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Rank: Member Joined: 4/6/2009 Posts: 78
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@Bree Which Proffession does she want to join?What are her interests? A degree is just one of the paths to your dream career
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2006 Posts: 143
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Bree wrote:254.co.ke wrote:From my own experience! My unsolicited advice would let the girl take what is of interest to her. There are those of us who resisted the temptation of being told which course is better than the other and i have never regretted even once.My take is; if that her choice, the opportunities are immense in both government and private sector-However she need to take a professional course after the undergraduate to remain relevant and gain a competitive edge. I might be castigated on this forum for saying the 'bolded course' ain't even anything much but a degree.You need professional papers to be an Actuary. I could be wrong  Are you in the same field? What are these professional papers? @Bree...Uuuumh not really, infact in a whole different field (think we share the same career path if iI rem you well from those wazua mbuzis'). Anyway my point was, She must have done her background check before she came to appreciate the course on her own. I cant over emphasize on the importance of these qualification, may be just may be one need to look at the requirements of any serious job offered by such organization as UNDP
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/25/2007 Posts: 1,574
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blackcobra wrote:Also, we tend to concentrate on UON, KU & JKUAT, therefore pushing the cluster points of particular courses very high. We also need to consider other Universities who offer similar or same courses, but cluster points may be lower. Other Universities include: Maseno, JOOST, Masinde Muliro etc Those Unis are not worth the paper they are written on.  Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you will most certainly wind up adding to them.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Bree wrote:AlphDoti wrote:While at it, how you great Wazuans think about this selection with mean grade of A- (AVG 80)?
1. First selection
a). UON - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (47.1)
b). JKUAT - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (46.8)
c). KU - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (46.5)
2. Second selection: MOI - BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (Electrical and Telecomm. Eng.) (46.5)
3. Third selection: JKUAT - Bachelor of Business Information Technology (BBIT) (45.6)
4. Fourth selection: KU - Bachelor of Science (Energy Engineering) (43.7)
Math (A)
Bio (A)
Chem (A)
His & Gov (A)
Geog (A)
Eng (A-)
Physics (B+)
Kisw (B) She has 45.9 points if you use trhe JAB calculations, thereby may miss on Comp Scie. See it here... JAB Procedure  who's going to pay for parallel now!!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/23/2009 Posts: 2,375
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jguru wrote:blackcobra wrote:Also, we tend to concentrate on UON, KU & JKUAT, therefore pushing the cluster points of particular courses very high. We also need to consider other Universities who offer similar or same courses, but cluster points may be lower. Other Universities include: Maseno, JOOST, Masinde Muliro etc Those Unis are not worth the paper they are written on. What the hell is JOOST? It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...
-Mark Twain
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/22/2010 Posts: 11,522 Location: Nairobi
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Certified Treasury Professional,Certified Treasury Manager,Enterprise Risk Manager,Financial Risk Manager,Certified wealth manager,an Msc in Developmental Finance,Msc in Risk Management,Msc in Finance and Economics...the list is endless...leo jioni ask her whats her end game then you can set up a game plan to achieve this... possunt quia posse videntur
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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MaichBlack wrote:@AlphDoti - The last time I checked KU was in problems with the Engineering Board for starting Engineering courses without a single qualified lecturer in the areas of specialization, no labs etc. Did they ever sort that out? And how serious is their Computer Science program? KU have a habit of combining classes across departments - even practical oriented units - totally compromising quality!! You might end up with a class of 350 students being taught JAVA with a microphone!!! Do some investigation on these before choosing KU. Thank you for the enlightenment
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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bkismat wrote:jguru wrote:blackcobra wrote:Also, we tend to concentrate on UON, KU & JKUAT, therefore pushing the cluster points of particular courses very high. We also need to consider other Universities who offer similar or same courses, but cluster points may be lower. Other Universities include: Maseno, JOOST, Masinde Muliro etc Those Unis are not worth the paper they are written on. What the hell is JOOST? @blackcobra, sometimes, esp in academic cases a rose is not rose by any other name
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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jguru wrote:AlphDoti wrote:While at it, how you great Wazuans think about this selection with mean grade of A- (AVG 80)?
1. First selection
a). UON - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (47.1)
b). JKUAT - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (46.8)
c). KU - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (46.5)
2. Second selection: MOI - BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (Electrical and Telecomm. Eng.) (46.5)
3. Third selection: JKUAT - Bachelor of Business Information Technology (BBIT) (45.6)
4. Fourth selection: KU - Bachelor of Science (Energy Engineering) (43.7)
Math (A)
Bio (A)
Chem (A)
His & Gov (A)
Geog (A)
Eng (A-)
Physics (B+)
Kisw (B) VERY ambitious. I remember we were adviced, VERY many years ago in high school, that for option 3 and 4 to choose courses that do not need a very high weighted average. Just in case. JAB is quite annoying! He/She can miss out on ALL those choices! Say, there are 1000 students who applied for Medicine at 48 points, and Medicine only has 200 slots. 200 get MED and the rest get 2nd choices. So if their 2nd choices are Comp Science and there are 200 slots, then the guys who chose Comp Science as first choice will be bumped off to accommodate these candidates who got higher grades. And so no... Tha analogy makes a lot of sense. In your opinion, are the above course good in the current market? I'm especially curious about this BBIT 
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/21/2007 Posts: 152 Location: Nairobi
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AlphDoti wrote:jguru wrote:AlphDoti wrote:While at it, how you great Wazuans think about this selection with mean grade of A- (AVG 80)?
1. First selection
a). UON - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (47.1)
b). JKUAT - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (46.8)
c). KU - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Computer Science) (46.5)
2. Second selection: MOI - BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (Electrical and Telecomm. Eng.) (46.5)
3. Third selection: JKUAT - Bachelor of Business Information Technology (BBIT) (45.6)
4. Fourth selection: KU - Bachelor of Science (Energy Engineering) (43.7)
Math (A)
Bio (A)
Chem (A)
His & Gov (A)
Geog (A)
Eng (A-)
Physics (B+)
Kisw (B) VERY ambitious. I remember we were adviced, VERY many years ago in high school, that for option 3 and 4 to choose courses that do not need a very high weighted average. Just in case. JAB is quite annoying! He/She can miss out on ALL those choices! Say, there are 1000 students who applied for Medicine at 48 points, and Medicine only has 200 slots. 200 get MED and the rest get 2nd choices. So if their 2nd choices are Comp Science and there are 200 slots, then the guys who chose Comp Science as first choice will be bumped off to accommodate these candidates who got higher grades. And so no... Tha analogy makes a lot of sense. In your opinion, are the above course good in the current market? I'm especially curious about this BBIT To some extent the first degree does 'open' ones mind to think on a wholistic approach Let her take the degree of choice in any of the 22 universities. I have a pal who is a marketer and doing well financially but did BA (baba alinituma) English & literature for 1st degree before pursing some business MGT under KIM. On other related matter, I have noted in atleast 3 universities,most of students taking BCOM avoid accounting specialization in 3rd year. Finance option has become very common. I 'd however advise it is better to appreciate to prepare FS [as per accounting option] before they embark on analysing FS to assist in decision making on Financing, Dividend,Investment and Working capital management [Finance option]
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