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Truevoice Admission
JAMB Candidates have often asked the difference between a
school’s general cut-off mark and a school’s departmental cut-off marks. The
two are actually different. We have decided to dedicate this post to answer the
questions.
This post will clearly explain the difference between the
general cut-off mark of a school and the departmental cut-off mark of a school.
A. General Cut Off Mark
This is the required cut-off mark you need to be considered
for admission by a school. If you score below the general cut-off mark of a
school. You will not be qualified to take their Post-UTME which means you are
not qualified for admission in that school. If the general cut-off mark of a
school is 200, even if you score 199, you won’t be qualified for admission in that
school
Schools are at liberty to set their own cut-off mark. but
whatever cut-off mark they set, should not be below the JAMB minimum cut-off
mark.
B. Departmental Cut off Mark
The departmental cut-off mark is the cut-off mark you need
to be admitted into a course/department in a school. For instance, a school may
have a general cut-off mark of 200 but their cut-off mark for courses like
Pharmacy, Law, Medicine maybe 230. Usually, the more competitive a course is
the higher its cut-off mark. Every school has a specific cut-off mark for all
courses every year. Some school makes their departmental cut-off marks known to
the public while some other schools don’t.