Ibrahim, the second BGS, works for an investment firm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-quadri-99847a184/?originalSubdomain=ng7

Abiola Itakpe, the BGS from the Business School, works for Deloitte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abiola-itakpe-sa-sphri-acipmn-022a9639/?originalSubdomain=ng

School is not scam o

braine:
Wawu... the dude made 5.0 look easy.

Is his name Oluwole

BigDickProblems:
How someone will graduate with 5.0 CGPA in a Nigerian university baffles me. Somehow it feels fake.

I don't really believe it.

Before you come for me, I graduated with 1st class and was the top of my class in Engineering as well.

And it's always from this particular school. I feel they just inflate their students results.

How can you have 5.0 CGPA after Technical Drawing, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, ODE, Engineering Maths, Statics, Dynamics etc, and none of them gave you a B? Haba

That 5.0CGPA in Engineering is fake.

It is easier to convoke with stellar grades from numerical courses. That is why in most universities, the BGS tend to be come from engineering or the sciences, especially mathematics or physics. 1 + 1 = 2 everywhere. Ayodele Dada was the first 5.0 pointer from Unilag and he studied Psychology. His saving grace I believe was entering the school via direct entry.

But it is entirely false to say it is not possible to convoke with a 5.0 as an engineering student.

P.S. You did not graduate with a first class. First class graduates don't mock or deride their folks.

School is becoming easier nowadays

First class is becoming more n more

Students have hacked this academic stuffs o

Kudos to the graduands

Raskimonojendor:

He would probably spend 1 year at that Boston consulting group, then gets a full scholarship at a US university.

One year would not get him admission into an M7 or T15 business school. Yes, he had stellar grades and work(ed) for an elite firm, but one year work experience is too weak. He needs to do like three years. Ayodele, his senpai in 5.0 pointing, did three years before heading to Stanford. First at CBN, then P&G.

P.S. To such people, it is M7 or bust!

Gerrard59:


It is easier to convoke with stellar grades from numerical courses. That is why in most universities, the BGS tend to be come from engineering or the sciences, especially mathematics or physics. 1 + 1 = 2 everywhere. Ayodele Dada was the first 5.0 pointer from Unilag and he studied Psychology. His saving grace I believe was entering the school via direct entry.

But it is entirely false to say it is not possible to convoke with a 5.0 as an engineering student.

P.S. You did not graduate with a first class. First class graduates don't mock or deride their folks.

I am not deriding or mocking anyone. 5.0CGPA from the same school but now from Engineering is ridiculous. If your are an engineering student, you'll understand better.

Scholace:
He was right. LASU is more rigorous than Unilag. Likewise FUTA, they're very much rigorous than Unilag

So why is Unilag ranked higher than both schools? Rigorous according to what parameter? Who ranked this rigorousness?

ppogba:


What makes you think he is not one of those kids.still battling with post UTME?

Pitto:
It is possible. Some people are that brilliant. I made 5.0 in 2 semesters. I know 1 guy in physics and another guy in mathematics department in UNAAB that made 5.0 every semester from 200 level till they graduate. That was even when UNAAB was tough academically.

It is the standard in numerical courses. My alma mater's BGS was from the mechanical engineering department. In fact, except for the pioneer set, all BGS have been from engineering.

BigDickProblems:


Well, I did. There is no rule of thumb that states that a 1st class graduate does not have the liberty to choose any name in a faceless Forum.

I won't blame you sha. You probably haven't visited Reddit to see folks with akward usernames but exudes the highest forms of intelligence in their posts.

But you are not an American by nationality or culturally, so it is not possible.

BigDickProblems:


I am not deriding or mocking anyone. 5.0CGPA from the same school but now from Engineering is ridiculous. If your are an engineering student, you'll understand better.

Go and tell Boston Consulting Group that.

Also, tell CBN, P&G, Stanford University and Knight Hennessy the same because Ayodele Dada graduated with the same grade from Unilag.

Congratulations. However first class in nigeria na wahala. A grim reality is a good chunk may find themselves in POS boxes cause they were sentenced to education in nigeria

Gerrard59:


But you are not an American by nationality or culturally, so it is not possible.

I can now tell how limited you are when you say if I am an American. Lols. It's ok Bro. We can't argue further.

I still maintain that this result (5.0 CGPA in Engineering from Unilag) is inflated for whatever reason(s).

EmperorCaesar:



379 FIRST CLASS GRAD

Unilag go easy die

Since 1980, no one has ever been able to graduate with the maximum CGPA of 5.00 in my school

Thats FUTA

Scholace:
He was right. LASU is more rigorous than Unilag. Likewise FUTA, they're very much rigorous than Unilag

Smh. No serious employer or organisation will ever take you serious if you ever go out to say this. You better attend great schools or when you finish from those two small schools you mentioned, go for your post graduate in UNILAG, a top prestigious 1st-generation university, so that serious organisations will take you serious.

Even LASU keeps coming to UNILAG to head hunt for their VCs. From Prof Fagbohun to the current VC, Prof Olatunji Bello, their offices are still in UNILAG o and will return after their time in LASU because they know the international clout and prestige UNILAG has and no other school has.

Gerrard59:


Go and tell Boston Consulting Group that.

Also, tell CBN, P&G, Stanford University and Knight Hennessy the same because Ayodele Dada graduated with the same grade from Unilag.

I would have loved to also share my LinkedIn Profile with you, to save my strength, but there is no sense in that.

First class with empty brain.

Gerrard59:


One year would not get him admission into an M7 or T15 business school. Yes, he had stellar grades and work(ed) for an elite firm, but one year work experience is too weak. He needs to do like three years. Ayodele, his senpai in 5.0 pointing, did three years before heading to Stanford. First at CBN, then P&G.

P.S. To such people, it is M7 or bust!

He studied engineering right? He won't think of business school until maybe 5 to 7 years of engineering or scientific experience..

When I say he would get scholarship to schools in the US, I am talking about MSc Engineering/MSc Sciences scholarships and maybe even a PhD, not an MBA which are targeted towards experienced grads.

He may even get a job in an oil industry before completing his master's and eventually spends all his career doing oilfield and engineering management stuffs.

BigDickProblems:


I would have loved to also share my LinkedIn Profile with you, to save my strength, but there is no sense in that.

Because you don't have a first class. If you do, send me a PM.

FreeStuffsNG:

Smh. No serious employer or organisation will ever take you serious if you ever go out to say this. You better attend great schools or when you finish from those two small schools you mentioned, go for your post graduate in UNILAG so that serious organisations will take you serious.

Even LASU keeps coming to UNILAG to head hunt for their VCs. From Prof Fagbohun to the current VC, Prof Olatunji Bello, their offices are still in UNILAG o and will return after their time in LASU because they know the international clout and prestige UNILAG has and no other school has.

Yeah. At some points, Covenant university graduates were scoring scholarships at top engineering schools in Canada and the US for masters, no one cared to know if covenant was the best uni in Nigeria or not. All the admitting universities saw were stellar grades.

The only Uni I knew that ever actually asked for 1st class or 2.1 from a Nigerian Federal Uni was RGU in Scotland around 2007ish, and they did that due to over subscription from Nigerian graduates for their oil and gas courses. During that era, some Nigerian oil companies used to recruit from RGU and others had their employees coming there for Masters.

Gerrard59:


Because you don't have a first class. If you do, send me a PM.

Lols. This guy sha

BigDickProblems:
How someone will graduate with 5.0 CGPA in a Nigerian university baffles me. Somehow it feels fake.

I don't really believe it.

Before you come for me, I graduated with 1st class and was the top of my class in Engineering as well.

And it's always from this particular school. I feel they just inflate their students results.

How can you have 5.0 CGPA after Technical Drawing, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, ODE, Engineering Maths, Statics, Dynamics etc, and none of them gave you a B? Haba

That 5.0CGPA in Engineering is fake.

this isn't the first time someone has graduated with first class 5.0 at unilag in engineering. One of my secondary school mate did same 2017, system engineering. Unilag usually have a lot of first class sha

BigDickProblems:
How someone will graduate with 5.0 CGPA in a Nigerian university baffles me. Somehow it feels fake.

I don't really believe it.

Before you come for me, I graduated with 1st class and was the top of my class in Engineering as well.

And it's always from this particular school. I feel they just inflate their students results.

How can you have 5.0 CGPA after Technical Drawing, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, ODE, Engineering Maths, Statics, Dynamics etc, and none of them gave you a B? Haba

That 5.0CGPA in Engineering is fake.

You don't know what you are talking about

Raskimonojendor:

He studied engineering right? He won't think of business school until maybe 5 to 7 years of engineering or scientific experience..

When I say he would get scholarship to schools in the US, I am talking about MSc Engineering/MSc Sciences scholarships and maybe even a PhD, not an MBA which are targeted towards experienced grads.

He may even get a job in an oil industry before completing his master's and eventually spends all his career doing oilfield and engineering management stuffs.

Bros, it does not work that way. A year's experience at Boston Consulting Group is equivalent to three years at PwC. A year of work experience at PwC is equivalent to five years' of work experience at Atutupoyoyo Consulting. These days, business school students tend to be much younger than their predecessors ten years ago. This is more so for someone with stellar grades from a good school and work experience from an elite firm.

There was a Unilag grad, also engineering, who spent less than three years at McKinsey (BCG oga at the top) and got into Harvard Business School with a Seven-Up scholarship. No one who is interested in business school spends that long garnering work experience before applying. However, as you said, depending on his background and preferences, if he gets into the O&G industry, he might not be interested in b-school because of the hefty salaries. Whatever his preferences is his prerogative. But that aspect of spending seven years before b-school is outdated.

Another thing: folks from STEM courses who work for strategy/business/consulting/finance/sales/accounting firms as their first jobs after school tend to stick with it rather than return to academic programs. This dude is going to an M7. I would be here to mention it in five years' time.

I hope it was legit?

Cassandraloius:
I hope it was legit?

I dare say no first class awarded to a Nigerian student from ANY Nigerian university is illegitimate. Any first class graduate you see from a Nigerian university merited it. First class o.

Gerrard59:


I dare say no first class awarded to a Nigerian student from ANY Nigerian university is illegitimate. Any first class graduate you see from a Nigerian university merited it. First class o.

Alright.

BigDickProblems:
How someone will graduate with 5.0 CGPA in a Nigerian university baffles me. Somehow it feels fake.

I don't really believe it.

Before you come for me, I graduated with 1st class and was the top of my class in Engineering as well.

And it's always from this particular school. I feel they just inflate their students results.

How can you have 5.0 CGPA after Technical Drawing, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, ODE, Engineering Maths, Statics, Dynamics etc, and none of them gave you a B? Haba

That 5.0CGPA in Engineering is fake.

It's not the first time it's happening in UNILAG.
Several years ago, one graduated with 5.0 in computer engineering and honestly, people testified she was a geek!

Forget, for this guy to graduate with this kind of CGPA, the guy was obviously far above his peers.

UNILAG has had like three folks graduating with 5.0 till now...one in Biochemistry, Computer Engineering and psychology....I remember one of them attending an IVy league school for postgraduate....

These guys are in a league of their own. They just happen to come around the same time. If it had happened in the 1970 or 1980, everyone would have easily believed.

But you can't fault the fact that these guys are exceptionally brilliant regardless of the time they came.

Gerrard59:


Bros, it does not work that way. A year's experience at Boston Consulting Group is equivalent to three years at PwC. A year of work experience at PwC is equivalent to five years' of work experience at Atutupoyoyo Consulting. These days, business school students tend to be much younger than their predecessors ten years ago. This is more so for someone with stellar grades from a good school and work experience from an elite firm.

There was a Unilag grad, also engineering, who spent less than three years at McKinsey (BCG oga at the top) and got into Harvard Business School with a Seven-Up scholarship. No one who is interested in business school spends that long garnering work experience before applying. However, as you said, depending on his background and preferences, if he gets into the O&G industry, he might not be interested in b-school because of the hefty salaries. Whatever his preferences is his prerogative. But that aspect of spending seven years before b-school is outdated.

Another thing: folks from STEM courses who work for strategy/business/consulting/finance/sales/accounting firms as their first jobs after school tend to stick with it rather than return to academic programs. This dude is going to an M7. I would be here to mention it in five years' time.

You spoke facts.
What's an M7?

FreeStuffsNG:



Smh. No serious employer or organisation will ever take you serious if you ever go out to say this. You better attend great schools or when you finish from those two small schools you mentioned, go for your post graduate in UNILAG, a top prestigious 1st-generation university, so that serious organisations will take you serious.

Even LASU keeps coming to UNILAG to head hunt for their VCs. From Prof Fagbohun to the current VC, Prof Olatunji Bello, their offices are still in UNILAG o and will return after their time in LASU because they know the international clout and prestige UNILAG has and no other school has.

My brother finished from Unilag, while my cousin finished from LASU. I am not talking about ranking. They both confirmed how LASU is more academy rigid than Unilag. Unilag used OBJ for her year 1&2 undergrad exam, while LASU uses German and Theory from year 1 till final year. I understand Unilag has condusive learning environment unlike LASU, that may also be a favourable factor

And for the employment aspect, that was in the past. It's not applicable anymore. Government or private firm will not employ you simply because you have Unilag on your certificate.

Gerrard59:


Bros, it does not work that way. A year's experience at Boston Consulting Group is equivalent to three years at PwC. A year of work experience at PwC is equivalent to five years' of work experience at Atutupoyoyo Consulting. These days, business school students tend to be much younger than their predecessors ten years ago. This is more so for someone with stellar grades from a good school and work experience from an elite firm.

There was a Unilag grad, also engineering, who spent less than three years at McKinsey (BCG oga at the top) and got into Harvard Business School with a Seven-Up scholarship. No one who is interested in business school spends that long garnering work experience before applying. However, as you said, depending on his background and preferences, if he gets into the O&G industry, he might not be interested in b-school because of the hefty salaries. Whatever his preferences is his prerogative. But that aspect of spending seven years before b-school is outdated.

Another thing: folks from STEM courses who work for strategy/business/consulting/finance/sales/accounting firms as their first jobs after school tend to stick with it rather than return to academic programs. This dude is going to an M7. I would be here to mention it in five years' time.

Well, he studied Civil Engineering. I guess if he was hungry enough, he would be applying for a scholarship in the US and eventually end up working for Mobil, Chevron, GE, Eaton, Caterpillar, Tesla, Google e.t.c. in the USA even before graduating from an engineering MSc or he could decide to stick with KPMG or Boston in Nigeria. That would be his prerogative.

I studied engineering as well - OAU. Alot of my classmate that went the consulting route, most quit after one year or two years and are in various location in Britain, US and Canada. I worked in Britain as well and currently working for a Canadian firm in the energy industry. Some veered off and went for an MBA, then moved into the executive management side of the engineering firm.

The only one that stayed with business consulting/advisory (PwC) is now a director in South Africa. He did not even go for any MBA, he just got his ACCA.

My opinion is just from my own experience. Maybe newer grads have different paths they prefer to follow these days.

BennyDGreat:


You spoke facts.
What's an M7?

The elite MBA programs as ranked by USNEWS, Bloomberg and Forbes. Don't use the Financial Times to assess American B-schools' ranks. The FT works better for B-schools outside North America. Ivy Leagues mostly populate the M7, but there are subtle differences. MIT & Stanford are not Ivy Leagues, but Stanford GSB is part of the M7, but MIT Sloan is not. Brown University is an Ivy League, but not included as it has no b-school. The same applies to Princeton, another Ivy, but no b-school.

My worry is, at the end, not much impact is felt in terms of research and production, which is the end product of any education, academic and research institutions all over the world. Our educational system and its products should be responsive to the yearnings and developmental needs of the country. Greater percentage of the first class are already seeking for further studies outside the country, where they will later reside permanently. David Akanmu won't even do his NYSC before he secures scholarships to top schools in US.