Every student should understand that the undergraduate education is an education level taken to grow a student’s first tertiary degree. Undergraduate degree in most educational systems is referred to as post secondary education up to where you attain a bachelors degree, this kind of educational systems are well appreciated and practiced in the united states of America, where they set an university entry requirements as undergraduate, and students of higher degrees are well recognized as graduates, while in some countries like Britain and other countries in Europe, undergraduate education is referred to as post-secondary education until you acquire the level of masters degree.
Many of students in Africa enroll in the university at the age of 18 after landing on scholarships after their high school years, there have been incidents where students clear high schools when they are at an age of 16 or 17, due to this it has been discovered that many of the students who finish high school below 18 years are “mentally unprepared for the university life.
In Africa, undergraduate courses are mainly done through administration services of colleges and universities. Many of the students who are on their first degree prefer doing the bachelor degree, which completes in duration of 3 years, but for students studying for engineering or science courses wrapping both advanced and undergraduate program for a masters degree, for a student’s who has gained masters through an integrated program is not legible to be admitted to pursue a degree of bachelor.
In some countries like South Africa, the education system usually compose of a three year undergraduate bachelors degree, with one or two majors included, the fourth year is considered as an Honours year, which is generally course-driven but may include a thesis or a project.
While in Nigeria, undergraduate degree is a four year dedicated course, putting aside medicine, , engineering architecture, nursing, law and medical laboratory sciences which takes a duration of five years.
The move of a student from high school or work to college or university can be overwhelming. For high school students it’s actually stress for being home sick, while for working students, they may experience stress due to financial hardness. In everything bad there is always a way out, below are steps to consider before joining an undergraduate program.
- Research
- Follow the rules
- Learning Style
- Focus
- Follow your dream
Research
- In order to pass your examination it will require a student to study and conduct excellent research to boost his/her grades. It is not required for a student to be able to know everything, so that he/she may top the class but researching is a mandatory for every student who admires being at the top of the university class.
- It is very discouraging for a student spent more than three years in high school and during your final examination cheat, it is totally ironical. It will be paying when an examiner catches a student cheating in an exam room, believe me, due to this will lead to disqualification or get an F in your exam.
Learning Style
- It is a major issue for a student to understand his/her way of learning, majority of the students don’t understand their way of learning this makes it hard them to understand whatever they are learning. Unless a student understands his/her way of learning, it will be hard for them to improve in their studies.
Focus
- Have in mind what exactly you want to study.
Follow your dream
- Every student is advised to have a bright future or an excellent career and to acquire this; a student is required to have a dream. Every student must keep in mind that dreams are not supposed to be altered and nobody or nothing is supposed to discourage you to achieve what you have always dreamed of, I can advise to always push to what you dream of.