28/05/2025
UNICAL Cutoffs
To have a smooth drive in actualizing your Dreams of becoming Malabite/Malabress or becoming an undergraduate in other institutions in Nigeria, one must pass through perhaps some rigorous processes of which beating the cutoff marks of those institutions is the key factor. Whether you do JAMB or JAMB do you, that's not their concern, the main koko is that you should be at or above the cutoffs wherever it's slated.
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) have two cutoffs every year; the JAMB (general) cutoff for UNICAL which qualifies you to register for Aptitude Test (Post UTME) and the departmental cutoffs which determines your placement into your chosen course/department of study.
Let's start with the JAMB cutoff for UNICAL which is the main koko at hand now. Most universities have stable JAMB cutoffs for admission into their school whereas others have fluctuating cutoffs, and believe me, no school will release her JAMB cutoff now except during the annual JAMB policy meeting and/or during the commencement of her Post UTME registration and the University of Calabar is not an exception. Candidates aspiring for schools with rigid/stable cut off usually get an advantage over candidates aspiring for schools with flexible cut offs, a situation where you see your JAMB score and automatically know if you are in or not.
The University of Calabar JAMB cut off this year will be between 130 - 150. Over the years, UNICAL had always cut 180 as her general cut offs for courses other than MBBS and Law which she fixed at 200 not untill 2017 when JAMB recorded massive failure in her UTME, UNICAL that year and the year after cut 150, 2019 she cut 160, 2020 she returned back to 150, 2021 and 2022 she cut 130, while 2023 and 2024 it was increased to 140. So, they might tend to go by mass and FG, but not deviating from standard. They might also, return back to 150 this year or even higher. Nothing is certain yet.
The Departmental cutoffs is the main koko, it determines your placement on merit list, if you hit the departmental cutoff and you weren't given admission on merit, then; It's either your subject combination doesn't match your choice of course OR your name was mistakenly omitted which will still appear on subsequent lists OR unforeseen circumstances say witchy witchy/juju/village people.
The departmental cutoff is based on 2 areas; the merit, and the quota system (catchment and ELDs). I will throw more lights on that in another post, but my dear keep your eyes on the Merit not the quota.
The University of Calabar does not release her department cut offs for public consumptions. We do not know how that of this year will be, but when the time comes, heaven will still help us with the figures whether or not they chose to release it to the public. The reason for all this long post rubbish is for you to read, do your own calculations and plan yourself ahead of the futuristic uncertainties, I called it rubbish because some won't abide by the rules stated before the main post and perhaps in some weeks time, most of us won't be here again to post the supposed crap. Meanwhile, prepare yourself, do the needful, in a few weeks time Aptitude Test (Post UTME) registration will hit your door step.
MY Unical Dreams,
Your Unical Dreams,
One day, Soonest... A Reality!
Prince, Samuel Emenike (Mr. Noble)
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