Many candidates applying for POST UTME are left in a pool of confusion, trying to differentiate school's cut off mark from departmental cut off mark. This is the reason i'm writing this post, so that candidates will have a clearer understanding on what they are curious about.

SCHOOL'S CUT OFF MARK

After every UTME exercise, a particular mark is set out by the exam body {e.g 120}. This mark is a score a candidate must have or cross, to qualify him or her to sit for the chosen school's POST UTME exercise. This said mark is announced to all school's to enable them decide the number of candidates they will admit.
After the school's decision, they announce a particular mark which must not be lower than the mark the UTME body fixed. Any candidate who cross the mark set by the UTME body and did not reach the chosen school's mark, is NEVER eligible to sit for the school's POST UTME.
This mark or score set by the school admission board is known as SCHOOL'S CUT OFF MARK..

DEPARTMENTAL CUT OFF MARK

When a candidate cross the UTME cut off mark and reaches or crosses the chosen school's cut off mark, he or she is now eligible to sit for the POST UTME. After the POST UTME exercise, the department you applied for will check the number of students seeking admission therein and also, the performance of those students in the POST UTME exercise, this analysis gives rise to a decision of setting a mark/score which the candidates must have or cross. This mark is called DEPARTMENTAL CUT OFF MARK. Any candidate that scores or crosses the departmental cut off, is entitled to admission.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU QUALIFY FOR ADMISSION AFTER CROSSING UTME AND POST UTME

Your UTME score is added to your POST UTME score and is divided by two, the outcome of this calculation must be equal to the departmental cut off mark or higher than the departmental cut off mark.



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