25/02/2026
First time I really failed in school was in 200 level in Medschool. It was the first time I ever got depressed too.
From primary to secondary school, I only knew how to come first in class or at least be among the top ten.
I wrote JAMB UTME once, cleared my 100 level like child’s play…
But then came 200 level, where Medschool proper began.
I read and read and read…but the results? Let’s just say I couldn’t tell my parents about them.
Till date, I still believe one of the times I studied the hardest and buried my head in my books the most was in that year two class.
But how do you explain that someone does night class six times a week (i.e almost everyday apart from Saturdays), attends classes and reads his textbooks, yet still had scores like 25%, 39% etc.
How did someone who used to be top of the class in highschool become one with the least score in Medschool?
I figured our what the problem was, thanks to God and to the mentors I now had that year, especially Dr Glory Joseph.
What I lacked that year wasn’t hard work, but smart work. I was studying like a scalar quantity then —with magnitude, but no direction.
Now I understand better, that each new level you enter in your academic journey —or in life generally— you should seek counsel from wise ones who have gone through that path.
It now makes sense to me that indeed “in a multitude of counselors, there is safety.
My name is Timothy Ndika, leader of Dr Tim’s Tutorials, with the help of my team, we teach, coach and train students to become exceptionally excellent.
If you have any friend or relative in 200 level medical college, 100 level sciences, or they are JAMB candidates, you can refer them to us any time, any day.
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