Gombe State University of Science and Technology Cut Off Mark & How to Calculate Their Aggregate Score

We have come to know that many students find it really difficult to calculate their aggregate score and their cut off mark and it really isn’t their fault as calculating cut off marks varies for different institutions.

On this note, we have made it easy for you by giving you step by step procedure on how to calculate Gombe State University (GSU) aggregate score, but before this, we are going to tell you what aggregate and Post UTME Score means and what things are to be considered before calculating the aggregate score.

WHAT IS AGGREGATE SCORE

That means the candidate must get at least 50 Questions Correctly. The aggregate score will be used to determine the cut-off point for admission into each of the programmes. Cut-off points for each course will be determined by the performance of all the candidates who applied for the course.

WHAT IS POST UTME SCORE 

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..

GSU Departmental Cut Off Mark

Below are courses offered in the university as well as their cut off mark;

1. 220 – 240 – Medicine (O’ Level result with one sitting only) and Nursing
2. 200 – Mass Communication, Common Law, Pharmacy, Anatomy, Physiology
3. 190 – Computer Science, English Language, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Geology, all engineering courses except Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering.
4. 180 – All other courses

How To Calculate  Gombe State University of Science and Technology Post UTME Aggregate Score

For example, in order to calculate your GSU Post UTME aggregate score, the formula purportedly adopted by the institution is the summing up of your UTME (JAMB) SCORE divided by 8 and your POST UTME SCORE divided by Your Jamb score is allocated 50%, Your O’level is 20% and your post-ume is 30%.

First Factor: JAMB Score

Maximum score under JAMB is 400.To prorate to 50% your Jamb score will be divided by 8 (400/50

Second Factor: O’level (WAEC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB)

O level is calculated using the 5 core subjects(core to the course you wish to study as decided by the University) as follows:

• A1 – 6 points
• B2 – 5 points
• B3 – 4 points
• C4 – 3 points
• C5 – 2 points
• C6 – 1 points

And maximum is 30 points. The total points is then prorated to 20 through multiplication by 2/3.

Third Factor: POST-UTME

Here is the score many candidates seem to find rather confusing. Some complain of having a higher score in the POST-UTME than university cut-off points without being admitted. But what they must understand is that even if they score 100% in that exam it amounts only to 30% of the cut-off point. So their Post -Utme score is usually prorated to 30 marks using 0.3 as the multiplier

For Example: If a candidate had 202 in Jamb and his O level goes Like this: Maths-B3, Chemistry-C4, Biology- B2, English- C5, Physics-C6, Economic-B3, Geography-A1 and had 58% in the post utme. The he can calculate his composite, by following the format below:

Jamb score divided by 8 i.e 202/8=25.25

For the O level, only 5 subjects (math, english, chemistry, biology, and physics) are needed. There he has Math – B3 – 4 points, English – C5 – 2 point,Chemistry – C4 – 3 points,Biology – B2 – 5 points, Physics – C6 – 1 point Total gross points for O level= 4+2+3+5+1=15.  This score is then multiplied by 2/3 i.e 15 x 2/3=10. His post utme score is allocated 30% and is multiplied by 0.3. i.e 58 x 0.3=17.4

Therefore, the candidates’ composite is the sum of these 3 scores i.e Jamb+O’level+post utme. That is 25.25+10+17.4=5 2.65 Hence, the candidate’s composite is 52.65.

Now note the 5-point gap between the composite total and what he scored in the post-utme. That 5-point gap may result in not being granted admission! Okay?

Pls NOTE that 100% used above may be equivalent to 100,200 or 400 marks in different universities.

GSU POST-UTME SUBJECT COMBINATION

Knowing your preferred institution’s subject combination as is important as knowing your JAMB subject combination. We have come to notice that many student think that they will write the same subject combinations they wrote in their JAMB. Sometimes that is not always the case, that is why we have put together all GSU subject combination.

COURSES                                   JAMB SUBJECT COMBINATION

1. ACCOUNTING                                                –  ENGLISH, MATHS, ECONS, GOVT
2. ANATOMY                                                      –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
3. BIOCHEMISTRY                                              –   ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
4. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES                                   –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
5. BIOLOGY                                                         –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
6. BOTANY                                                          –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
7. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                         –  ENGLISH, MATHS, ECONS, GOVT
8. CHEMISTRY                                                     –  ENGLISH, MATHS, ECONS, GOVT
9. CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES                     –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, CRK
10. COMPUTER SCIENCE                                       –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
11. ECONOMICS                                                    –  ENGLISH, MATHS, ECONS, GOVT
12. EDUCATION AND BIOLOGY                            – ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
13. EDUCATION AND CHEMISTRY                        –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
14. EDUCATION AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES – ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, CRK
15. EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE         –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, CRK
16. EDUCATION AND GEOGRAPHY                      –  ENGLISH,GEO, CHM., MATHS
17. EDUCATION AND HISTORY                             –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, HISTORY, CRK
18. EDUCATION AND ISLAMIC STUDIES                –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, HAUSA
19. EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS                   –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
20. EDUCATION AND PHYSICS                              –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
21. ENGLISH LANGUAGE                                        –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, CRK
22. GEOGRAPHY                                                     –  ENGLISH,GEO, CHM., MATHS
23. GEOLOGY                                                          –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
24. HISTORY                                                           –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, HISTORY, CRK
25. ISLAMIC STUDIES                                             –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, HAUSA
26. MATHEMATICS                                                 –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
27. MEDICINE AND SURGERY                                 –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
28. MICROBIOLOGY                                                –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
29. PHARMACY                                                       –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS
30. PHYSICS                                                            –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
31. PHYSIOLOGY                                                     –  ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
32. POLITICAL SCIENCE                                           – ENGLISH, ECONS, GOVT, CRK
33. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION                                –  ENGLISH, LITERATURE, GOVT, CRK
34. SOCIOLOGY                                                       – ENGLISH, ECONS, GOVT, CRK
35. STATISTICS                                                         – ENGLISH, MATHS, CHM., PHYSICS
36. ZOOLOGY                                                          –  ENGLISH, BIOLOGY, CHM., PHYSICS

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