DropsMic:


I dumped my Certificate immediately after graduation

SavageBoy:
If you aren't going to school to study any of the courses listed below, pls don't bother going at all:

•Medicine
•Nursing
•Pharmacy
•Computer Science
•Radiography
•Some engineering courses

Living in Nigeria is hard... don't make it harder for yourselves by studying Nonsense

Getsaved:
Never regret the course you studied in school. The course you wished you studied some people still regretted studying it. Never you regret what you studied because it did'nt bring in as much money or lively hood as you thought. In my opinion, I would say it is the country in which we find ourselves and it is not your fault you were born in Nigeria, you did not choose the country or parent by which you would be born. So never you regret your course of study because it did not bring you much as you envisage. People study social study, dancing, crying, linguistics, biology, e.t.c in civilised country yet they live very well with thesame course you studied in Nigeria. Nigeria does not support research and Development ( R& ), that is why their few factories and industries are collapsing, that is why their citizens are poor, that is why their graduates never find good place to put their study to good use, that is why many of their graduates regrets the course they study in school, that is why their graduates regrets going to school (hence they say "school is scam", and so on and so forth. If what you study has not bring much as you thought, go for skill courses, or I.T. skill. Never say school is scam because your country and many of your people only support and sing praise of corrupt people. If you did not go to school you would understand better. Academic education mostly develop your capacity to think, research, speak, articulate and well polished so that even if you go to some other field you would moderately do well. But if you went to school and it was not you who really read and pass your exams, or did your assignments, research, projects, then you would say school is scam. That what you studied has not brought in as much as you want does not mean your education was worthless. If you really did study without "expo.", examination malpractice of any kind, then you should know the other things education did for you apart from being gainfully employed.

**** this is my humble opinion****

DaveDGreat:



Dear Sir,

May God bless you for this. Even if Him nor want bless you before, make Him bless you twice and without delay.

It's only a fool that would ignore this advice of yours.

While in the university, I just wanted to graduate due to the hardship I was going through then. Lecturers rarely knew me. Except in final year when I was opportuned to lead two teams on research (project team and engineering design teams) both under very cerebral professors. In fact, my HOD only knew who I was when a company wanted to recruit the best students and he had to call me since I graduated amongst the best.

Recently, I became interested in foreign scholarships and saw the essence of research experience, publications, and leadership experiences. Na so I go back go publish my project. Did research assistant for free (it was very very very stressful) and working on other publications too.

When I wanted to start applying for grad school, my undergrad project supervisor was angry that I didn't inform him that I was having issues getting my transcript. This professor used his influence to help me get it on time from a Federal University ooo. I cried tears of joy. You need to see the strong recommendations I got from two professors, my HOD and 3 other lecturers. They school will request for 2 recommendations and I'll supply 3 Which school nor go respect HOD and professors recommendations?

By God's grace, it's paying off. I applied and get MS positions with funding. The last time, the professor (over there) was telling me she would be glad I join her and that she would do all within her power to help with funding. I just shock. I just collected my transcript this January ooo and applied after deadline while some I just hurriedly applied cos deadline was fast approaching.

If I tell you that I never knew about scholarships till last year, you go shock and LinkedIn made it possible cause I saw my classmate from another dept wey don JAPA. I regretted not knowing this while in school.

Now, I tell the young people in my dept that they should "chingum" a lecturer and beg him to allow them participate in his/her research, they ignore me. I would have kept quiet but I now see my mistakes and I don't want them to repeat it.

NOTE

Please if you're an undergraduate in any University in Nigeria, don't joke with that our oga I quoted just said. Don't joke with your lecturers thinking that you would need them after school, Las Las you would always come back.

Please be humble, be kind and respect them.

Uzomacharles:



Any better for that Chemistry cos I no wan waste my time?

still in 200L and the course come still hard for me

Ebubu:
what do you think?

Abikeade11:
Pure and Applied Mathematics, don't even know where to go from here, they told us you can work anywhere. Now I no see anywhere work.

Isobug:

That even though Tech is too lucrative, Pharmacy is good and enjoyable to practice, though not during training

Trainee223:
Biochem, one of the hard course in our University system but outside the university wall it total rubbish course. Don't waste your time reading that rubbish course, Nigeria have no use for that course. I started coding after realizing that no way forward with that course even after reading hard and graduating with a good result

Abikeade11:
Pure and Applied Mathematics, don't even know where to go from here, they told us you can work anywhere. Now I no see anywhere work.

Viraltrends123:
Studying forestry, shout out to all foresters out there. Purifying the ecosystem. Life is tree and tree is life. Without trees there is no life.

Only NDA and polac guarantees job in Nigeria, it's just like 20 per state they select, out of like 500, the rest won't get anything unless if they will go for their third choice a polytechnic or private university.

You studied an engineering course that's why you think things will be better if you had studied law or accounting, some doctors and lawyers wish they studied engineering, even now that I'm studying forestry, I wish I am studying engineering. LOL. Engineering that we were applied for like twice till we settled for one, that is what someone is regretting.

obedience4:


What do you do now?

hopexter:


Lol it’s never too late to switch. I studied Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience but getting abroad, I became entirely useless that I had yo switch to cyber. Did couple of cyber security courses and now I earn £3k plus a month for just courses that didn’t take a year.

No one should study anything other than cyber related courses Or Healthcare. Nurses are now richer than engineers and lawyers.

NapoleonHill:


Painful. I have someone who studied this course. It's been 10 years now and no job.

Hassanmaye:

You are not serious, which state are you practicing? LAW is all about link, when you know the right link money will flow, my salary is 150k

Abikeade11:
Pure and Applied Mathematics, don't even know where to go from here, they told us you can work anywhere. Now I no see anywhere work.

Hassanmaye:

Even the computer science you guys are hyping it's because you don't know what is going on, they are decieving you that there is money in internet but Many of them struggle to get a single work on upwork, personally I have Many computer science graduate WHO are jobless

Fred55:
I admire mass communication right from my primary school,now after my b.sc in mass communication, life is becoming tougher everyday for me. I'm thinking of professional course I can use to revive my career.

Fiscus105:



Pharmacy and computer are not part of them sir, instead, medical laboratory and make sure you know it intoto, as a medical lab scientist, just attach urself to 3 to 5 private medical doctors in ur area, you can tell them you would be given them returns from ur proceed.......with that, sky is ur limit.

hopexter:


Lol it’s never too late to switch. I studied Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience but getting abroad, I became entirely useless that I had yo switch to cyber. Did couple of cyber security courses and now I earn £3k plus a month for just courses that didn’t take a year.

No one should study anything other than cyber related courses Or Healthcare. Nurses are now richer than engineers and lawyers.

Lordbinsmar:


Insightful comment. A lot of Nigerians don't know the opportunities available in their disciplines.... Even zoology and agricultural sciences graduates dey Japa anyhow

AgentGoat:


See this guy, medical laboratory graduates are at the bottom of the chain in healthcare sector. It's profitable if you own your laboratory. Working in the private sector is shiits compared to pharmacy and radiography graduates. It's a bit better than nursing. But nursing have this international opportunities above it.

Hassanmaye:

Lol which course is that

tensazangetsu20:
Lol trust me you would have been worst as a lawyer. Majority of lawyers don't even earn up to 30k a month. It's the worst course to study presently. I regret mine though. I wish I had studied computer science.

Duke007:
It's been almost two decade since my graduation as an engineer. l have acquired a master's degree and certification. l have worked as an engineer, operations manager & sales manager.

l have not acheived the financial buoyancy l desired. l still struggle to pay my bills. l beleive l would have fared better as a lawyer or an accountant.
What's your opinion on this?

DaveDGreat:


Ensure you graduate with a good result from school and at least among the best 4% of your class, write GRE and TOEFL, and JAPA.

While in school, reach out to your lecturers and beg them to include your name as a co-author in their publications. I made this mistake in my undergrad days but thank God for His mercies.

Chemistry is heavily funded in US and Canada (much emphasis on the heavily).

SavageBoy:
If you aren't going to school to study any of the courses listed below, pls don't bother going at all:

•Medicine
•Nursing
•Pharmacy
•Computer Science
•Radiography
•Some engineering courses

If it's not any of the above, abeg sit down for house, use that money you would have used to pay school fees and get a Laptop... start learning to code,in 8 months time,you'll be glad you did so.

What I came to realize about life is this; our parents know what they've seen when they urge and insist we study "professional" courses in school,but we young folks disregard their point of view as "ancient"... I for example was studying Botany in the university, reasoned what I'll do with this thing in the long run... omorr I saw I was just wasting my time oh,took jamb in my third year,applied for pharmacy in a federal university, got the admission... I'm really glad I made that decision.

Living in Nigeria is hard... don't make it harder for yourselves by studying Nonsense

NOETHNICITY:
How can someone think that studying was a bad option and still wish he had studied computer science.
Anybody can be a guru in computer knowledge, but only few know law

Uzomacharles:


Industrial Chemistry

Duke007:
It's been almost two decade since my graduation as an engineer. l have acquired a master's degree and certification. l have worked as an engineer, operations manager & sales manager.

l have not acheived the financial buoyancy l desired. l still struggle to pay my bills. l beleive l would have fared better as a lawyer or an accountant.
What's your opinion on this?