me. I didn't see her read too hard before the exams. It helped put me in my place, though. I used to be the undefeated holder of the “first position” title throughout secondary school. For some reason, my local stats didn't hold for JAMB.

Stephen Okoro

lives in Nigeria (2008-present)

41w ago

I scored above 250 three times in jamb examinations but unfortunately, non fetched me admission owing to my desire for medical practice.

You have to read at least 4 hours each day. Don't say you have known this and that just go back to junior levels and start reading up all former lessons, before you start reading the recommended textbooks.

Again, you must buy the compiled past questions and answers. That is an easier way to catch up with out reading much details from text books.

Know what is commonly reported in the local/international media with respect to the fields of your course of interest. Example when SARS ( severe acute respiratory syndrome) was on the media about China cases. The Jamb biology examiners picked two questions from that perspective— around 2006. The same may go for political issues and economic policy.

Just know that for you to meet above 250 mark, you should be studying and researching your facts as though you want to hit above 300 Mark.

Now that computer test is introduced, it is not just knowledge of computer that matters. Learn how to be fast with it.

Danke Kinder