She can change as you have been advised but word of caution is that it is a nightmare. A large number give up while in the process. Be aware that while hustling up and down in different offices to change you are missing classes for which you are still expected to sit for cats and exams for the course you were chosen for. However you still have to camp in those offices for any form usaidizi. As yesuwangu has said register 1st and let your child know not to sit back and expect it to happen. It is proper hustling
All the best

if she wants to undertake a different course at a diff uni then she has to apply for a transfer BEFORE the opening date of KU..ama as soon as she gets the calling letter from KU...if she waits mpaka KU opens then she will only be allowed to change courses within KU....bt the process is hectic!

Honestly? This is not YOUR problem!

She's over 18 years of age, isn't she?

Let her worry about it. You have done your part - supported her up to form 4.

If she doesn't ask for help, don't offer it. Assume that she is bright enough to make her own decisions... and seeing the grades she scored, I am quite certain she is very bright.

I would suggest that she visits JAB and changes her courses before reporting at KU

Before she starts the process of changing, the following should be clear:

1. How many points are required for the course she wants to apply for and which is the required combination.

you might have an A but not qualify for a certain course; this can be due to the required combination subjects for the course e.g.you failed in lets say Physics/mathematics or languages which affects the required aggregate point required for the course. or you might want to apply for Geology and u did n't take Geography which might be mandatory etc.

2. which university offers the course she wants to apply for.

Example:You might discover lets say UoN and Maseno/Moi offers the course but the points of entry for UoN higher or very competitive so she might opt to apply in Maseno/Moi which might not be very competitive. I know my classmates who scored lower points in KCSE were admittted to do BA in MOI but they changed the courses to Law which i could not do at UoN

3. She will then indicate the first choice as the course which she has attained the required points for a particular university.

If lets say UoN has very many applications they will pick the top guys so one might have qualified but not be admmitted. thats when the second choice is considered.

just visit the offices for advise when there is less traffic as the revising period is usually crazy(lots of guys)

I am an alumni of the UON and know that there are 2 ways to do it and option 1 which has the least risk is visiting JAB before registering at KU. She should only attempt that once she has exhausted the first option

Mukiha...I concur with you let her follow this up on her own...ama they are those small ladies, when they enter ur office u think it is a class 6 girl??

My son scored an A- and has been selected to persue BSc. Informatics, Moi University. He does want to persue the course, which after checking is offered in Moi only and Stratmore. He did an interview in Stratmore and was selected but the fee is prohibitive. My question is how good is Moi in offering this course and what is the difference of BSc, Computer Science and BSc. Infomatics

I think there is a lot of ignorance on how JAB admissions work. These days they use weighted clusters. Meaning even if a student scored 48 in the four cluster subjects it is still weighted by what the student got in total 84 being the highest. BSc (Computer Science) has been very competitive requiring 46.8 in 2009.

As for changing, at UoN a student need to have qualified for the desired course ab-initio and there needs to be a vacancy at the desired course. Meaning some other student must leave that course... quite difficult but all the best anyway.

A Computer Science degree is more universally accepted as a major for someone that wants to go into ICT.

A Library Science degree will require frequent explanation, that is, IF your resume is chosen and you get a chance to explain it to begin with.

Hospitality and Tourism... unless one is going to OWN a hotel or resort, where your "qualifications" to be an owner are simply having the title to the property and going from there, there isn't as much money to be made, and aren't as many jobs in that as in ICT. In addition, the jobs that are available in hospitality pay much less. Everyone in business now-a-days has computers that need people to operate and administer them. This will only increase with time.

Best,

Hill