“In 2019, after graduating as the valedictorian of my secondary school, I faced a setback and had to rewrite UTME. “A valedictorian writing UTME again? It was a bitter pill to swallow. My dream was to study medicine and surgery at the University of Ibadan. “I fell just two points below the cut-off mark. The news of my repeat spread like a wildfire in my secondary school. “I thought I had failed in life,” she said. Nwosu said that she equally applied for medicine and surgery at LASU but was offered biochemistry. “This time, I made LASU my first choice and, again, aiming for medicine and surgery. “However, I was offered biochemistry, a course I had never heard of. “My heart broke the second time,” she said. She said that she could not embrace the course in her first year. Nwosu advised students to study hard and be confident. She also advised her fellow graduates to believe in themselves regardless of their grades. “You completed this phase. You are resilient, capable and prepared for th...