By Hussain Wahab
With utmost excitement running through my mind, I would like to congratulate the newly admitted students, and preemptively welcome you to the most peaceful and stringent university in Nigeria. I don’t need to explain the ‘toughness’. They say seeing is believing. With time you will understand it better. I know the most disturbing question to the admitted candidates now is ‘what next?’. What should be my next line of action after I have confirmed my congratulatory status on CAPS? Should I resume to Campus immediately?
See, there is nothing more than to start packing packable packages. However, you shouldn’t resume yet in order to avoid wandering around like a lost goat. There are many things the school is yet to put in place, dear Jambitos, be calming down, now, 😂. Why the rushing? The city of the caliphate is just beeping yellow light. Once the school releases her admission, open acceptance and tuition fees, then, the yellow light will automatically change to green light, meaning: The odyssey journey has started and you should be in school by then. When the time comes, you should not leave even a ‘pin’ in your documents.
That being said, the following are the documents needed for the screening process;
JAMB original result
JAMB admission letter
school admission printout
Acceptance fee print out
TSHIP payment
Students’ account printout and Passports.
These items could be gotten even in the school mini-mart but it is advisable you get them prepared from home to avoid stress and expenses.
The candidates must come along with these, as they cannot be got in school;
Primary school Certificate/testimonial
Secondary School Testimonial
Birth certificate
State of origin certificate
O’level result
Statement of result or Original result if available
If you mistakenly miss any of the aforementioned documents, it will serve as an automatic ticket to go back home even if you have come to Sokoto from the moon. In fact, an ordinary primary school testimony was what sent my friend back to Kwara during our screening days.
And to those who are yet to be admitted among the aspirants who satisfied the admission requirement, I will say don’t be panicked and you should not be pessimistic. In fact, relax and be optimistic like never before. You still have a great chance of gaining admission because the school is yet to release her admission. There are living testimonies who were denied admission by the CAPS but were eventually given via the school portal.
Also, another thing that is worthwhile for our discussion is the issue of ‘trap admission’. This thing is real and you should know that, please. Some aspirants chosen courses will be changed to another course despite beating the cut-off mark. For instance, A candidate from Kwara who chose law with a 260 Jamb score might be offered linguistics and would be trapped to accept or forfeit his admission for that year.
Dear candidate, whenever this happens having beaten the cut-off mark, I beg you, don’t be in haste to accept and you should neither forfeit it because the CAPS/school might later consider you for your preferred course within a reasonable time. However, if you had accepted the changed course immediately, there is a high tendency that you might not be considered for your preferred course again. This is for only those who meet up with the benchmark.
In the end, if you are not fortunate enough to be admitted as a student of UDUS despite satisfying all the required marks, do not say that the school is biased. It might mean that there are many people ahead and above you. Surely, God’s decree would prevail. To the best of my knowledge and experience as a student of UDUS, there is no room for injustice in the realm of the school’s affairs. Every man shall be given his or her due.
Lest I forget, pertaining to the collection of confirmation letters, you don’t need to rush to Sokoto. You should wait as it’s not sure that it will commence this week. We are with you, and we will let you know when it’s time.
Welcome to the most peaceful university in Nigeria. Kindly accept my congratulatory message!
Hussain Kehinde Wahab is a 400-level Law student and Managing Editor at the NewsDigest Press, UDUS.