YOU COULD GO HOME AFTER ONE YEAR IN UNILORIN
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Austin, a recent graduate of the University of Ilorin, is the founder of Austine Reviews, a website that focuses on reviewing academic and literary works.
It is not uncommon to see or hear about many students hanging around even when they have been sent out from their universities. They are aware that they would not be welcomed with outstretched hands, since it is not an enviable achievement. Right?
Now, step two, which comes after the initial step of accepting the admission offer from any school is to work at retaining your studentship. In most schools, the criteria is just a paltry 0.99 on a scale of 5 to move from being a freshman/fresher to being a sophomore/second year student. This is where the major hurdle is.
In the better by far institution, as they like being referred to, the minimum criteria keeps rising every few years. One day the criteria might be to have 5.0 out of 5.0 to cross to form 100 level to 200 level.
For all students, the minimum CGPA used to be 1.5 on the 5-point scale, while it was 2.0 and 9-9-6 for engineering students and more stringent for medical students as they couldn’t score below 50 percent in any course with CGPA of 2.5 and above.
As at the 2014/2015 session, the minimum for all students is now 2.0 out of 5.0. Anything less and you would not be in good standing and would be ‘advised’ to go to your parent’s house to spend more family time.
For engineering students, it gets interesting. For the current final year student in agricultural and bio-systems engineering of the University of Ilorin, 99 resumed 100 level in 2010, but only 45 students crossed to 200 level. Now, the minimum requirement is 2.5 and 9-9-6. 12 units will be offered in mathematics and physics in 100 level, 9 must be passed to continue in 200 level. 8 units will be offered in chemistry, 6 must be passed to continue.
For medical students, it is now 3.0 out of 5 and no score in ANY course below 50 percent. If you have a CGPA of 4.5 and score below 50 percent, you would be honourably dropped into the physical or life sciences faculty while someone with 3.5 but fulfills the criteria would proudly continue. Correct!
Many more students were admitted this year, as Unilorin increased her carrying capacity. Sure, many more would go home if they don’t meet these requirements.
Some departments would tell you after you are dropped from your previous one that they don’t accept the excreta of others. That it is ‘unhealthy.’ It is very common to see engineering students being dropped to continue in educational technology or medical students in biochemistry or microbiology.
So, yes, you could go home after year one in Unilorin. They go every year, en masse. This year would not be any different. Work hard!
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The crossing GP for the 2014/2015 still stands at 1.5. Nothing has changed.
The crossing GP for the 2014/2015 session still stands at 1.5. Nothing has changed.
what of education student crossing gp
Does a 200lv student of unilorin also need to have 1.5 or 2.0 to cross to d nxt level?????
Now, this is tough
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Does a 200lv student of unilorin also need to have 1.5 or 2.0 to cross to d nxt level?????
Very interesting insight into academic progress requirements currently operating at Unilorin. I left the university in 1995 after BSc (1992) and MSc (awarded 1997) degrees in Biochem.
For the undergrad program I couldn’t recollect the ‘good standing’ requirements were for us again but I am surprised that the phrase (being in good standing) still persists. All I could remember was that there was no GPA system and our grades and final class of degree were based on weighted raw marks. Years 1 and 2 were weighted 30% while years 3 and 4 were weighted 70%. The downside was that there is a massive difference between scoring 70% and 90% in a subject – unlike the GPA system where both would be regarded as A. Class of degree is as follows:
First class: aggregate 70% and above
2nd class upper: 60-69.99% aggregate (no rounding up allowed)
Second class lower: 50-59.99% aggregate (no rounding up)
3rd class: 45-49.99 aggregate (no rounding up)
Pass: 40-44.99 aggregate (no rounding up)
Great to read about these changes and I think they are good changes. For first year students (the popular name for them in those days is ‘Jambites’ – i.e newly minted successful JAMB candidates), the lure of ‘octorush’ (I can tell you what that means if asked) and the new found freedom are sometimes difficult to navigate which often lead to a number of students failing and being ‘advised to withdraw’ from their studies. The key for any student is to set out to pass every single unit taken and you wouldn’t have to worry about ‘being in good standing’ or not.
That’s my ‘two cents’ from years gone by.
Thanks for the insightful contribution.
Hello Everyone. This article was written based on the information passed during the official orientation in 2015.
The university used 1.5 (general), and 2.0 for engineering eventually, even though multiple sources confirmed that they said they would raise the minimum requirement.
More are set to join this year, just as many left as at the end of last year. The cycle continues.
is it possible 4 me to cross from microbiology to medical laboratory science in Unilorin nd with Wht go asap
It should be possible. Go to the department and find out.
its not tru
d criteria 4 crossing stays same 1.5 for all 4 years course and 2.0 for engineering in addition to 996
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when crossing to 300level, how will unilorin calculate the CGPA？will they add 200l result and 100l result to see if one makes the cut off mark. or its just to be calculated for the current level alone？