Fatima Dashe, who graduated with first class honours in Accounting, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0, and emerged as the overall best-graduating student at Covenant University on January 6, 2023, tells ALEXANDER OKERE about her academic journey
I am very particular about my family and friends because they are the most important people in my life. I didn’t want to be so focused on my books that I would ignore them, so I tried my best to find a balance. However, this is only possible when you have the right set of friends, who have similar goals or mindsets as you do. Luckily for me, I had very wonderful friends who were also serious about what they wanted to do in life and friends who were very supportive and understanding.
We don’t usually have night classes at Covenant University, but I tried my best to attend weekend tutorials or extra classes that my course mates and I scheduled to teach ourselves and learn from one another. I had a very flexible study plan. I didn’t have a fixed study plan but I had daily plans and I made sure that my plans were flexible enough to accommodate necessary changes, and at the same time, I tried to ensure that I achieved my daily plans and even went beyond on some days.
You mentioned earlier that you avoided unnecessary social activities. Can you shed some light on that? I remember calling my parents and telling them that I could not do it. I planned to postpone my ICAN exams because I did not want to fail and then waste the resources that had been put in to ensure I took the exams. My dad encouraged me and told me that he had so much faith in me. Today, when I remember those words, I feel so motivated to do anything that I set out to do.
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