Here are the top 10 mistakes students make during post utme registration and how to avoid them.
Making mistakes in admission processes can be fatal and may affect the possibility of a candidate gaining admission.
Every now and then, there have been stories of how people missed out on big opportunities due to a simple mistake.
This is no different in relation to the post UTME process.
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A mistake no matter how little or minute can greatly affect the outcome of a student’s admission into the university.
We would be listing in this article the top 10 mistakes students make during Post UTME registration and how best to rectify them or avoid them completely.
Remember, the mistakes are not limited to the ones that will be listed below, only that the listed mistakes are the most frequent that students make.
10 Mistakes Students Make During Post UTME Registration
These mistakes include;
- Incorrect/mismatch of Names:
This is something that may seem small, but has great effect on the admission quest of a candidate. The spelling and arrangements of your names should correspond on all your documents and during the registration for the post UTME. If the names appearing on your documents such as your O’level result and your JAMB result slip does not tally with the name you are using to register for your post UTME, there is every likelihood that you would be denied the opportunity of writing the examination talk more of being offered admission. For instance if the names appearing on your documents such as birth certificate, O’level result or Nation Identify card reads “Olarenwaju Chinyere Musa” there should be nothing short of these three names when registering for your Post UTME.
In avoiding this error, be very careful while feeling your application for the post UTME. Even if it’s being done in a cafe by an operator, ensure you’re given a reasonable time to cross check and recheck your names to be sure they are correct. If however, the mistake has been made before you discover the error, log in to the school portal and chat with the help center for proper rectification.
- Lack of Payment:
Some students make the error of not paying the stipulated exam fee at the right time. Deadlines are always set for such payments to be made, if you default in payment, automatically you’ve disqualified yourself from writing the exams and also gaining admission. To avoid this, ensure you make all payments as and when due to avoid being disqualified. Do not wait till the last minute because you might encounter network glitches and the time stated for payments may elapse. Early payments informs the school about your interest and guarantees you a sit for the examination.
- Wrong Selection of Courses:
Another common mistakes students make during the registration for post UTME is the choosing or selecting of the wrong courses. Note that the post UTME is not JAMB where you decide the course to apply and institution you’re interested to and can equally apply for change of course to another course. The Post UTME is an examination that schools use to test the competency of applicants and not to offer the the choice of another course. Ensure that when registering for your Post UTME, the course you registered for JAMB should be the same course you select for examination. This enables the school to know the questions to ask during exams.
To avoid this, make sure you do not select another course during your registration seperate from the course you were given by JAMB. Even when you applied for a course and JAMB offered you admission to study a different course, make sure you choose the course JAMB gave you and not the one you initially applied for. You can also reach out to the school help centre for more guidance.
- Selection of Wrong Subjects:
Closely related to the error of wrongful selection of courses is the wrongful selection of subjects combination for the examinations. If you select the wrong subjects from that which you are supposed to sit for, it may cost you dearly. Avoid being in haste while selecting the courses for the post UTME. Most times, the courses you wrote in your JAMB examination are the same courses you write for the post UTME. If that is the case, make sure those are the courses you selected before completing the registration.
- Failure to print confirmation code:
After registration for the post UTME, a confirmation is usually sent to the candidates which he can use to further with the registration or have access to the examination venue. Most times, students do not go back to their dashboard to check if there is any information for them and thereby miss the opportunity to be well informed about the day, date and time for the examination. Every document that is printable from the school portal for applicants is very important even if it doesn’t seem so with you. Avoid staying away from the school portal for too long, always ensure you check frequently and print everything you’re asked to print.
- Cramming of Past Questions:
Some students are fond of cramming past questions for examination. This is an unhealthy practice that should be avoided at all cost Past questions are not the end but a means, schools make them available only to guide you. There is no assurance that the questions in the past questions booklets will be repeated. Focus on studying on your own, using the past questions only as a guide.
- Incomplete Application:
A half done job is no job done. An error some students make during the registration for post UTME is incomplete registration. They start the registration process but abandon it before getting to the end, and they never go back to it again. Sometimes it happens when they fill the necessary information but forget to submit. It doesn’t matter the work you put into the registration for post UTME, if you do not click the “submit” button on the registration portal, you will be deemed as not having registered for the examination.
To avoid this ensure you have all what you need for your registration so you won’t have to stop half way. Also ensure that when you’re done with your registration you click the “confirm” or “submit” button and wait till it gives you a click that your registration has been submitted before you exit the page.
- Disregarding Guidelines:
Just as the word implies, Guidelines are a set of rules that should be followed diligently in order to achieve a specific purpose. Students are fond of skipping the content of guidelines only to make mistakes. Not reading or following the guideline will expose you to a lot of errors and mistakes which the guideline was put in place to avoid.
Make sure you read the contents of any guidelines given to you. Do not just read the rules but obey and follow them to the latter, this will assist you in avoiding unnecessary mistakes that may be detrimental to your overall admission processes.
- Using invalid email or phone number:
The mistake of using a dormant or an invalid phone number or email is another thing which is common amongst applicants. Some students have emails that they not opened for a long time, othera do not even remember the password to the mail. Using such mail will deprive them of getting the necessary information when the school decides to contact the students. Same goes for phone numbers that have not been in use for a long time, or numbers that have problems with the service providers.
When registering for post UTME, to be on a safe side, create a new email account and save the password in a place you can easily retrieve it. Ensure also that you open your mails regularly so you won’t miss any information that has been sent to you by the school.
- Inadequate Documents:
Some students decide to upload incomplete documents that are required during the registration. This requirement no matter how unnecessary they seem are very important, the lack of uploading the right documents in the right format will jeopardize all your efforts in trying to gain admission. The provisions of the required documents is imperative to the successful registration for post UTME. Failure may/will result to the forfeiture of admission offered to candidates by JAMB. The generally required documents may include, your JAMB and O’level results, birth certificate, payment receipt and any other specific one.
Avoid this mistake by ensuring you provide all the necessary documents required of you. In all, ensure that you follow news from the school closing. This may review a change in plan that will be crucial to your admission into the school.