The valedictorian, who finished with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.50, plans to be a fashion designer.
For Aishat, a youth Corps member in Edo State, she prayed for a First Class from the day she gained admission into the institution.
According to the indigene of Erin-Ile in Kwara State, she planned to study Medicine and Surgery, but this dream was aborted, no thanks to a low score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
However, she accepted her fate and accepted the course she was offered.
She said: “I wanted to study Medicine initially, but I was not offered admission in 2011. Then, I sat for another UTME the same year and put in for Medicine. I got 88 per cent in post-UTME, but I was not offered the course because of a low UTME score. I was offered Biological Science. I cried when I could not get Medicine. I didn’t like Biological Science.
“I wanted to study a professional course, which my parents wanted. They were also sad when I did not get Medicine. My dad asked me to sit for another UTME, but I didn’t like the idea. I applied to change from Biological Science to another medical course, but I wasn’t successful. I had to accept my fate. I promised my parents that I would finish with a First Class to make them happy.”
Achieving the feat did not come easy for Aishat. Like her peers, she had some challenges.
Was her feat ever threatened by failure? “Yes,” Aishat said, adding: “I was, unexpectedly, given D in CHM 102 and I thought I might not finish with a First Class. My classmates advised me to go to the lecturer and complain, but I declined because it could be dangerous to my academic pursuit. I accepted it as my fate and worked hard to ensure such never happened again.”
Besides, accommodation was another
challenge that almost threatened Aishat’s goal. Except in 100-Level, when she
stayed on the campus, Aishat said she could not get accommodation till she
completed her studies. She squatted for the rest of her stay in the
institution.
She said: “Getting accommodation was
a major challenge as I moved to higher academic level. I only got accommodation
when I was a fresher, but I squatted in my remaining years in the school. It
wasn’t that my parents did not have money to get me a good space. I wanted to
stay on the campus, but the politics of hostel allocation did not allow me to
get a bed space.”
Aishat said she knew what she wanted from the
outset of her academic sojourn, which made her invest ample time and energy in
her academics. Finishing with a CGPA of 4.50, she said, was Source:thenationonlineng
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