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1,901 pass UL Entrance exam

The University of Liberia releases results of its May 2018 Entrance and Placement Exam administered to 10,837 candidates with a total of 1,901 candidates making a successful pass in both Mathematics and English after meeting the university’s passing threshold.


A release issued here Thursday, 12 July says based on the results, the UL Faculty Senate on Monday, July 9, approved three categories: Regular Pass, Provisional Pass and Unsuccessful categories to determine admission and non-admission to the University of Liberia.

To be in the Regular Pass category, candidates must have scored at least 50 percent in Mathematics and at least 70 percent in English, respectively or scored at least 50 percent in Mathematics and at least 50 percent in English.

The release says a total of 1,021 candidates met this threshold and are now qualified for admissions to the University of Liberia. Regular Pass candidates may register for up to 18 credit-hours during their first semester in a college at the University.

To qualify for the Provisional Pass category, candidates must have obtained an average score of at least 50 percent when their Mathematics and English scores are combined. A total of 756 candidates met this threshold and are also qualified for provisional admissions at the University of Liberia.

Those passing provisionally, are restricted to register for no more than 12 credit-hours during their first semester in a college at the University of Liberia, and those credit hours must include Freshman Mathematics (101) and Freshman English (101).

Results of the David A. Straz-Sinje Technical and Vocational College in Grand Cape Mount County show that 29 candidates obtained regular pass and 42 candidates obtained provisional pass, respectively. Similarly, results from the College of General Studies show 19 candidates obtained regular pass, and 34 candidates obtained provisional pass.

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Both the regular and provisional scores combined for all undergraduate colleges, including Straz-Sinje and the College of General Studies reach the total of 1,901 successful candidates qualified for admission from the May 2018 UL Entrance and Placement Examination.

This year’s results differ from last year’s in a number of ways. For instance, in 2017, only 466 candidates or 6 percent candidates successfully passed out of a total of 7, 735 registered candidates, compared to this year’s 1,021 candidates or 9 percent out of a total of 10, 837 registered candidates.

The results also show that 1,021 candidates obtained a regular pass in 2018, compared to 2017. Last year, 1,195 candidates out of a total of 7,735 obtained provisional pass, but this number dropped to 756 out of 10,837 in 2018.

A total of 8,649 candidates were unsuccessful on this first entrance exam. Unsuccessful candidates are those who earned an average score of less than 50 percent after their Mathematics and English scores were combined.

Top Performers
Meanwhile, the UL Administration reveals that three students — Pauline Erica Dolo, St. Philip Ecumenical High School; Flomo G. Nyainfelea, Laine Refugee School; and Tina Shinning Karwee, Calvary Temple Schoo l— each scored the highest in Mathematics of 90 percent.

Three other students — Alexander J. Tokpa, Williams V.S. Tubman High School and James Duwuo Kollie, VionJama Multilateral High School respectively scored the highest in English of 88 percent with Abraham H. Sheriff, James Doe Young AGM School, coming third, each with scores of 86 percent.

In both Math and English, two candidates scored the highest average of 80 percent. They are Flomo G. Nyainfelea of Laine Refugee School and Abraham H. Sheriff of James Doe Young AGM School, respectively.

The Chairman of this year’s Testing Committee, Counselor T. Negbalee Warner, Dean of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, commends all members of the Committee for their individual and collective support, saying, “This report reflects the committee’s consensus and can be adequately defended by the University of Liberia.”

Second Exam/Aptitude Test
At the same time the Administration of the University of Liberia will administer a second entrance and placement exam for all undergraduate colleges and aptitude test for graduate programs and professional schools.

Registration for the exam and aptitude test has commenced and will end on Thursday, August 18, 2018 with exam for the undergraduate division to be administered on Saturday, August 18, 2018, the UL release concludes.

 

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