A boy who scored 304 in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has gone on X to lament after he was denied admission.
The boy said he took the university entrance exam in 2022 and scored 284, a high score that gets people into the medicine and surgery department, yet he did not get admission.
The teenager who is hoping to be a doctor missed the chance to take the exam in 2023 because he was still waiting for admission.
This year, 2024, he took it again and scored 304, an improvement on his initial JAMB score which was already high.
Notwithstanding his impressive result, however, he was again denied admission this year.
Bemoaning his fate on X, he wrote: “Wait what? 1yr of sleepless nights in vain? Tell me it’s a dream.”
He added: “First JAMB, 2022- Was denied admission.
“Missed 2023 registration while waiting for admission.
“Spent another 1yr home reading.
“2024- Had 304. No admission again.
“My dream to become a doctor in the mud.
“God knows I fought a good fight, will have to move on w/out school.”
“Don’t know who or what to blame… Gotta accept my defeat!” he concluded.
X users are now encouraging him not to give up.
His tweet has sparked a conversation about admissions to Nigerian universities and how people with lower scores get admission while those with higher scores are denied admission because they know no one to help them.
