UI Student Who Wrote UTME 5 Times Bags First-Class Degree after Waiting 6 Years for Admission
- A student at the University of Ibadan (UI) has bagged a first-class honours degree and emerged as the best graduating student of his department
- The fresh graduate recounted how he struggled to gain admission into the university and disclosed that he stayed at home for six years
- He also wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) five times and had his O'Level examinations four times
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Asiwaju Adebare Adeoti, a political science student, has graduated from the University of Ibadan (UI) in grand style.
Adeoti, who was the 62nd president of the Department of Political Science, bagged a first-class honours degree and was the best graduating student of his department.
Source: Twitter
How UI student struggled to gain admission
In a now-viral tweet on February 19, Adeoti disclosed that he wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) five times and also had his O'Level examinations four times.
He further said he waited six years for admission. Adeoti noted that his success is a product of overtime. He tweeted:
"Did UTME 5 Times.
"Did O'level four times.
"Spent 6 years at home before gaining admission.
"2026; I am now a first class graduate and best graduating student of my department.
"Success is not a product of overnight but a product of overtime. God be praised!"
Did he ever have doubts while seeking admission?
Legit.ng asked Adeoti if he ever had doubts about ever getting into the university in the course of waiting for admission during those six years, and he replied:
"I used to have mixed reactions about how I have been unlucky, but in the long run, I saw myself coming out victorious if the admission later worked out and I gave my best.
"And this has manifested. I graduated with 3.70/4.0 and at the same time best graduating student of my department in University of Ibadan."
Legit.ng further asked him how he feels about becoming a graduate and what is next for him, and Adeoti replied:
"I am excited and optimistic that it will be the beginning of new success. I am looking forward to getting more skills as well as positioning myself for the global competition that comes with this."
Source: Twitter
See his tweet below:
Netizens celebrate University of Ibadan fresh graduate
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the fresh graduate's tweet below:
@SegunIge14 said:
"Congratulations!!! " The greatest glory is not in never falling but in every rising each time one falls."
@Dnoble_one said:
"No greatness without a story. This inspired me. Congratulations, my leader. Keep one excelling in all your endeavor."
@ProjectProofHQ said:
"What a journey! That’s not luck, that’s resilience. Success truly isn’t overnight... it’s built over time, through persistence and faith."
@FideCrypt said:
"You spent 6 years trying to get admission and 4 years to study political science. 10 years probably gone. Is not like d political science came with a guarantee job."
@OlugbueD said:
"Congratulations my boss, but I am only curious to know why you opt for political science considering rate at which opportunity in that field is very low."
@Dr_AbbyD said:
"Someone needed to see this today. If you are in your waiting season, keep going!"
@Bint_Dawodu said:
"Definition of *it's not how long but how well* Congratulations. Greater Heights, In Sha Allah."
@chiomaobinagwam said:
"@adebare_adeoti Congratulations. I'm glad you finally made it. Thank God you persevered."
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a University of Ibadan student who planned to graduate with a second-class upper had bagged a first-class degree.
UI law student bags second-class upper
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a University of Ibadan law student, Dauda Ideraoluwa, had graduated with a second-class upper degree.
Dauda, in a viral X post on February 17, revealed that she stayed at home for five years after her secondary school education in pursuit of university admission.
She gained admission to study history, which she finished with a first-class honours degree, before studying law at UI. Dauda noted that her five years studying law were intense, recounting trekking from Agbowo to her faculty on an empty stomach.
Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
