Can I Change from Art to Science/Commercial and Vice Versa?
There are times you, like any commercial or art student, wish you can change from your class to Science. I’ve also seen students, who realized late, that they could do well in art courses but are now in Science.
This post is meant to give you insights into how possible it is or otherwise to change from Art to Commercial or Science and vice versa. It will all also guide you on how to go about it. And in certain cases, where you can still use your current class to cross to different courses while seeking admission.
You Can Cross From Art, Commercial or Science to the Other
The decision to cross from a course to the other may not come while still enjoying your classes in SS 1 or SS2. In fact, many candidates, planning to change, will not resolve, until they’d done one WAEC or NECO or sometimes, in the final year in secondary schools.
If you’re in this situation, it may mean you’d come across a piece of advice on why you should consider another discipline or you’d come to realize your true passion and potential.
As for my position on this, whether you’re in the SS class, you’re already done in secondary school or you’ve graduated with a course but now wish to cross to another discipline, it’s very possible and you’re allowed to do that without any limitation.
A friend is, today a doctor because while registering for WAEC, the exams officer mistakenly registered Physics, Chemistry, and Biology for him instead of Account, Economics, and Government. The poor guy was forced to do Science subjects in the exams (I don’t know how, but he did it) but I knew he made the papers.
This was how he eventually got admission to Medicine.
Needless to repeat, the admission process doesn’t care if you’re a commercial student for the last three years in secondary school. If you want to become an English Major, you just have to provide the required SSCE subjects. Once you can give the school and JAMB exactly the subjects required in SSCE and UTME, you’re allowed to cross without anybody asking you why.
Coping With Crossing from One Discipline to the Other
If you cross from Art to Science or Science to Commercial, how can you cope?
Just like the case of my friend above, anybody can copy after changing lanes with an extra amount of seriousness and dedication.
While guiding the boy that called me earlier (he actually wanted to change in SS 2), I told him he could do it. And in order to cope with the situation at hand, he must be ready to read extensively. The summary of what I told him to do in order to achieve his dream was summarized below.
- Get all the required books from SS1 to the current class and study them. If you’re still in secondary school, talk to your counselor about your new dream. You should have plans regards your next steps.
- Get teachers (where necessary) to teach you what you might have missed in the previous classes
- Attend extra moral lessons where your new subjects are well handled.
- Make friendship with students in the new class or discipline for academic interactions