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15 Secrets of JAMB & WAEC Top Scorers Ajah Excel Anayo CONTENT Content…………………………………………………………………………1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………… 2 Chapter One The secret of past questions…………………………………………... ………3 Chapter Two The secret of association………………………………………………………6 Chapter Three The secret of definite score…………………………………………………...8 Chapter Four The unlimited power of your thought ………………………………………...11 Chapter Five It is always too early to quit…………………………………………………..13 Chapter Six Early preparation…………………………………………………………….. 15 Chapter Seven Go the extra mile …………………………………………………………….18 Chapter Eight Procrastination ………………………………………………………………21 Chapter Nine The power of focus………………………………………………………….23 Chapter Ten Teach someone what you know……………………………………………..25 Chapter Eleven Don't study to pass, study to beat the records……………………………….27 Chapter Twelve Don't let your background put your back on the ground…………………….29 Chapter Thirteen Stay clear of malpractice……………………………………………………...32 Chapter Fourteen How to write JAMB and WAEC examinations with 30 minutes spilling over........35 Chapter Fifteen The God Factor……………………………………………………………………...38 About The Author Ajah Excel Anayo……………………………………………………………………….. 40
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THE 15 SECRETS OF JAMB &WAEC TOP SCORERS "You cannot travel with successful men and remain a failure”.
INTRODUCTION A brilliant student who does not know the pattern will come out a failure... EVERY SUCCESS HAS A SECRET AND YOU ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM YOUR DESIRED SCORE. GET IT AS YOU GO THROUGH "THE SECRET" Age is a factor that does not obey the law of gravity; it goes up never to come down. Many students get surprised at the wake of a new dawn only to realize that they have spent about five years of their LIVES at home seeking admission as a result of failure in WASSCE, JAMB UTME AND POST UTME. And in our contemporary society where education has no substitute, the number of students seeking admission into the higher institution every year gets numberless. And out of the millions who enter for this yearly exercise, only a few who know THE SECRET get what they want. Dear, I may not know you in person, but the fact that you've got this book is evidence enough that you belong to the CLASS OF TOP SCORERS. These secrets have been outlined waiting to open the doors of opportunity you have been seeking. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOP SCORERS.
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CHAPTER ONE
Revising for JAMB exams is more than just reading through the notes you made in class. It also involves the knowing of how the questions come and the right approach to answering them. Practicing with JAMB past Questions and Answers can improve your chances of doing well. Revision works best when you practice what you will be doing in the exam. And by writing what you know as the answer makes it easier to be remembered when the real exam comes. The past questions indicate trends of how JAMB can surprise students and make those who know the pattern happy. You come to a state of selfpreparedness when you attempt a minimum of 10 past questions in each subject before sitting for it. Top scorers know that questions are often repeated from the same topic every year, with only a change in sentence, figure or option. While you study the past question, you will get to know the following: 1. The topic in high demand: there are some topics that JAMB AND WAEC love so dearly that the questions will not be complete without them. Then such topics, you give them concrete attention so as not to miss that opportunity of additional scores. 2. You become familiar with the pattern: JAMB has its own pattern of setting exam question. If you don't know it, you will see a question on a topic you have read very well yet you won't get the answer. Thus, with the past question, you can know the trend and what the examiner really want from you. 3. You know what to expect: if you study the past questions very well you will get to know what to expect from JAMB in any topic and this will build yourself confidence. People are afraid of the future because they don't know what it holds. If they had known, they will confidently face their destiny. Now that you know what to expect, you then arm yourself with everything it would take to meet it. 4. You get yourself under examination condition: which implies that the exam day is just like the second time of writing the exam. 3 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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CAUTION: You don't study with your past question only, let your text book on the subject stay close to you with other subjects being far away as possible. When you have finished marking and scoring, your text book can help you get details of the correction for the ones you failed as well as the ones you got by guess work. While you are searching the text book for the answers, it will help you cover other areas while pursuing the main context. This will crystallize your preparation well and give it a shape and confidence in your mind. And you know what! In JAMB, real and deep confidence matters a lot.
HOW TO MAXIMIZE THIS SECRET: If you miss this point, you will be like any other person who has Past Question without knowing how to use it to boost their scores. Select a topic you want to revise on, for example in Mathematics you picked "Indices". Go to your text book, class note and or tutorial jotter. Study this topic again. Open your Past Question and pick out all the questions that has to do with Indices e.g. 2000 - 2011 Check this set of questions in your Mathematics pamphlet. QUESTIONS ON INDICES 2001 Nos. 7 2002.... 1 2003....9 2004....6, 8 2005....7, 8 2006....25, 28 2007....31 2008 ....7, 8, 9 2009... 7, 8, 9, 34 QUESTIONS ON STATISTICS 2001.. 42,43,44,45, 2002.. 42,44,48,49,50 2003.. 40,41,42,43,47 2004.. 40,43,44,45 2005.. 42,43,44,45,46 2006.. 1,3,4,6,8 2007..1,2,3,5,6,7,8,10 2008..41,42,43,44,45,46 4 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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2009.. 41,42,43,44,45,46. IN PHYSICS: QUESTIONS ON LIGHT AND SOUND WAVES 2001.. 11,12,13,14,15,17,18, 2002 .. 13,14,15,16,17,19,22, 24,26,27,28,29,35, 37. 2003.. 15,16,18,21,23,24,29,31, 36,38. 2004.. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,31, 2005.. 34,35,36,37,38,39, 2006.. 33,34,35,36,37,38,39 2007.. 1,2,3,,5,6,7,8, 2008.. 26,27,28,29,30,31,32, 33,34,35,36,37. IN CHEMISTRY: QUESTIONS ON PERIODIC TABLE. 2000.. 9,10,11,14,17. 2001.. 5,7,8,9,10,11. 2002.. 43,44,47,48,49. 2003.. 6,7,8,9,12,14. 2004..8,9,10,11,12. 2005..28,30,31,35,36,45 2006..4,30,31,35,36,38 2007.. 29,30,32,33 2008 .. 8,9,10,11 2009.. 7,8,10,10 Note: it is the same with all other subjects including art subjects, All you need to do is to get your Past questions and pick out the questions that fall on a particulars topic in that subject. You will observe that the questions don't change. They ask the same questions but in a different way. Sometimes, they repeat the questions word for word. By the time you have answered 20 JAMB questions on indices, you will be ready for it in any way it will be presented on exam day. Please, if you don't have past questions on your four subjects yet, get one today. The secret of any examination is hidden in its past questions. You can't afford to go for JAMB UTME or WASSCE without practicing with the past question. This was my secret of passing Junior School Certificate Examination (JSCE), West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and JAMB UTME.
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CHAPTER TWO "If you want to be a top scorer, hang around top scorers" One of the major things that determine what you become in life is the company you keep. Your friends matter a lot. Many a students have the zeal for academic excellence but the company they keep is heading in the opposite direction of their desire and goal. Top scorers have got this right, that if they must beat the record, they must associate themselves with people who are willing to beat the records as well. If really you have read this book to this point, then I want you to stop and think of all your friends that are not adding value to your academic life. QUIT THEM, after all, everybody must not be your friend. Anyone that is not going in the same direction with you should not stay in your life because they will only serve as obstacle to the achievement of your goal. It is a pity that many students who have the zeal for excellence after registering in a tutorial center go in there and forget what their original purpose is. Don't let your case be the same. People may criticize a center but that doesn't stop you from making a difference. Remember, "No matter how bad the people in a place may be, there will still be good people. Seek them out". The bible says "IRON SHARPENETH IRON, SO DOES ONE MAN SHARPEN ANOTHER". The popular saying never gets outdated "Show me your friend and I will tell who you are". In other words, if they are top scorers, your case will not be different. Moreover, birds of a feather flock together. The truth is plain and cannot be covered, we become like those we associate with. No one comes into your life and leaves you the way he or she met you. We all are bundle of influences; anyone who is not increasing you is decreasing you. Therefore, make the right choice of friends. Surround yourself with people who are going to lift you higher. You gain nothing by being with people who are just the way you are; you will only encourage one another in mediocrity. But let your association be with those who are more excellent than you, your scores will have no choice than to move from poor to excellent. The destiny and academic dream of many students have been ruined by bad association. Beware of who it is that hangs around you because they influence 6 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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your thought, your words, actions, your reading potential and your scores in exams. My dear, it has been 'if you cannot beat them, join them'. That is the worst advice you can ever receive from anyone. "IF YOU CANNOT BEAT THEM, NEVER THINK OF JOINING THEM". It is better to be alone than in a wrong company. Can you just think of those who top your class in class work, test, exams, and oral answers during classes? Check out their friends and decide where you are going to belong. Here is one of the major secrets in academic association; you keep company with those who have the same academic vision and dream with you. You don't have a dream of studying electrical electronic engineering while your reading partners are students that want to study Civil Law or Accountancy. You will be stuck with your physics problems without any form of help from them no matter how brilliant they might be. This is because; they have little or no knowledge on that subject area. So, let your reading partners be those who are good in the subject areas you are going to sit for in these exams. Remember, you cannot travel with successful men and remain a failure. Finally, on this secret, let these words below keep ringing in your heart. "You must constantly ask yourself: Who are I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me watching? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going and what do they have me thinking? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that Okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. Note: your best friends are those who bring out the best in you.
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CHAPTER THREE
Shoot for the moon, even if you don't get there, you will land among the stars. The secret of definite score is the missing ingredient that has made your scores fall below that of the top scorers. These top scorers tap into this secret and you know what? You help them achieve their objective in this exercise. Imagine this, Emeka walks into the class and tells you that he is going to make a total aggregate score of 350 in JAMB UTME, what will be your reaction? Okay, without telling me, you will simply shout at him and say 'it cannot be done'. Your reaction and statement will only serve as a catalyst and stimulant that will make Emeka double his time of reading, and focus in order to prove you wrong. Then if at the release of JAMB UTME results and he makes 310, you will be shocked and you will help him spread the news because he told you beforehand that he would make a high score. Dear, if you must join this league of extraordinary students, then it is paramount that you get to the point of assigning definite scores to your four different subjects if you are writing JAMB UTME. You should as well do the same for your 9 chosen subjects if you are preparing for WASSCE. This was the secret that pulled off C's from my WAEC result and gave me A's and B's. Before the exams, some of my classmates would come to ask me what my result will look like. I told them I will get a result with 9 A's. I heard one of them exclaim, "Even Further mathematics!!! Some of them said in pidgin English, "O boy, you too greedy oh! My reply was a bit simple. "Let me be greedy as long as it is for good and no one is harmed". I didn't make a 'C' in WASSCE and you know what, I made A1 in Further Mathematics because I was challenged by a classmate. If you will assign definite score to each subject you are going to sit in this exam, the result you will get will dazzle you. One day while I was teaching Mathematics in a Tutorial center, I decided to share this secret with my students. So, I asked Princewill to stand up and tell the class the score of his dream in the 2011 JAMB UTME. He 8 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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said he would be very happy with a score of 240. When I asked others, majority of them said they will be okay and comfortable with a score of 240. Then we decided to assign definite scores to Princewill's individual subject and here is the analysis of what he gave me. Use of English 80 Mathematics 75 Chemistry 80 Physics 74 ----------------------Total 309 ---------------------Princewill never knew his real desires because he was hiding under the umbrella of 250 as a high score. On the release of result, Princewill made a total aggregate score of 270. And his score in JAMB gave him an edge over others when it was time for his Post UTME. He was given admission without a struggle. The reason many students pass JAMB UTME but are later denied of admission is because they just manage to scale the cut off mark of their school of choice. Such that when they write Post UTME, their average score fall below the cut off for their course. Top scorers start getting admission from the day they sat WASSCE. While they are preparing for JAMB, they have the mind of getting a score that will give them an edge over others during the Post UTME. For instance, Kenneth and Babatunde made Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) their school of choice and as the case may be, they two have also decided to go for Information Management Technology (I.M.T). If their result is as follows, who do you think will get the admission if the department cut off mark is 240 JAMB Kenneth 220 Babatunde 280
PUME 230 225
Average 225 252.5
The answer is not a gossip; it is obvious that Babatunde will be admitted while Kenneth would not. Therefore set your target high. The truth of the matter is that you will not get 250 if that is your aim, your score will land around 200 or below. But when you set your target at 350 or 360, you are probably going to make a score of 280 and above if you work toward it. This is the secret you've been missing. 9 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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Remember, High expectations yield high results. You can also substitute high with "LOW" in the above sentence and read again. There is nothing called impossible, take action and God will take over. Don't let anyone intimidate you because you desire a high score. If they are not comfortable with the score you just mentioned, they can mind their own scores. Never let what they will say make you reduce your standard let it challenge you to prove them wrong. A Chinese proverb says "The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man who is doing it". The advice has always been, "Don't bite more than you can chew". But in this year's exam, I have a different opinion for you, "BITE MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW SO GOD WILL HELP YOU CHEW IT". It's high time you broke the record of this exam beyond repair.
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CHAPTER FOUR
"As a man thinketh in his heart so is he" The most powerful instrument science ever discovered is the human mind. Great thoughts are product of great minds. You are what you think always and you cannot rise above your thoughts. The thoughts of today are the realities of tomorrow. Top scorers have this trait in common: they are positive thinkers and they dwell on thoughts of success. Your thoughts influence your words and your words create your reality. Note these three points Your words are the voice of your heart. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Beware of what you think about your exam because they become your words and your words will eventually create your reality. Going into the examination period with a belief that you will succeed is a powerful examination strategy. You can become a positive thinker if you have not attempted it before. Change your thought about JAMB Exam being hard or difficult. Again, stop thinking of those who have written and failed rather let your mind fetch the possibilities that you can make it. The major difference between people is in the way they think. Read this short story: A shoe company wanted to expand its sale into Africa. It sent one salesman to East Africa and second to West Africa. The first man reported back, "Forget doing business here, no one wears shoes here". The second man reported "This is a great place to do business without competition, no one wears shoes here". In the place where the first man saw difficulty, the second saw opportunity. If others say it cannot be done, take up the challenge and be the first to do it. After all, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A FACT. Even the word itself says I'M POSSIBLE. Have this mind in you as you prepare 11 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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for your exams. The reason you must be positive about this exam is because your responds to JAMB UTME or WAEC will be according to what you already think and believe about yourself and your capacity. If you study with your last blood without a belief that you will make it, you will run the risk of failing because your belief system controls the activities you do and their outcome. Your belief will affect the effort you put in for preparation. If you believe that you have what it takes to pass with a high score, it will prompt you to do your best so you can achieve your dreams. Don't let your belief system contradict your desires and goal. Reflect on these: Nurture your mind with great thoughts, to believe in the heroic makes heroes. If you are asked whether you can pass JAMB UTME or WASSCE, tell them 'certainly I can'. Then get busy and find out how you can. A man is what he thinks all day long. There are no limitations to the mind except the ones we acknowledge. You are not everybody, it doesn't matter how many people who say it cannot be done or the number that have tried and failed, your determination to succeed will make a difference. Finally, success is a state of the mind, if you want success start thinking of yourself as a success. You are not what you eat, you are what you think. TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE THINKING ON YOUR DESIRED GOAL: Write your desired score very bold and place it on strategic positions in your house. Such that each time you see it, you will get up and do something about your target. Make the writing very colourful and bold. You can paste it in the following points. The wall of your reading table. Mirror top corner either on the left or right. On your notebooks and Your class desk and any other place that is eye catching. Any time you are idle and you see it, it will remind you to focus and read so as to achieve the target score. It's a visualizing process. This was the secret that helped me focus on my goal until the day I wrote JAMB UTME and it is still doing it for me.
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CHAPTER FIVE
"My great concern is not whether you have failed but whether you are content with your failure" ~~~Abraham Lincoln. Many people write JAMB UTME over and over without success. And for this reason, they give up and drop out of school. People, who make it in JAMB and WAEC, know how to handle their past failures. They don't give up when they fail; they keep trying until they get it right. Don't give up now, just do your best and with the principles outlined in this book, success is inevitable as you apply them in this year’s exam. Top scorers are just like every other student; the only difference is that they have conditioned their mind never to quit in any venture. When they make mistake and get knocked down, they quickly get up, get better and get going firmly believing that success is just around the corner. Remember, you are not a failure until you quit trying. That you failed last year does not mean you are going to fail this time. You are going to make it with these principles in play. Many failures are those who gave up earlier. Most people give up just when they are about to achieve success, they quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, just one foot from a winning touchdown. My dear, if you are going to GIVE UP, remember the reason why you have HELD UP for so long. If you persist long enough, you will win. Instead of giving excuses to support why you will give up, give yourself reasons why you must make it to the end. Read this story: Oge and Chioma were very good friends. The two graduated from the same secondary school in the same year and applied to write a university entrance examination, two of them failed with scores like identical twins 168 and 170. The cut off mark for their school of choice was 180. They patiently waited for the next year and applied again. Their results were worse than the former. Chioma got angry and said, if she writes the third time and it doesn't work, she would do 13 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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something bizarre. For three good years, this exam jammed them so hard. A day after the release of the results, Chioma checked it online and what she saw left her in a bitter and sorrow mood. She cried and wept and took a rash decision. Her pains were not only that she failed the exams but her classmates were now in 300 level while she struggles to secure admission. By evening, Chioma's mum came back from the market only to see the girl she had been toiling to see through education soaked in five liters of petrol (fuel) that she bought ready to burn herself to ashes. The mum pleaded with her to drop the match box and the match-stick but she wouldn't listen. She lit the match-stick and roasted herself to death screaming "I cannot take this anymore". The mother suffered a great shock that led to her death within a week. Oge who traveled to stay with an uncle never knew that the results had been released so she checked hers three weeks later. The joy from within could be seen clearly as she drew people's attention with a shout of "We made it! In the cyber cafe. Oge returned only to have her joy turned into sorrow as every gathering of two or three discussed the death of Chioma and the mother. She couldn't stop crying. For days, she kept crying and wouldn't eat anything. It was later discovered that she was not just crying because of the death of Chioma and the mum, but because the scores of all science students were upgraded two weeks after the release of the result and the upgrading of the scores had helped them gain admission into the University of their choice. But Chioma was nowhere to be found. She gave up at the edge her breakthrough. Her death did not stop the examination from going on the next year. Till today, the exam is still going on annually. The big news is that Oge later got a scholarship to study abroad and she made a first class on graduation. Dear Champion, don't quit trying, don't be discouraged, it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. There are many who have thrown up their hands when a little more effort, a little more patient would have achieved success. Stay with it a bit longer, the result you are looking for might just be a step ahead of you. My dear, please don't lose focus of the future while trying to peep into the past. God's grace will make your effort yield great success this time. If you have not registered, please do and if have registered without hope of making it, please change your belief. You will make it this time. To guarantee success, do what the Japanese proverb says "FALL SEVEN TIMES, STAND UP EIGHT".
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CHAPTER SIX
"Always plan ahead, it was not raining when Noah built the ark". The achievement of any great dream or goal is always preceded by a great plan. He, who fails to plan, plans to fail. Deep and adequate preparation is inevitable if high score is a target. Many exam candidates register in a JAMB and WAEC preparatory center with the purpose of getting themselves prepared for the exam. But I get surprise when I see them carry a small pocket notebook to class. In that small note, they will write all the class notes on all the different subjects. If I may ask, how can you revise with a note that has been written in patches? It will slow down your assimilation. Many other students fail to take down note when the class is going on but watch out for a week to the examination, they will start acting as if they are very serious. FOR MAXIMUM PREPARATION FOR THIS EXAMINATION: * You must develop a time table and discipline yourself to follow it strictly. Give more time to the more difficult subjects. * Get all the materials that will aid your understanding of the subject: Such materials may include good text books, syllable issued on registration, it will help you know the essential points to look for while reading. Other materials include JAMB calculator or its equivalent and Past Questions where you can pick out the questions that relates to the topics you have read from the text books, answering the questions on a particular topic will help you know how prepared you are for that topic.
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* Start tutorials as early as possible: If you are still in secondary school, start using Past Questions as early as possible. It will help you understand the nature and pattern of the exam and right approach. * For you to get something, you have to let go some other things. Please reduce the rate at which you watch television to the barest minimum.
* Separate yourself: Since you have an exam facing you, you must not be everywhere, excess visiting of friends should cease. This is an exam you write once and for all, why don't you give away pleasure and make it once! If you want to be outstanding, you must stand out. Top scorers don't do what every other person is doing, they separate themselves. Many candidates spend close to 12 hours chatting on social network. The surprising thing is that they do it when the lesson is going in the class. * Focus will do you a lot of good: Many students decide to read in front of the television, some others read with ear phones. Many others keep their phone very close so that it beeps when a friend sends a chat message from a chat line in one social network or the other. WHO ARE YOU DECEIVING? That is a deceptive way of preparing for an examination. If you don't do your preparation well, you run the risk of failing because JAMB or WAEC won't come to ask where your class teacher stopped or the topics that he/she did not cover. The standard has been set and you are the one to meet the standard with adequate preparation. Again, you have to be active, generate examples, create mnemonics, make summary notes, identify key words, highlight textbooks or add margin notes. Practice with Past Question and time yourself. Remember, no matter how well you understand something, without practice, forgetting will occur. Improve your memory by being creative and interested. Try to recall information without looking into your textbooks. I want you to take a strong decision to apply these principles in early preparation; it is what has kept top scorers above their contemporaries. It is without a doubt that confidence and courage come through preparation and practice and your today's preparation will determine your tomorrow's achievement. My dear, the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. 16 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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It is true that we all were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win. Here is a proverb of truth: "If you must sit under a shade at old age, plant a tree now" "The roof should be repaired while the sun shines" Don't let this exam come as a sudden event to you. REMEMBER, TOP SCORERS HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR SCORES ON THEIR READING TABLES; THEY ONLY COME TO THE EXAMINATION HALL TO PROVE IT ON THE ANSWER SHEET.
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CHAPTER SEVEN GO THE EXTRA MILE "One step ahead of others makes you outstanding "~~~Prince Elijah Onwuka
This is the major secret of all great achievers. They do those things which ordinary people don't want to do. Note I didn't say cannot do. Top scorers are willing to go the extra mile. When everyone leaves the class for break and fun, they stay back and do a little extra learning. Obviously, a little extra effort will also yield a little extra result. The common denomination of success which is the secret of success of every person who has ever been successful lies in the fact that "they formed the habit of doing things that failures don't like to do". If you must take the lead, then you must be willing to take extra steps beyond the stopping point of your mates. The difference between ORDINARY and extraORDINARY is the little "extra". Are you willing to take that extra step? I have come to understand that the reason we admire greatness is because consciously or unconsciously, we recognize that it is achieved by ordinary people who gave a little extra. Top scorers know that somebody out there is giving in 100% effort, thus they put in 110%. Four short words sum up what has lifted most students above the crowd: "A LITTLE BIT MORE". They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more. If you just stop at doing what every other person did, you will end up like every other person. A little extra effort can unleash the ocean of opportunities you've been looking for. It is high time you started burning the midnight oil. Don't sleep away the night. Excessive sleep is a killer of destiny. It makes you wake up to face your examinations unprepared. 9 Little Things That Top Scorers Do:
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* They are awake at night to see that they are ahead of their counterparts. * They are good listeners and readily take down notes on key points as the teacher delivers the lesson. * They don't stop where others stopped; they do extra reading during break hours. * Top scorers don't mingle with everybody because they know that everybody cannot be going in the same direction. * They don't spend money on things that will not be of benefit to their academic dream. They invest in text books, past questions, private lessons, motivational books etc. * They are not home movie addicts, while others are watching home movies, they are found in their reading chambers doing the absorption of knowledge. * The don't waste their time chatting on social network * They are not mid night call freaks. * They don't give much attention to relationship with the opposite sex, thus they have less distraction. You will agree with me that the above mention qualities can be possessed by any person who wants to have them. But most students don't understand it that way. Rather, they shun what should be their priority and chase after things which are not vital to their success. I might not be a prophet, but if I can get the list of your daily habit and activities, I can accurately determine your success without any other information. You cannot convince me that a student who spends four consecutive hours chatting on a social network daily will emerge as a top scorer. The worst thing here is that this same student cannot face his/her book for 45 minutes. If he/she does, uninvited sleep will come. How can such a person emerge with good grades? Such chances are very slim. If I have just described you, please turn around and make a change. “Remember, the height that successful men attained and kept was not as a result of sudden flight, but they while others slept, were busy toiling upwards at night”. 19 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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Science of success shows that success is not a result of spontaneous combustion; you must consciously set yourself on fire. My dear, you can join this league of record breakers. NOTE MY OBSERVATION: I never met extraordinary students; they are only ordinary students who did something extraordinary. GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES.
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CHAPTER EIGHT PROCRASTINATION "Faith without work is dead” says the Holy Book. The major reason this principles may not work for you will be if and only if you don't take action. Goals are nothing without action. It is good for us to have dreams but we must know when to wake up and turn those dreams into reality. Sometimes what keeps us from our miracle is our inability to make moves. Action orientation is the biggest secret of top scorers. Anytime they learn a new way of doing a thing, they apply it and people around wonder how it happened. It happened because someone did something differently. Words without action are the major assassins of dreams. Getting these ideas should be like sitting on a pin, it should make you jump up and do something. The success of this book is not when the reader says "what a great secret but it will be successful when he or she applies the secret". The holy bible enjoins us to take action for the achievement of our dreams when it said faith without work is dead. Do you wonder why many students avoid discovering the secrets of academic success because deep down, they suspect the secret may be hard work. Nothing kills a dream like procrastination. It is the grave in which premature dreams are buried. The reason many of your dreams did not come true can be traced back to the day you procrastinated. Procrastination exhibits catenation just as carbon atoms in organic chemistry. The one of today connects that of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow until your passion and desire for your dreams of high score is quenched. Don't let it happen this time. Take an unwavering decision to apply all the principles mentioned in this book and your scores will move from laughable to an amazing turn around. If you have read this book to this point, it is time you acted on whatever principle you have read from this book.
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Remember, great books don't make great men, great decisions do. Do not wait for a perfect time because perfect times never come. Procrastination and excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure, and 99% of failures are those who have the habit of pushing till tomorrow what they can do now. Come on, take action God will take over. Just do your best and God will do the rest. Make time to pray and time to study. You cannot substitute hard work with prayer, yes I believe in miracles but God will help you to remember only what you have read. Thus, if you have read nothing, then there is nothing to remember. Great scores are the results of great secrets followed by great action. Nothing moves until you move. High scores dance with those who are already on the dance floor. This might be the opportunity you have been looking for. Make sure you act on these principles. Remember the children of Israel, manner fell down from heaven but it did not fell into their mouth. Furthermore, God gives every bird a worm but He does not throw it into their nest. As you work on these principles, your desired result is guaranteed. Here is a word for you: “Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today. God will see you through”.
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CHAPTER NINE
"Focus is a process of converging your scattered attention to a single task and purpose". Anyone who must join this league of top scorers must learn to be focused. Focus is one of the biggest secret of any success. Any student who focuses on a subject, gains enormous mastery on that subject. It is the nature of humans to do many things at a time, but students who have always made it to the top in any examination have this particular trait in common: they do one thing at a time. You need to pick one thing and become a giant in it. Determine what you want and work like mad to achieve it. In life as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goal posts are. Dare to focus on your dreams and give less attention to others. If you must be a part of this club of top scorers, you must channel your energy to your preparation for this examination. Let go off social network chats, football gist, home movie analysis, video games. I assure you that the genius in you will emerge and propel you to victory. Give a laser - focus to your studies, don't let anything divert your attention. If you can apply the following, you will gain focus: * Avoid excess Social Network chat: 2go, facebook BBM etc * watching of home movies: Many students know the most current films in the market with the names of the actors and actresses. But little definition breaks their head. The case is worse with the introduction of season films that can consume about 48 hours of your time. * Many students spend over 4 hours playing video games: soccer games on play stations, phones etc., this steals your hours of preparation and leave your scores at danger zone. * Many students who have examination in a few weeks or months will deny themselves of meal in the name of watching football leagues. Sometimes, they report home at very late hours of the night leaving their books to suffer the loss. Many boys don't watch this football and end it there, they go arguing on the football game. 23 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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* Romantic affairs: Only a few persons will talk about this but most students are victims. Many students are into complicated relationships that have pushed their mind off what should be their priority. If you are such, for the sake of your scores, stay clear off all romantic relationships and develop a passion for your studies. It is high time you divorced anything that is not related to your choice of course. One of the missing ingredients to the achievement of your dreams is focus, no life ever grows great unless it is focused, dedicated and disciplined. Focus is all you need. It is high time you stopped walking about the streets visiting people that won't add value to your life. If there is anything that has kept you from obtaining the grades and scores you dream of, it is lack of focus. Remember, if you chase two rabbits at a time, both will escape. Your success is guaranteed if you can focus on your dreams and goals today.
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CHAPTER TEN
"Those who bring sunshine to the life of others cannot keep it from themselves" If you can teach others what you've learnt, you place yourself in the shoes of the examiner. Teaching someone what you know is a way of learning such that you cannot forget. Top scorers have known this secret and they use it even in your class. They tend to answer all the questions the teacher may raise in the course of teaching. Because of this, they have to read and study ahead of the class in order to maintain the top position. The secret to good understanding of any topic you flip open to read is in asking yourself a question like this: How will I explain this topic to Habibatu or John if either of them asked me to teach them. Such question will make you read between lines and your brain will fetch many examples from real life activities so that you can be able to explain that topic to the understanding of a third party. By the time you are filled with different ways of explaining this, you can easily download the knowledge to someone without you losing it. To teach is to learn twice. Possessing the sense of teaching others will: * Motivate you to study and research: since you must prove your point and make Habibatu or John understand this topic, you can only get your facts and back - ups by reading. * Make you stay awake at night so as to be ahead of others. Before I sat for JAMB, I started teaching in tutorial centers on the same subjects I would be sitting for. This was possible because I studied with the aim of teaching and it really gave my scores wings and me come out in flying colours. * Makes you a machinery of your own: since you already teach these subjects, is there any need to have somebody write for you? Of course No! The knowledge you have acquired in the teaching process will help you tackle almost any question. Read with the intention of teaching a friend, it will give you a great result. He who teaches others is indirectly teaching himself. Find someone 25 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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who needs your help, and as you deliver them from their fears, your fears will not be left behind. Remember, you can get whatever you want if can help others get what they want. A Japanese proverb says, "A piece of fragrance clings to the hand that brings roses". This is the reason I have put this book down so you can share with others this secret that has lifted most students above their equals. Start this practice by sending this book to all your friends on Facebook, Whatsapp, etc Read as though you will be teaching someone.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
If there is anyone who should be the best student for this year, you are not an exception. You have what it takes. Top scorers are those who have decided to break the records beyond repair. Many people around you might have written this examination over and over again without success, your case will be different if you can dream of excellence and work towards it. I don't believe anything is impossible. Impossible is not a fact, it is just an opinion. To a willing heart, there is no impossibility. Top scorers have a vision to beat the records of yesterday. They are not comfortable with their equals being ahead of them. They go into their study room and obtain speed to overtake. Many people who would have made it in life were busy listening to those who said it cannot be done. But I am sure that success is determined by those who prove the impossible possible. Set targets that will dazzle your colleagues when you achieve it. Don't mind what people will say. When I was in secondary school, precisely JSS3, I was about sitting for JSCE (Junior School Certificate Examination). I told my friends that I would like to make A's in all my subjects. Everybody that heard it said it is not possible, some others said I was too greedy about scores. I didn't listen to them, after all that was my own dream and goal, so if you are not comfortable with it, you can dream yours. Dreaming is free after all. They weren't surprised to see my name as one of the best three students that made 13 A's in 13 subjects that we sat for that year. The records are still there. If your dream is an ordinary Pass or Credit, you run the risk of making F9 in that subject. Let your target be to beat the records. Those who make the best results in any of these examinations are the students who see the examination as a National competition. Imagine were you have been chosen to represent your state in this examination. God knows you will study day and night to be up and doing. Different text books will pile up on your reading table. Without advice, you will divorce home 27 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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movies, video games, social network chats etc. The reason for this focus and preparation is because you will be competing with best brains from different parts of the country. With this awareness in you, you will do everything in your power to emerge among the best. But many students are ignorant of the truth that JAMB and WAEC are national and international competitions respectively. The reason many students fail JAMB or WAEC is because they don't realize that they are competing with millions for a space in the University. If you have this consciousness, nobody will remind you of reading your books. While I was studying with a friend of mine, Frank, I asked him for the cyber cafe that he would like to check his result when the results will be released. To my surprise, Frank told me that his result will be a headline on NTA news. I was challenged to my bone marrow. Frankly, Frank was a catalyst. Dear reader, if your result should be a news headline, what is the implication! Let this also challenge and motivate you to fight for a place in the academic records of your school, state, country and the world at large. My dear, someone's name needs to be on the books of records for outstanding performance, yours can be placed there. If you can apply this principle of reading to break the records, your score will amaze you and everyone that hears about it. I hope to tune my television and hear that you are the best student for this year's examination. SEE YOU AT THE TOP.
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CHAPTER TWELVE
The common trait that runs in the vein of top scorers is the ability to turn their obstacles into stepping stones. The laws of success do not respect persons or status. Whoever fulfills the criteria for success gets it. Success in this examination is not a function of your skin colour, physique, family background; rather it is a function of your choice and determination to succeed. A determined person can alter the course of history, his or her family background not being a barrier. Statistics show that 95% of students who emerge best in school examinations have a challenging background. You might have been born into a poor family and it's as if there is no hope for your academic dreams. Don't cling to the regret of the past, rather, get challenged by the situation of things and make a firm resolve to rise to greatness against all odds. The reason you must let go the regret of your background is clearly explained by the word "BACKground". It is behind, there is a foreground to contend for. If you cling so much to the regret of your background, you may lose the foreground. Your past is like a river flowing out of sight but the future is an ocean filled with opportunities and delight. Many folks are fond of blaming their family background for their inability to make it in life, such assumptions are wrong. Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. Where you are coming from is not the big issue, what matters is your destination. Maybe, in your family tree, no one ever came out as a university graduate; thus, let it challenge you to break that jinx running in the background. I am convinced that you wouldn't want to end up like everyone. Dare to pay the price of greatness by turning your adversity to opportunity. When I look back at my past, I know I would not have amounted to anything if not for adversity; I was forced to come up the hard way. History is littered with stories of men and women who have risen from obscurity to greatness as a result of sheer determination to succeed. Many students don't attempt writing university entrance examination while some write with a very low interest to doing well, because they are afraid of passing the examination and their parents or guardian will tell them 29 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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that there is no money to fund their university education. My dear, don't be afraid, believe in God's power for provision. Once you pass the examination, money will gravitate to you because money responds to project. Ifeoma had the same experience. She graduated from secondary school with a result that can be nicknamed "perfect", but she didn't write JAMB UTME because there was no one to sponsor her in school. She wanted to have money in buck before going to school; each day turned her hope of getting more money to a mirage. Before she knew it, she had spent three years at home without anything to show for it. Ifeoma decided to apply for the examination after she met Onyinye, one of her class mates who was now in 300 level. Her motivation was that Onyinye's financial condition was worse than hers when they left secondary school. Onyinye told her how she wrote the examination and passed with a very high score, as a result, she applied for a scholarship given by her state of origin. As God would have it, she got it and it has kept her going. Ifeoma was encouraged by the testimony of her friend, and applied for JAMB UTME. She made a very high score on release of the results and was offered admission without hassle. Before the semester began, she met her vice principal in secondary school who was keen to know the state of her academic affairs. Ifeoma narrated her story without a pinch missing. To her surprise, the woman promised to pay her acceptance fee and accommodation fee which she did. At the beginning of the semester, Ifeoma applied for several scholarships in the school system. God being so kind made her successful with two big companies taking care of everything she needed to finish her university education. Dear, had Ifeoma stayed at home waiting for money to present itself, she would have ended up a petty trader. Dearly, register for this examination and if you have done so, determine within to pass with a high score. Make a move, remember the Israelites, manner fell down from heaven but it did not fell into their mouth. Make a move and money will present itself. This is the secret of people who have risen from the point of "NOWHERE" to enviable heights of greatness. If you wait for all things to be equal, you may end up a failure, because all things cannot be equal. The words of Bernard Shaw are wrapped up with the secrets that have taken many from obscurity to greatness. He said: "People always blame their background and circumstances for what they are, I don't believe in circumstances, the people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the opportunity they want, and if they can't find them, they make them". 30 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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What are you still waiting for? I made mention of scholarship, you have over 20 scholarships for 100 level and 200 level Nigerian Undergraduates. And your decision to score high in the JAMB and WAEC of this year can give you an edge over others when you get admission, as screening of applicants in scholarships are mainly based on their performance in JAMB and WAEC. Get to Nigerian University Scholarship Website for more www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"A machinery will help you obtain the certificate but deny you of the most important thing in education, knowledge". Many students who fail below average are those who have programmed their minds on someone coming to help them write their examination. A large number of students who fail WAEC and JAMB Examinations every year are those whose hopes are cast on already made answers. You will not doubt that the furnace of zeal to read and prepare for an examination will be quenched when you are conscious that someone is going to help you write the examination. Anyone who promises to help you in this examination will be causing more harm than good to your academic life. Top scorers have learnt never to leave their academic destiny in the hands of another man while they possess what it takes to reach there themselves. SUCCESS AND HARD WORK Success in any examination is a product hardwork in the right direction. Many students involve themselves in examination malpractice because they want success without sweat. I came to observe that success without hardwork is a mirage. One day, While I was solving a mathematical problem, precisely simultaneous equation, I tried to relate success and hardwork as the two variables of the equation. I observed and came to a conclusion with this statement "If success and hardwork are two variables of a simultaneous equation, the equation can only be solved by graphical method". This is because, you cannot eliminate hardwork to get success and substitution will not give a better result. Proverbs 22:29 says "Do you see a man diligent in his work (studies), he will stand before kings and not ordinary men". The caution remains "stay clear off malpractice". Its consequences makes you a counterfeit of what you are meant to be the Original. 32 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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Examination malpractice will affect you on three different occasions: 1. BEFORE THE EXAMINATION: You lose focus, concentration and seriousness in your studies since you are hoping for an alternative method of making high grades. If your mind is geared to malpractice, your passion for reading will be lost because you already believe that you will see the papers before the examination date or machinery will do the work for you. It leaves you empty of the burning desire to meet up the standard set by the examination body. * Your mind is never at rest as you are generating plans on how to escape what will definitely befall you. * You lose your self-confidence. * Your integrity is tampered. Imagine the volume of disgrace it will bring for a person of your reputation to be announced cheating in this examination. 2. DURING THE EXAMINATION: Before entering the examination hall, the routine is a thorough search conducted by the invigilators. You already know the rules on cell phones, so it is better left at home. If you decide to take it along, remember, "All your consequences are the product of your choices". * You will be in a state of unrest and everything you've studied will be far away from you as the heavens are far from the earth. If eventually you are caught with your cell phone or anything that may implicate you, there your failure starts. Everything you've hoped for would have been dashed to pieces. Even little definitions you knew before then will fly away like birds. * If you are caught in the examination hall conversing, you stand the risk of losing 10 to 15 precious minutes standing while others are writing. * It leaves you nervous. The day I wrote JAMB UTME, a student sitting right in front of me didn't shade anything for about 1hour 30minutes into the examination. Probably, he was waiting for someone to text the answers to him before he would write. But to his greatest dismay he never got an alert until the supervisor announced One hour left. He became so nervous and was soaked with uninvited sweat all over, yet he was not shading anything. He managed to shade as much as he could because he had no time to read the questions. He left the examination hall devastated, sorrowful, mournful and disheartened. It was on his way home that he got the long awaited and currently useless alert. Tell me what his result will look like! 33 Visit www.nigerianuniversityscholarships.com Join others Scholars here www.forumng.com
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My dear, your JAMB and WAEC scores are in your hands, you decide what to get. Never leave your destiny in the hands of a machinery who will either send you wrong answers or disappoint you as they did to that fellow. 2. AFTER EXAMINATION: The post effects of examination malpractice seem to be the worst. It results to rolling out of half-baked engineers, quake doctors and nurses, unaccountable accountants etc * Many students have made their way to jail from the examination hall. You are aware of the consequences that will follow anyone caught in examination malpractice. * The machinery who writes for you, gets the knowledge while you get the certificate. The essence of education is knowledge not certificate. * The subsequent examination may need you to prove that you obtained the certificate you possess yourself. * The machinery who you may think helped you in JAMB or WAEC will not be there for you in the Post UTME or aptitude test. This is the reason many students obtain high grades in one examination and fail woefully in another. Your admission into the university will be at stake. This is the reason top scorers would rather prepare for and write the examination themselves than wait for somebody or factors outside their control to determine their success. If your hope have been on malpractice, you can change now. Study very well and do your best in the examination and God will do the rest for you. I would rather make a 'C' on my own than 'A' with malpractice. I hope to hearing your name announced as a top scorer.
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN . "Every examination test for three things in general: knowledge, speed and accuracy". Scoring high in JAMB UTME is not only dependent on the amount you know but the number of questions you are able to shade correctly in 3 hours 30 minutes. JAMB UTME is one of the national examinations that good time management determines who will pass and who will fail. Many students complain after writing the examination that they were still on Use of English when the supervisor announced 1 hour left. With this secret, you will not be on the complaint counter. Here is a system to write JAMB OR WAEC and have 30 minutes spilling over: * Have a relaxed mind after you have cleared at the entrance gate. It means you are qualified for the examination. * While the invigilators are getting the materials for the examination, don't discuss with those around, rather a simple prayer can give you more confidence and a relaxed mind. Let your mind roam around the things you've read. * Once you get the question paper, read the instruction on the first page carefully. * Shade your data into the answer sheet as neatly as possible. * Before going into the questions, take about six deep breaths to allow a good inflow of oxygen and as well energize your brain for the task at hand. * Since you have studied the past questions, you should have allotted time to different subjects with the order they will be answered. Give the least time to the subject you know best and larger portion of the time to the ones that may be more difficult.
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Here is the order I used when I sat JAMB UTME Chemistry 35 minutes Mathematics 40 minutes Physics 45 minutes Use of English 60 minutes --------------------------180 minutes ---------------------------This left 30 minutes as a spill over for me and I did every correction I needed, cross checked and was confident. * Start with the questions you know both in WAEC and JAMB so as to build self-confidence. This will let your confidence rise such that the fear of failure will disappear forever. Nervousness results to careless mistake in examinations, but with your self-confidence raised to the peak, nervousness will fall into the bottomless pit. * Be sure to shade into the right portion of the answer script bearing the subject you are tackling at the moment. A very brilliant friend of mine failed JAMB UTME the first time he sat the examination because he shaded different subjects in entirely different columns from where they were meant to be. When he realized his mistake, time was already against him. * This point is very important: have a total understanding of each of the questions you read before you go on to answer. * The most important for JAMB CANDIDATES: if you have practiced JAMB past questions, you will agree with me that answers from first impression are not always the correct answers. This is because the examiner puts himself in your shoes, such that whatever that will come to your mind first as an answer will be in the options, notwithstanding, the real answer will also be there. JAMB top scorers don't shade answers based on first impression. Rather, they read and get a good understanding of the question and as well solve out the correct answers. This is the biggest secret of JAMB examination. Remember, top scoring is not shading what you think should be the answer but shading the correct answers. * Any question that tends to be tough, mark it with a big asterisk and circle it. It will make it easier to be spotted when you return to them.
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NOTE: scoring high in this examination is not only dependent on the amount you know but the number of questions you are able to shade correctly in 3 hours 30 minutes. On the average, JAMB expects that you answer each question within 45 seconds. So any question exceeding that is trying to steal your scores instead of adding to it. Mark such questions with asterisk. * When you must have finished the ones you know, don't forget to return to the ones marked with asterisk. By this time, you will get a clearer understanding of the question as you read it a third time. * Since there is no deduction of marks for wrong answers, attempt all questions. A shot in the dark is always better than nothing. * Your presentation matters a lot. No matter how intelligent you are, you stand the risk of making low grades if you cannot present your work in a legible manner. If you are writing WASSCE, try to make your work legible and as neat as possible. * Submit your papers according to the supervisor's instructions. * Pack your materials and go home for a good rest. If you are writing WASSCE or its equivalence, and you have a paper the following day, don't discuss the ones you've written because there is nothing you can change in them again. Rather prepare for the papers ahead. This system is what you need to top the list of JAMB AND WAEC. JAMB AND WAEC RECORDS ARE AT STAKE BECAUSE ANYONE WHO APPLIES THE PRINCIPLE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK IS BOUND TO BREAK THEM BEYOND REPAIR.
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN "They that know their God shall be strong and do exploit" You cannot afford to carry out your daily dealings without God. You will get into trouble when you try to handle your life without him. But if you can make God your everything, he will do all things for you. The Bible affirms "All things worketh together for the good of them that love God, who had been called according to His purpose". God is the author of wisdom, knowledge and understanding, such that calling Him into your plans brings the three along. Often people want God's blessing but they don't want Him, it doesn't work that way. My dear, make time to commune with God in the course of your preparation for this examination. Time spent in communion with God is never lost. Everything will follow if you place God first. Consider the words of Corrie Ten Boom, he said, "The devil smiles when we plan, he laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray". Dare to let God into your life and plans. Here is a truth that cannot be hidden, "Failure will always accompany a man who has removed God from his plans. The wisest king revealed the secret of his success when he said in Proverbs 3:5 - 6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths". Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Seek Him even in your secret place and every public thing you do will be stamped with His presence. If you fear God, there is no need to fear anything else. When God is on your side, victory is assured. If you have studied with the last drop of your blood, yet you failed, may be you are missing the God factor for success. The thing I love about God is that He honours those who honour Him. Just think of when God honours you in this examination. Contact Him on your knees; he is all you need to reach the top.
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The following bible verses give you a reason to employ God in your preparation: Psalms 127:1 If the Lord does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the Lord does not protect the city, it is useless for the sentries to stand guard". (Good News Bible) Psalms 32:8 "I the Lord will instruct and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eyes upon you" (AMP Bible) Proverbs 19:21 "Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand". (AMP Bible) Psalms 119:99 "I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your instructions are my meditation". Daniel 1: 17 - 20 "As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all [kinds of] visions and dreams. Now at the end of the time which the king had set for bringing [all the young men in], the chief of the eunuchs brought them before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king conversed with them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they were assigned to stand before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king asked them, he found them ten times better than all the [learned] magicians and enchanters who were in his whole realm. THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE TO A FRIEND IS THAT WHICH WILL ADD VALUE TO HIS OR HER LIFE... Think of friends who really need this book and forward to them via email, Facebook, Bluetooth, Twitter, BBM, Flash Share etc It can be the beginning of their testimony
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR This Book was written by Ajah Excel Anayo Ajah Excel Anayo is a teacher and an inspirer. He welcomes invitation to Speak and ignite the zeal for academic excellence in students in Secondary schools and tertiary institutions. Mr. Ajah believes that: Every school has the best of students, just that “a key” has not been turned on.
He is a resource person you can’t afford to miss his sessions in seminars and workshops Ajah Excel Anayo is a motivational author, among his works are: 1. No Boundaries 2. Impossible is Not A Fact 3. 13 Habits of University First Class Students He is the host of the annual JAMBites Forum tagged “7 Things You Must Do in 7 Days to JAMB” Ajah Excel Anayo’s online Presence:
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