Be an early bird ... get your ticket to a better future

If you are a procrastinator, read on. If not, relax, for as an organised, pro-active individual or more especially as a would-be Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) student you will have no doubt already filled in your application form to become a student with us in 2015.

The initial closing date is 1 August.

Perhaps you have already received a provisional acceptance letter or a sms informing you of your need to undertake an access test (to see if you have the potential to complete your chosen programme). Whatever confirmation you have received from NMMU, you have a provisional student number and are in the university system.

Well done!

Now your only stress is ensuring your marks do not plummet in your final matric exams and that you secure the funding needed to pursue your study dreams.

So now, if you’re still reading, it’s just me and all you procrastinators out there.

Yes, to my regret, I’m a serial procrastinator and as a result, have missed many proverbial worms … like tickets to concerts and rugby matches; opportunities for travelling, for shopping excursions, for dinner parties … oh, the list is pretty long, and darn depressing.

But, and here’s the big BUT, I NEVER missed the opportunity to STUDY.

As a milestone moment in any person’s life, it’s the one worm we cannot afford to miss because tertiary qualifications transform lives. Let me repeat, a qualification from a university or college can change your life for the better.

At NMMU last year we received more than 24 000 applications. Fewer than 6 000 of these applications were accepted to study this year.

While many of the applicants did not qualify in terms of their marks, many more simply failed to meet the deadline. Don’t let that be you.

Right now, we’re running a closing date campaign – placing reminders in newspapers, on social media, on billboards, calling schools and basically spreading the message.

The message being: if you snooze, you’ll lose.

There’s just 29 days left to apply so get that application in. Do not wait until you receive your final matric results. It’s too late then. You need to be in the system with that all-important provisional student number to give yourself a fighting chance to study at NMMU in 2015.

If your mid-year marks are poor and you believe you can improve them in your September trial examinations you can wait till then, but you’ll be cutting it fine.

Remember, only 2% of South Africa’s population gets the opportunity to study at a university. Make sure you are part of that elite percentage.

If your marks are good enough or nearly good enough, APPLY NOW.

You can apply in the following ways:

If you have access to the internet:
You can apply online
You can download an application form
You can send an e-mail to admissions@nmmu.ac.za

If you do not have access to the internet or e-mail, you can phone our Contact Centre on 041 504 1111 and ask them to post you the information you need.

We wish you all the best with your studies.



PS There is a final application date on 5 December but rather nab the worm now. Be that early bird and get your ticket to a better future.