"No Admission": JAMB Candidate in Shambles after Getting 33 in Chemistry, 149 Aggregate UTME Score

"No Admission": JAMB Candidate in Shambles after Getting 33 in Chemistry, 149 Aggregate UTME Score

  • A student has sought advice from netizens on social media after scoring an aggregate of 149 in UTME
  • A screenshot of his result showed that he scored 35 in English, 37 in mathematics, 44 in physics and 33 in chemistry
  • While sharing the result on a Facebook group, he asked netizens if he stood a chance of getting into the university with such a result

A Nigerian student has expressed sadness after scoring less than he expected in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

In a sad post on Facebook, the student revealed that he had an aggregate of 149 in the just-concluded examination.

JAMB candidate shares his UTME score
Boy cries out after getting 149 in UTME Photo credit: KOLA SULAIMON/ Getty images. Depicted person has no relationship with story. Photo for illustration only.
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Student seeks help over low UTME score

The student, identified as Ihuoma Chukwuemeka JohnKennedy, shared his pain via a Facebook group, JAMB 2024 CONNECT.

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Ihuoma Chukwuemeka got a 149 aggregate score in the examination, and he inquired from netizens if he was eligible for admission into the university.

"I got 149 can I gain admission into the university?" he asked.

While some netizens insisted that he wasn't eligible for admission, alleging that the cut-off mark was 150, others offered helpful suggestions.

Reactions as UTME candidate laments result

Netizens took to the comments section to share their thoughts about his UTME result.

Some netizens said he wouldn't be admitted into any university with the score, and some others offered encouragement to the sad boy.

Lexi White said:

"They won't give you admission oo."

Jane Classic said:

"Polythecnic."

Solomon J Son reacted:

"By God grace."

Target Zakz commented:

"Means u get loan for ur sim."

Cjata commented:

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"The cut off mark is 150 for universities. Chat me up lets talk more about it."

Intaviste commented:

"No because your four subject supposed be 400 at list you should have get half of it which is 200 and above."

Solomon added:

"Pls,what is holding some results not released?"

See the post below:

Nigerian boy gets 121 in UTME

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a man called out a young boy in his street who was always playing football instead of reading for JAMB exams.

The boy checked his result, and he got an aggregate of 121 with only 9 marks in English language.

Source: Legit.ng

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