I have been contemplating between publishing this article or another that i'm working on and i finally settled for this because the almighty utme exam is just by the corner(less than 30 days to the exam) and who knows maybe someone might find this useful.

First and Foremost...

I know in the world we are in presently, schooling is not really fancy like it used to be, especially in this part of the world where our leaders care less about education but still congratulations to have come of age to go into the higher institution(this might sound crazy😂 but it's true you're becoming an adult gradually and hope you know you're on your own when you finally get in😉). And to those who might have taken the exam a couple of time, i'm sorry you have to go through that who knows this might be your moment.

What does she know?

Well, you might be wondering what does she know to make her think she knows how it feels to have repeated an exam a couple of time. Yes, you're right, I know nothing at all i'm just learning myself but I do know what it feels like to be in that shoe because I have been there 😕

My experience.

Without beating around the bush, let me just go straight to the main reason this was published.

⚡I will be sharing bit of my experience with the exam.

⚡Tips on the exam that I have come to realized in my few years of taking it(that maybe useful in your forthcoming exam).

⚡And a bit of spur(if we can call it that tho because i'm hardly good at it)

So let's dive right in.

The journey all started in 2016, when I finished my secondary school.
While my friends were taking the famous utme form, I didn't because I thought the exam was quite different from waec and I needed a lot of months to prep for it, due to the way people talk about this Almighty exam(if only the school I attended had enlightened us about the exam, but nope they didn't, all they focused on was just waec, you know being a public school, I don't know if anyone here can relate) .
Although my family tried to make me take the exam, my mind was made up, I wasn't going to.
I started preparing for the 2017 version of the exam on my own from 2016, because I have always heard news about those who became the overall best in the exam and I wanted to be in that category too. I started my prep in july of 2016, without attending tutorial or anything as such, neither was it with the exam syllabus.
I sha read and read, treated past questions, I could remember vividly that I finished my biology past question before the exam, I visited my class mates that I knew were better than I in some of the subjects and the rest of what a student does while preparing for an exam.
I took 2017 jamb mock exam and I had 252, I wasn't satisfied with the score but I was happy that I could do better when the real exam comes.
To cut the long story short,exam day came, I was so ready for it, so I thought.
Wrote my exam,the result came out and I got the shock of my life, lol.
I had 210, I couldn't believe it. Oh my, oh my, I cried my eyes out, because I knew I read, I don't just understand what really transpired.
After my crying days were over and my family had done their best in consoling me, I was able to ginger myself back to my feet, knowing I picked Nigeria's premier university,UI. I sat up again and began reading for the university's postutme with such score😄🤦🏽‍♀(looking back I laugh at my own naivety)on my own, I was thinking maybe just maybe if I could just have a score of 100/100 maybe I would be considered for admission.😀 that's what misinformation caused.
I read like i won't read again, burnt candle even generator sef, nepa included and I prayed like ehn no be for here.
Omo exam came, sat for it.
1. I couldn't complete all the questions within the set time because honestly I didn't prep with timing in mind.
2. Tho the questions were simple I couldn't solve questions without the use of calculator because I didn't prep with that in mind as well.
And other things like that.
I sha got 52, again, I cried, lol.
I knew right then that they wouldn't give me my chosen course but I was hopeful maybe just maybe they could give me another course because mehn I don't want to sit at home while all my friends who wrote in 2016 had all been admitted for their courses of choice. So I don't want to be left behind.
Please i'm here to tell someone you're in no race with anyone but yourself.
I wasn't given any course, and I lost all hope because I thought I had done all I could to secure admission...

Yet to be completed.

It didn't end there(would not like to bore you in here)but if you would like to know what the outcome was, you can click the link below of an interview with an educational consult.

Continuation of my experience

In case you're not a Nigerian or not familiar with Nigeria Educational system.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions.

The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) is a computer-based standardized examination for prospective undergraduates in Nigeria.

While Jamb is the governing body utme is the main exam.

Conclusion...

To anyone who has taken their time to go through the sent link, I hope you benefit from it and to those who couldn't but read to this point, thank you🤗.

Also @Ellawrites and @Tomi-Ajax ,thanks for the sponsorship, it means a whole lot🥰.