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What Course Should You Take? Guide On How To Do Course Selection

— written by Francis on Jan. 14, 2025, 5:51 p.m.

So, you are done with high school. CS Julius Ogamba has announced the release of the KCSE results, and now you want to know where your grade will take you—or where you'll take your grade, depending on what you got in KCSE. Well, here's a guide from the prettiest-looking blog site in Kenya, to help you with course selection.

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Things to consider when choosing your course

1. Your Passion and Strengths

If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. And we all want to do something we love. So I'll make this simple. If you hate Mathematics and Physics, you'll have a hard time in Engineering and Computer Science. These courses are extremely hard, and demanding, and require a deep love and understanding of Mathematics and Sciences. If you struggled with Biology or just hated it, medical courses will be difficult for you.

2. Your grades

Almost all of us once dreamed of being doctors. Some choose not to be doctors, and others are forced to by their KCSE grades. What I'm saying is that your overall grade matters. Don't expect to get admission into Medicine and Surgery or Dental surgery with anything less than an A- overall or less than a B+ in biology.

What of Engineering or Computer science? Engineering is undoubtedly easier to get into, with most universities taking grades of C+ overall. But there's a catch, Maths and sciences. All public universities value these subjects over the cut-off overall grade, most having a cut-off of at least a B- in Maths, Physics, and Chemistry.

For computer science, it highly depends on the school. For schools like JKUAT, the minimum entry grade is an A- overall with an A- minimum in Mathematics and Physics. Others are lenient allowing grades of C+ overall, but the quality of the education there may be questionable.

3. Marketability

Remember, you eventually want to get a job or maybe start your own company for those of us who are ambitious. So it's important to do something that will enable you to get a job or fill a certain niche in society. But this is Kenya, where degrees are used only as a unit of temperature😂😂. Hakuna kazi in short, so hapo mjipange😂.

I digress, some courses require experience in addition to grades, so make sure to do your best during attachment. Some require practical skills in addition to grades, like computing and IT courses, so make sure you challenge yourself with projects. Learn beyond the classroom in short. Also, it won't hurt if you look for an internship during the long holiday. Some extra experience is better than nothing.

If you found this blog helpful, share it with someone who might also benefit. If you didn't like the blog, share it with your ex and all your enemies. Until next time, stay sharp.