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Are you considering a pre-degree programme like JUPEB, IJMB, or other pre-degree options? Before you make your decision, watch this video to discover the truths most students aren’t told. From hidden costs to admission realities, we break down everything you need to know to avoid mistakes and make the right choice for your academic future.
In this video, you’ll learn:
✅ What JUPEB, IJMB & other pre-degree programmes really entail
✅ The advantages and disadvantages of enrolling
✅ Hidden challenges and costs to prepare for
✅ Tips for making the best decision for your university path
Whether you’re a secondary school graduate, an aspiring university student, or exploring alternative pathways, this video is a must-watch!
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From my own personal experience, I was
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the top students in my prede program for
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the course I applied. But unfortunately,
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I was not admitted. Prede programs
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and Jupb are organized by universities
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where you will go through one year of
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academic section training. You sit for
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test, you write the exam in order for
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you to qualify for admission. It's just
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an alternative way of getting admission
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without jam. You will still need to
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write jam of course but your jam score
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is not supposed to really determine your
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chances of admission. It is your
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performance at this programs that is
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supposed to be used for your admission.
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The difference between prede and IGMB/
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Jupb is that prede you start again from
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your 100 level. So after doing a prede
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you start from your 100 level but Jupb
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and IGMB you will get admission through
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direct entry to your second year. I did
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pretty good program back in 2017 and
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later on I met people who did Jupiter
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program. Now first of all I want to tell
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you that getting admission through jam
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is the best way but fortunately probably
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because you are getting a low jam score.
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You know you've been trying to write jam
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for one or two times. I wrote jam for
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five times. So I know how it can be.
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These programs are the best alternative
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way when you are struggling know to get
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admission to the university to study
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your dream course. I thought that being
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the best student of the course I was
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trying to gain admission to study at the
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university at that time was going to
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guarantee me my admission but that was
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not the case. There are a few schools
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where direct entry through Jupb
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and prede programs are 100% legit. You
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have to note that if you are going for
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engineering courses, you are going for
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other general courses except medical
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courses like medicine and surgery,
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radiography, physiootherapy that is
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medical rehabilitation and medical
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laboratory sciences. If you are going
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for other courses except these, these
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programs are the best option because
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most schools if you do prede for
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engineering course you will definitely
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gain admission because the admission
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slot for these courses are higher than
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these medical courses because as you
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already know the school is now trying to
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struggle with the admission quarter.
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Admission quarter is the total number of
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students a school can admit for a
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particular course for an academic
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session. So let's use an example
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medicine and surgery. A school has an
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admission quarter of 120 students. They
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may decide that out of this 120 students
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20 will be for diet entry. So we're
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already left with 100 and they might not
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decide that 10 will be from this prede.
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So we have 90 remaining for the normal
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jam UTME exam. So what does this mean is
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that usually you will see 500 students
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doing prede medicine and surgery. You
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see 400 students doing juper program for
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medicine and surgery. And the admission
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quarter for this particular course
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medicine and surgery for the prede
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or IGMBB program is just 10 student. So
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it means that only 10 students are going
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to be admitted through this program for
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admission to the university. Now this is
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what most students don't know about is
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until they start this program they start
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getting this revelation and by the time
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they see the revelation about what it
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really means to gain admission through
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this program they start getting
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discovery because you know you are going
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to spend a lot of money you're not yet a
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student but then you have to rent
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accommodation pay fees you understand
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all of these processes are very very
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expensive and in some schools you can
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have up to 1,000 student trying to gain
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admission through predging
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and surgery. So there are only two
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options you have. Number one is either
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you try to be among the top 10 in
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schools that you know that are legit
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because I know for schools like UNIO,
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UNISKI and OAU usually if you among the
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top 10 students, you should get
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admission to the course you want to
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study. So whether you're applying for
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nursing science or radiography, you
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should get admission. But in my own
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case, I was the number one for the
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course I applied to. But the school did
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not still give me admission. they
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actually did not give anybody admission
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through that uh program. It was a very
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discouraging experience and that was the
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first time the school was running that
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uh program but that is just by the
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wayside. My advice is that if you are
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going for this program, ensure you among
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the top 10 because that is what is going
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to determine if you'll be admitted or
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not. And most importantly, you know that
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if you are a prede student, you have to
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register for JAM just like every other
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student. And if you are doing JUP or
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GMBB, you buy the diet entry form for
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JAM. But I also advise you still buy the
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normal UTM jam form because this
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programs actually give you two options
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of getting admission. So I want you to
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focus on your jam in a way that you see
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it as I might not be admitted through
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this program but this my jam is a sure
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way and you know being a student of this
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program gives you an advantage you have
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an edge because number one you are being
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taught Alevel stuff so you get advanced
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understanding of the jam syllabus and
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number two is that you in an academic
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environment so studying without
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distraction should be easier than when
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you at home preparing for your jam. The
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mistake I make back then was that I
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focused all my attention on being the
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number one for the course I was doing in
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my prede. I did not shift my focus to my
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jam. So my jam I just had an average
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score in my jam. So what I advising you
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is that if you are doing this program
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note that admission may not be short
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from this program especially if you are
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studying competitive courses like very
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highly competitive courses. Ensure you
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focus on your jam exam. try to smash
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your jam and equally be among the top
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students in a prede so that whichever
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way it goes you will not be left
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stranded. You will gain admission
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because the jam UTM is still the shest
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way of getting admission. If you meet
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the cut of mark for the course you are
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applying to study nobody can deny you
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admission. You can even take it up with
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JAM and JAM will step in and resolve the
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issue. But prede if you're not offered
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admission there's really nothing you can
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do. En sure you smash your jam and
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equally do well in your predec.
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And before you register for any school's
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uh prede or IGMBB confirm that it is
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legit you know try to look out for those
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that have previously done a program and
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they got admission to study the same
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course you applying to you know through
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that program in the school know this is
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going to give you assurance that the
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program is legit. I hope this video has
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been helpful and if you have any
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questions or need further clarification,
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feel free to let me know in the comments
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and I will definitely assist you. Make
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