I just got my second 5.0 in OOU and it feels great, but I missed a first class in this B.Sc degree by a little margin, though I was on a first class in my years 1 & 2. I’ve always been an high flyer student, one of two best graduating students in King’s College Lagos and won the KCOBANA (Old boys North America $1,000 Scholarship) in my set, topped my primary school, won multiple competitions, won scholarships, cash prizes and all that. I was on a first class grade in my 100 and 200 level, with ample effort. I attended all lectures and was the assistant course representative for the course I studied (Industrial Chemistry). 300 level first semester, I got an opportunity to advance my membership in the Jupiter community and become the African Growth and Marketing Lead but it would cost me being unavailable in school. Why? I’d have to come up with campaigns, travel to different universities for irl activations and events, set up events across cities and towns, and get the numbers and volume up! I once got Jupiter Exchange over $45 million dollars volume in a single month! I had to pick between my academics and my finances that particular month, it was a sacrifice I had to make. I chose my finances, though looking back, I could really have gotten and kept both, but the spectator is never as wise as the man in the arena, right? I travelled to about eight different countries in one year, and traveled all across the country (Nigeria) to tens of states, all sponsored by myself! My income increased as my salary, exposure, connections and network grew vastly, steadily and speedily! I was unavailable that semester due to my travels, and to avoid an extra year, I had to come take the exam still. My CA was 0/30 in ten courses, I had 10/30 in two courses as they were virtual tests, I can remember writing one of them on a plane in Doha 🇶🇦 , I remember writing the other in Addis Ababa Ethiopia 🇪🇹. I had to fight for 70/70 marks in my exams, for course work I had not even studied. I wasn’t even available during the lectures! I just had to read up 3-4 months of deep chemistry work in about a week! It was that semester when we were taught about Spectroscopy, and the mechanism of Aldol and Crossed Aldol Condensation in Organic Chemistry and some other broad concepts! I’m the type who goes into the exam hall fully depending on just GOD and myself. I’d never make the move to first ask another person what the answer is. 9.9/10 times you ever see me having a chat, I’m the one helping out. I knew I was cooked when I wrote those exams… it was an information overload for my brain and I sometimes went blank in the hall. While preparing, I didn’t sleep for a week, was hopping from tutorials to night marathon classes, though they helped but it took a toll on me in the hall… I’d go blank and only remember fractions, did my exams and left the hall unhappy. It was a trying time for me! after the exams, I promised myself I would never be found in such a position again! Results came out, I had no carryovers, but wasn’t proud of my performance knowing I could have done way better! My CGPA dropped to a second class upper and I’ve only been able to maintain it! The semester after that, I got my first 5.0! and two semesters later, I have another 5.0 If I had taken my time to properly evaluate what decision I was making, and how it could affect the trajectory of my career (I have a desire to go into oil and gas), I’d probably not have sacrificed my precious first class. I graduated with a first class financially, but not academically. I’ve been grinding before I got into 100 level, a lot of responsibilities and all that, wasn’t exactly easy pairing it with my academics. beyond it all, I’m grateful to GOD ALMIGHTY still, because he alone deserves to be praised! life in this country is so choked ngl! Thank you for reading.

I’m confident in the belief that if you have clarity and clear goals, you will achieve anything in life. I believe your input is equal to your output and luck is only a byproduct of your preparations and input I believe i can and will always make a difference no matter the situation I find myself! lastly, I have this crazy belief that I will make it in life. good morning world.