Does a high JAMB score alone guarantee admission?

No. A high UTME score is an advantage, not a guarantee.

Common reasons strong candidates still miss admission:

• Wrong subject combination for the course.
• O'level deficiencies — a missing credit in English, Mathematics or a required science subject.
• No post-UTME/screening, or missing the screening deadline.
• Course chosen as second choice at a school that only considers first choice for that programme.
• Aggregate ranking — a 280 can still lose to candidates with stronger screening scores and grades.
• Incorrect profile details that fail verification.

Treat admission as a checklist: score, subjects, O'level, screening, documents, deadlines. One missing item can sink the whole application, no matter how good the score is.