See study secrets of girl, 16, who scored 373 in 2025 JAMB

• Olawepo Gertrude Tunmise, a 16-year-old girl, emerged arsenic the apical scorer successful the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), aft scoring 373
• In an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng, Gertrude opened up connected the survey apps she utilized to hole for the exam and her imagination people astatine the University of Lagos
• Gertrude’s mum, Adenike Olawepo, besides shared with Legit.ng however she felt erstwhile she saw her daughter’s awesome UTME effect

There has been nary UTME apical scorer with a full people of 373 since 2013, until 16-year-old Olawepo Gertrude Tunmise took the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) introspection successful 2025.

Gertrude emerged arsenic the 2025 UTME top scorer of her school, Hillcity Schools, successful Ilorin, Kwara state, aft she scored 79 successful English, 98 successful Chemistry, 98 successful Physics, and 98 successful Mathematics.

The 2025 apical UTME scorer of Hillcity Schools, Kwara state, Olawepo Gertrude, gets an awesome people of 373. Photo: Hillcity schools
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In an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng, Gertrude bared it all, shedding airy connected her survey strategy, and however she emerged arsenic her school's apical scorer.

Gertrude shares her 2025 UTME mentation strategy

Legit.ng asked Gertrude, who hails from Kwara State, astir her mentation strategy, which led to her exceptional score.

The SS3 pupil said:

“Since I resumed successful SS2, my schoolhouse started preparing america for our exams due to the fact that we had WAEC GCE coming up. So since then, I started preparing for each my exams. I judge 1 of my survey secrets is clip management. I survey for an mean of 5-6 hours, and I instrumentality breaks successful betwixt to chill my nerves earlier I proceed speechmaking again. I besides utilized a batch of resources specified arsenic textbooks, trial driller app, my schoolhouse JAMB CBT practice, 3thirty JAMB app, and JAMB remix. I besides watched YouTube videos connected topics I didn't recognize for amended understanding.”

Gertrude besides stated that her schoolhouse and family, and friends motivated her during her preparation.

The 16-year-old who is presently penning her West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) shared however she planned for some exams.

She said:

“I drafted a timetable for myself to survey and I besides ensured that arsenic I was studying for my JAMB, I studied for WAEC simultaneously.”

Gertude shares her imagination people successful UNILAG

The teenager, whose mum is simply a businesswoman and dada is simply a operation engineer, shared the people she chose to survey astatine the University of Lagos and her reasons.

She said:

“I chose the University of Lagos to survey Computer Science. I chose Computer Science due to the fact that I've ever been fascinated by however the computer, phones and gadgets mostly works, and I person ever wanted to cognize more. "I adjacent enrolled successful coding people astatine my schoolhouse to larn web design, and it was truthful interesting, and I judge that with the close training, I myself volition beryllium capable to make software, utile gadgets, apps and adjacent go an innovator and inventor. I chose Unilag because, done my research, it has the champion machine subject programme with a abstracted module for it.”

The 2025 apical UTME scorer of Hillcity Schools, Kwara state, Olawepo Gertrude, gets an awesome people of 373
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Hinting astatine plans for post-UTME, Gertrude said:

"Once I'm done with my NECO exams, that volition beryllium my adjacent focus, I program to get the station UTME past questions and signifier and amended my knowing of the topics I've learnt and larn those I don't know."

Gertrude’s parent reacts to her daughter’s UTME score

Legit.ng besides interviewed Gertrude’s mother, Adenike Olawepo, who shared however she and her husband, Babatunde, felt aft seeing their daughter’s result.

She said:

“We were precise elated erstwhile she got 358 successful her mock JAMB. I told her to purpose for 400 adjacent her schoolhouse (Hill City schools) did not relent successful pushing their students for more, truthful it was a invited surprise. We springiness God each the glory.”

Sharing however they helped their girl with preparations, Adenike said:

“We made net disposable for her online app signifier and probe connected her taxable operation for jamb, infact she went an other mile successful solving past questions from respective years back. We made definite she has a laptop and different indispensable materials to signifier with. And finally, we encouraged her done prayers and motivation.”

15-year-old scores 339 successful UTME, eyes UNILORIN

In a related communicative connected Legit.ng, a 15-year-old Victor Jonah Febuins scored an awesome 339 successful the 2025 UTME.

Victor, a subject pupil astatine Deeper Life High School, Jalingo, Taraba state, chose Biomedical Engineering astatine the University of Ilorin arsenic his archetypal choice.

He shared the crushed wherefore helium chose the people portion registering for his introspection organised by JAMB.

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Source: Legit.ng