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@elMunir5 Congratulations Dr Yaqub

On Friday, at 27, I was hooded with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Molecular and Cell Biology from The University of Texas at Dallas 🎓. It’s official 🎉: Dr. Muneer Yaqub

@Bohrey_seges Congratulations sir

From a dream And total dependence on God. 5.5 years later, Multiple publications later, Multiple conferences later, Multiple awards later. I crossed the Ph.D Biomedical Sciences, with concentration in immunometabolism line. And now, I have acquired how to identify a scientific problem, chart a solution with relevant techniques and skills, learn new ones as the field evolves, acquire data and interpret to make informed real life applications It’s been a wonderful journey filled with multiple experiences that I don’t know which to start with However, I want to openly acknowledge @asemota and @NaijaFlyingDr I am a silent follower who rarely or never interacted with your tweets, I don’t agree with all your views, but you wrote different piece while I was in moments of doubts and discouragement that I just resolve, there’s only one way and that’s ahead. Can’t even remember what those piece were, but I have since enjoyed your writings.

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@AskMichaelTaiwo Yes Privileged to be the best student in my class, opened doors of tangible relationship to me with my Lecturers in my Finals

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@AskMichaelTaiwo My 300L B. Sc Mathematics

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@kamanya_thinks @Cambridge_Uni Congratulations

𝐈 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄! Yes, from one of the best universities in the history of mankind. @Cambridge_Uni Permit my emotions because it means a lot to a kid like me who comes from where I came from. Completing Living Word Academy assignments with lanterns, candles, or moonlight sometimes because our family’s budget could not cover the former. Competing for wins in Deeper Life High School despite being in a school that, socioeconomically speaking, I had no right to be in. Preparing for university exams from betting shops because I could not afford to stay in Nile’s million-plus-per-semester hostels, and the option available to my social class was a neighbouring village that did not care much for electricity. If it were a journey, my family and I have been travelling on foot. So yes, this means a lot, considering how far I have come. Even with the funding decision coming later on, an offer from an institution that cradled the Darwins, Newtons, and Turings is one that I insist is worth celebrating in the moment, no matter what anxiety holds. Anxiety has always been a double-edged sword for those of us who dare to combine intelligence with a heightened sense of responsibility. We often postpone acknowledging our wins because we are intelligent enough to be acutely aware of the coming hurdles. So we huddle it all up and say, “when the win is finalised.” But is a win ever finalised? What win in the history of wins is not responsibility in disguise? That was how I did not share how I won the Mastercard Foundation’s financial and mentorship sponsorship of my application. It was such a win for me at the time, and I got it because of my 4.95/5.0 CGPA university performance, a story earned by not huddling my academic journey each semester, no matter the outcome then. I do not plan to discard that now. Of course, if I were to share the step-by-step processes that earned me this, it would be a masterclass, like every other masterclass that I have created. But I cannot do it all now. Thus, in a series of subsequent posts, I will be sharing the behind-the-scenes of my application journey, the myths that were squashed, some of the secrets that I acquired along the way, and the mistakes you must avoid as a student if you are to get this journey right. If this looks like something you will be interested in, do well to follow this page right away and recommend it to your friends and siblings as well. This is my thank you to everyone who made this phase possible: @NileUni, Mastercard Foundation, Professor Jide Oladipo, Associate Professor Kenneth Diyoke, Dr. Philip, Purity. These were not just my lecturers and guides; they were believers. They were believers not just in the story that I created at Nile, but in all that I could create. When a lecturer tells you, even before you get to ask, “James, don’t worry, I will be more than pleased to put forward a reference for you. You have earned it,” that is what I mean by believers. And yes, my appreciation to them is as profuse as it is profound. This is long already. But like I said, it is going to be a series. However, if there is a central lesson for you here, it is this: Never let your excellence be in doubt. Bag the As. Bag the 5.0 GPAs. Bag the First-Class. Bag those BGS titles like I did. And while you do these, shine your light on the path of others. Excellence and impact are currencies that will never go out of style, currencies so invaluable that they earned me a place in one of the greatest institutions mankind has witnessed, even though I was a traveller on foot, like you probably are. Keep taking those excellent, impactful steps. Do not let the noise stop you. I am still living a story that is reigniting the passion for academic excellence in my generation. Jameswilliams Chiahukamnanya Gabriel Your Award-winning Education Thought Leader and 5.0 GPA Excellence Coach..

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