As a candidate have you been wondering or asking yourself that; How does schools fix their departmental Cut-off Marks?.Look no further your question will be answer in this article.Before I proceed,I have learnt that some candidates do think that school's cut-off marks is the same thing with the departmental cut-off marks,anyways make sure that you read this article till the end.
There's difference between school's cut-off marks and the departmental cut-off marks.
Difference between school's cut-off marks and the departmental cut-off marks
- School's cut-off marks
After every UTME exercise, every institutions will set a particular mark . This mark is the minimum a candidate must have in his/her UTME to qualify him or her to obtain the chosen school’s POST UTME or screening form.
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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 score the set mark by the UTME body and did not reach the chosen school’s mark, is not eligible to obtain the school’s POST UTME or Screening form.
This mark set by the varsity admission board is known as the SCHOOL’S CUT OFF MARK.
- Departmental cut-off marks
When a candidate meet the UTME cut off mark and also meet the chosen school’s cut off mark, he or she is now eligible to obtain the POST UTME or Screening form of that school. After the POST UTME or Screening 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 which the candidates must have to be eligible to be given their choice of course. This is known as the DEPARTMENTAL CUT OFF MARK.
How Departmental Cut-off Marks Are Fixed
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| How university fix their departmental cut-off marks |
The lowest aggregate score among candidates who were admitted for a given year is typically the departmental cut-off mark.
For instance If 5,000 candidates submitted applications to the University of Ilorin to study pharmacy, but only 100 were accepted due to departmental quotas.
The cut-off mark for Pharmacy in UNILORIN for that year will be the least aggregate score among the 100 admitted candidates that year.
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Let's say, then;
- 30 candidates had scores between 76 to 80
- 50 who had scores above 80.
- 19 of them had 74 to 76.
- The final candidate had a 73.4 rating.
Pharmacy at UNILORIN will have a departmental cut-off mark of 73.4 that year.
Therefore, if your score falls below the departmental cutoff, Admission is uncertain.
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Hope you now understand it.?
The cumulative score of the final applicant who will be admitted that year (not their JAMB or Post-UTME score)is the departmental cut-off mark.
Therefore, they must either admit more students than their quota or admit fewer students than their quota on merit if you want to enroll in that course and your score is below the departmental cut-off mark.
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