Idris continued to write the Unified Tertiary Admission Assessment(UTME) again, primarily for experience, and scored 247, far listed below the competitive cut-off needed for Law.
Nevertheless, he pushed forward and registered for the University of Ibadan Post-UTME. With minimal preparation, he scored 65/100, with an aggregate of 63.375, just listed below the 67.25 cut-off mark, which was another rejection.At that moment
, Idris decided: to start again, this time with complete dedication. In 2024, he prepared to retake whatever properly.But just as he was preparing yourself, he received an unforeseen call from the university; he had actually been used admission, and the portal was closing the next day.
Regrettably, there was a significant obstacle: he had not submitted his GCE outcome on JAMB because he understood it did not meet the Law requirement. While the school portal showed the admission, JAMB did not. As soon as again, the opportunity slipped away.
Inspect how you can upload your O-level results on the JAMB portal HERE. Instead of giving up, he refocused. This time, he approached everything differently.Idris rewrote all his entrance assessments, scored 289 in UTME, enhanced his O-level outcomes with WAEC and NECO, and relocated to Ibadan a month before the Post-UTME for intensive tutorials, something he had never ever done before. He left his home town with the
clear frame of mind that he was not going home without admission. Then came another significant challenge.Just three weeks before the examination, Idris was robbed, losing his phone, laptop, work tools, and income source. It was a terrible minute, but he decided to focus on the exam above everything else. He chose to keep going.On test day, he felt great. However when the outcome was released, he scored 62/100– putting him simply 0.1 listed below the cut-off mark. Because same period, he had lost both his admission and his livelihood.That minute devastated him, pushed him into a dark place, however not for long.
He was later on used admission to study Government, however he turned it down. For him, it was never practically entering university; it had to do with fulfilling a purpose. He had actually made a pledge to himself, and he was not ready to settle. So, he tried again.This time, he scored 299 in UTME. He returned to Ibadan earlier than in the past, fully focused, and gave whatever to his preparation. When he wrote the Post-UTME, his efforts lastly settled– he scored 75/100, with an aggregate of 74.875, well above the preliminary cut-off of 67.25. Even when the cut-off was later on increased to 70.875, he stayed safely ahead. That was the moment all of his efforts paid off, and he was provided admission for a Bachelor of Laws Degree(LLB )at the University of Ibadan.Reflecting on what kept him going, Idris shared that being the first person in his family to pursue an expert course provided him a deep sense of responsibility. That function became his driving force, even in his least expensive minutes.