It is still testimony time by Timmytimmy anchored by Johnwill...I am superT rep Johnwill

SuperT shared his story on how he changed his desire from being a doctor to a comp scientist due 2 d comp environment he met himself after sec sch which motivated and planted d seed of comp sci in him

OauTemitayo z a guy who started his struggles in d year 2004 , he z a strong and determined guy who didn't loose focus despite his challenges. Though tinz got tougher along d line due to his lack of support financially and academically but still, he didn't giv up..what a gr8 man indeed

Tayor399 is yet 2 share his testimony while babafaros is waiting 4 him....Johnwill is currently preparing his testimony

To dos just joining us, we will be glad if u will participate by sharing ur testimonies/ inspiring stories with us

stay tuned as we awaits d testimonies of diz gr8 scholars

babysmart:
johnwills I really luv wat u re doin...pls keep it up
nd @Timmy great idea...u got dis thread rolling

Thanks, aunty mi.......I go come chop this kyn jollof rice when we resume

Timmytimmy:


Lemme describe using an analogy.If you were to ask an average American student to mention all the presidents of America and tell you about their lives....you'd be shocked to hear very inspiring stories, stories of men like Benjamin Franklin, great thinkers.
How many of us want to be like Ex-president Obasanjo? how many of us know the biography of Abacha?......we don't and we are right not to because these men didn't care about posterity, they didn't care about changing Africa.Sad news is that 98 percent of young people in Nigeria are walking in the footsteps of these older role models we have living around us.Like robots, we dream of going to school and living lives of comfort and that's all we dream of. We are too scared to dream , like everyone around has accepted the status quo, we just want to act out the script society has written for us.

Think about it....

very clear. I have something to say about this. But not yet cos if I do, it will change the present Programme you instituted. So let the OAU FRESH 14 Programme continue, sir.

superT14:
It is still testimony time by Timmytimmy anchored by Johnwill...I am superT rep Johnwill

SuperT shared his story on how he changed his desire from being a doctor to a comp scientist due 2 d comp environment he met himself after sec sch which motivated and planted d seed of comp sci in him

OauTemitayo z a guy who started his struggles in d year 2004 , he z a strong and determined guy who didn't loose focus despite his challenges. Though tinz got tougher along d line due to his lack of support financially and academically but still, he didn't giv up..what a gr8 man indeed

Tayor399 is yet 2 share his testimony while babafaros is waiting 4 him....Johnwill is currently preparing his testimony

To dos just joining us, we will be glad if u will participate by sharing ur testimonies/ inspiring stories with us

stay tuned as we awaits d testimonies of diz gr8 scholars

my guy you are in the spirit. I love you. So so happy. You know the job.

Johnwills:

very clear. I have something to say about this. But not yet cos if I do, it will change the present Programme you instituted. So let the OAU FRESH 14 Programme continue, sir.

Ait sir.....

TimmyTimmy, I think there should be something for OAUTemitayo. His story is the "saddest" so far. SuperT14 what do you think?

SuperT14 the order says you can continue.

Johnwills:
TimmyTimmy, I think there should be something for OAUTemitayo. His story is the "saddest" so far. SuperT14 what do you think?

SuperT14 the order says you can continue.

Lol....There is already everything for him, he has dreams and ambition and God has been in his story so far or what do you think? .....in the face of resistance, strength and perseverance is built.

Johnwills:

my guy you are in the spirit. I love you. So so happy. You know the job.

nah ur footsteps I dey follow boss....still awaiting ur testimony

OAUTemitayo:
My own story is quite funny and somehow sad.
I finished my SSCE in 2004.
Coming from a broken home, i went through hell before i could even have my O-Levels as there was practically nobody to assist me financially apart from my mother.
My father who was already married to another person practically abandon us.
However, i was determined to get the best of education.
I started working as a sales boy with a company that sells Tiles.
I am the first born so there was a load of responsibilities on me.
In 2006 i sat for GCE (Had Pass in Maths in my first SSCE exams in 2004), when the result came out i made all my papers.
I did not know this was the beginning of my lamentation.
Armed with my O-Levels, i proceeded to work as a library assistant in a secondary school where i was being paid N9,000 as at 2008.
In 2009, my junior brother gained admission to UNILORIN, i have to take a loan before we can meet up with his school fees as there was no help forthcoming from my father.
In 2011, i sat for JAMB and scored 306 aspiring to study International Relations at LASU.
I chose LASU because of their (then) affordable tuition fees.
To my utter amazement, Fashola increased the school fees from N25,000 to N200,000
There was no way i could make it.
My mother cannot a ford such a whooping amount neither my savings of just N80,000.
SO i gave up.
In 2013 i registered late for the JAMB exams and was forced to choose FUTMINNA as my exam center. ( I choose UI as my School of choice)
Three days to the exam, i still don't have transport fees to take me to Mina.. My mother eventually borrowed Five thousand naira from somebody.
I actually left Abeokuta a day to the exam but it was already evening before i could arrive in Ilorin, so i decided to sleep over in Ilorin with my junior brother who was already in 400 level.
The following morning, i woke up very early and head towards Minna.
I arrive 2 hours late into the exam.
Wrote the exam and scored just 192 (UI cut off was 200).
So i lost that chance again.
This year i registered for JAMB and choose OAU to study Public Administration.
I wrote JAMB and scored 228.
Disappointed that the score was low considering the competition for OAU, i reluctantly bought the post UTME form and sat for the exam.
I read very well in advance to the exam, so when i sat for the exam, i was so confident of making it when i saw the questions.
I marked my questions my self repeatedly several times and was sure of making it.
The confidence grew to the level that i did not even checked my POST UTME result.
When the merit list came out, it was here on nairaland that i posted my JAMB registration number and somebody here checked on my behalf and i was admitted.
I am very grateful to God.

awwwwww my heart goes 2 u

Johnwills:
TimmyTimmy, I think there should be something for OAUTemitayo. His story is the "saddest" so far. SuperT14 what do you think?

SuperT14 the order says you can continue.

d guy deserves an award but we can't conclude yet cos we are stil xpectin more testinomies but I tink d guy has d saddest story so far

superT14:
d guy deserves an award but we can't conclude yet cos we are stil xpectin more testinomies but I tink d guy has d saddest story so far

so lets keep him in the list....

i was going thru dz thread saw sum post nd i felt weak. Wat i wanna say dah God tym z dz d best

Johnwills:

so lets keep him in the list....

yes boss #noted#.....still awaiting urz doh

pwreshbawz:
i was going thru dz thread saw sum post nd i felt weak. Wat i wanna say dah God tym z dz d best

I guess u are one of us as well....we are xpectin ur testimony

hello am new here...how u doing guys?am I free to contribute?

sashayivan:
hello am new here...how u doing guys?am I free to contribute?

Yes, you are. But first introduce yourself.

Name and Course admitted to.

hello all oauite........pls help a fwend.....wana ask if oau accept two sittings for medcine nd surgery?

....throat cleared...
Ladies and Gentle men, standing on the existing protocols, I commend our main man TimmyTimmy. Stories so far are all encouraging. Before I start let me say this "THAT WHICH HAS BEEN IS NOW; AND THAT WHICH IS TO BE HAS ALREADY BEEN; AND GOD REQUIRES THAT WHICH IS PAST."

My parents: My papa was very good at engineering. Certified in Electrical Engr., Mechanical Engr., and mastered in what I don't know till date, he was a like a central man in NEPA and other companies in those days. From construction of Dams, installation of turbines, step-up transformers and national grids to installation of step-down transformer and house hold electricity, the guy was good. So my papa was guite enlightened . My mum is somehow contrast. She stopped school due to war and couldn't continue due to poverty.

My early life: I loved machines and things that have wire. I liked wires, making connections(wrong and right connections) just to see what happens. Maybe its because of my dad. Cos he often comes back home with some electrical devices and machines for troubleshooting and repair. Most times I work with him as little as I was then-helping him with tools I could carry. Unknown to him I was learning and my interest has developed toward his career type.
The day he realised my aim was when I tested some electric meters in his presence, though he was busy with some other devices when I did that. After telling him that I want to be like him-cos I've not known what engineering was then-he started restricting me from coming close to him when he's working. I thought it was for protection or safety, I never knew he had something else in mind.
Growing up, nobody talked to me about career cos they saw the direction I was going. But my papa said that none of his child will do his kind of work. Which means he don't want us to go into technology or engineering. Neither did he guide us to any other field. *you are on your own*
My mum would pray over whatever you've decided to be. She is calm.

My education: I grew up in different environments due to nature of my papa's job. Transfer here and there. So I did primary and secondary in different cities. This affected me due to change of teacher and environment. When you think you've already adapted to the school, transfer will come. And my papa no care. We all must go with him.
I no sabi book from primary to secondary. Not that I failed so badly but in a class of 20 you would never find me among the first 10. I got most of my promotions on trial. Yet my skills were there.
My papa began behaving somehow. He started becoming less concern with our education after his retirement. I did my secondary in a notorious public school where riot was order of the day. From JSS2 I and my friend started what is called "heepee". We would go to school in the morning and around 8 or 9am, we will leave through the back gate via the help of a senior. Both of us will wander around the city till 1pm or 2pm. *very bad* It continued like this till SS2 when our math teacher address the entire class. I picked interest in math but there was no text book. My papa bought me Chemistry, Math and Phy text book in my SS3. I changed circle of friends. I joined the bright fellows in my class then. But I was just an odd number in their midst. My hand writing was very bad, I was static. Yet I was influential; not that I had money-cos poverty don come our house then, I wasn't big in size- the smallest in their midst. I can't tell why.
My first SSCE was in the year 2003, 1 D7 and 8 f9. I decided not to show my papa the result. Unfortunately, towards the end of the year when I wanted to open up, the man joined his fathers.
By then God come open my head. I began to understand somethings. I started studying with understanding. So, from the money my mum got during the burial arrangement, I was able to register for another exam. I was coming up but the result was bad too. No english and math and other subjects. I had phy c6 and chem c5.
After his burial in the year 2004 abject poverty came.

Let me take some water. Brb

superT14:
I guess u are one of us as well....we are xpectin ur testimony

hmmmm. i dnt rilli knw much about lyf sha buf. i grad from secskul 2013. i took ma first waec 2012 wen i was in s2 buf i had only 4 credits. i had ma first jamb last year. i ddnt realli rea ddah much sha buf i used runs nd failed den i vowed neva to use runz again in ma lyf. waec came i passed den i dd neco too buf i

jeez...lots of stories to tell

Continuation.
I only got the result of the 2004 WAEC the next year cos there was no money to either buy result checker or go to the school and collect the result.
Studying my books with no aim of going to school was what I did for some months. I never knew God's plan for me. I decided to use my siblings to do teaching practice. It worked. I started helping my neighbours to do math assignment. Sometimes I recieved a gift of money which I hand over to my mum so as to help her buy more food. I went to a man organising summer lesson for students. After teaching some students they were happy and that changed the story.
I decided to go to schools. I went to so many schools but I was rejected cos I had no relevant qualification. Finally I got to one, when I was asked my qualification I told them o'level, the person incharge said "there is no chance for you" I wanted to leave but my spirit told me to insist. I requested for a test. When I was tested I scored 20/22. They were amazed and confused. How to take an o.level holder as a teacher. Finally I was taken. I can still remember vividly what happened when I brought my first salary home. My mum danced and danced.
From my little savings and coupled with the fact that my immediate elder sis was in Poly Nekede, I decided to use my incomplete result and do Pre ND. I did the preND 2007 and passed. Then started OND in Science Tech. Completed it in 2010.

superT14:
I guess u are one of us as well....we are xpectin ur testimony

hmmmm. i dnt rilli knw much about lyf sha buf. i grad from secskul 2013. i took ma first waec 2012 wen i was in s2 buf i had only 4 credits. i had ma first jamb last year. i ddnt realli rea ddah much sha buf i used runs nd failed den i vowed neva to use runz again in ma lyf. waec came i passed den i dd neco too buf i ddnt check d result. i wanted to bcome an engineer of any typ sha. i wanted to do unilag diploma buf i was too late. so wen pd form came i took. wen i came to ife i saw oau . very beautiful n 9ce place to b. i told God dat dz was d uni i wanted nd i must grad from dis uni. aryt. i ddnt meet pd cutoff for cmp sha. ddnt loose hope bcas i knw wah i tld God. c mi ehn i b olodo boy gan ooh. thanks to jah. by dz tym last year i touch me predegree exzam result. den ma fone rang dha blackberry beep tonron! ohoo mummy again she can text sumbdy ehn. only to check ma cell fone nd saw oau cdl. u av bin admittd tru supplementry blah blah blah. dd all d necessary tins sha. n moro here i cum. den i saw xpredite post of fb encouraginn ppl den i said God i wana do dis too. **fastfoward** first contact test came n i had 11.0 all i said was thank God. okay na .i knew i had to work harder. **fastfoward** jamb came i had 241. to cut d long story short i pass pd sha . nd i was admitted.... abeg bro i wanna go into IT too na pls put mi tru

sowi abuf d errors i had to typ fast b4 d network goes out

davidmascot:
I can now see why OAU will continue to be the best.
This is the best of all admission threads,its not about having hundreds of pages.
Let us continue to set the pace for others
Greatest gbagba! I rep Oba Awon Uni.

.hmmm

Chiamaka01:
Funny and inspiring stories. Who's next?

.hmmm!

Okay. 2011 and 2012 were good cos I was working and also acquiring some skills. Little by little I made some savings. I got an idea of studying abroad and I pursued it. I wrote GCE and got my result clean. But a big blow of disappointment was around then. I took SAT and TOEFL and scored high. Got admission with some sort of scholarship in Washington University (AERONAUTIC ENGINEERING) and Oral Robert University (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) but couldn't go due to financial Statement or Bank Statement. My guarantor disappointed me. So I lost everything. My moral to study went down. I managed to pick jamb form 2013 and scored 155 OAU. My score was useless for both poly and univ. I summoned courage and sit for jamb again this year and here I'm, in for Applied Geophysics. Though its not electrical engineering like my papa, I love it cos I it is different from what I know. I want to find out the composition of the PAST.
"THAT WHICH HAS BEEN IS NOW; AND THAT WHICH IS TO BE HAS ALREADY BEEN; AND GOD REQUIRES THAT WHICH IS PAST" Jwills

toluwalope1:
.hmmm!

d name is Tolu.and d course is medicine and surgery

babysmart:

u think u knw somone...nd den u find out dey wanted to bcom rock stars

lol.. fair enough

@Johnwills I think your story is "sadder"

Johnwills:
Okay. 2011 and 2012 were good cos I was working and also acquiring some skills. Little by little I made some savings. I got an idea of studying abroad and I pursued it. I wrote GCE and got my result clean. But a big blow of disappointment was around then. I took SAT and TOEFL and scored high. Got admission with some sort of scholarship in Washington University (AERONAUTIC ENGINEERING) and Oral Robert University (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) but couldn't go due to financial Statement or Bank Statement. My guarantor disappointed me. So I lost everything. My moral to study went down. I managed to pick jamb form 2013 and scored 155 OAU. My score was useless for both poly and univ. I summoned courage and sit for jamb again this year and here I'm, in for Applied Geophysics. Though its not electrical engineering like my papa, I love it cos I it is different from what I know. I want to find out the composition of the PAST.
"THAT WHICH HAS BEEN IS NOW; AND THAT WHICH IS TO BE HAS ALREADY BEEN; AND GOD REQUIRES THAT WHICH IS PAST" Jwills

......wow

# it's a tough world....but I think we'd survive.

wao! alots has been said, it is still ur program Testimony tym by Timmytimmy anchored by johnwill, I am SupetT rep Johnwill

Earlier we posted abt OauTemitayo who started his university admission struggle since d yr 2004 but here we are with anoda icon, a determined and strong man, I present 2 u ladies and gen2men d summary of johnwill testimony

Johnwill was a lover of machines back den wen he was a kid, a trait he inherited 4rm his dad who was an engineer, his academic life was a mobile one due to d nature of his dad wrk and he started his admission struggle since d yr 2003 wit a woeful ssce result. Due 2 d demise of his dad and financial instability@ hom, he had 2 wrk 4 som yrs b4 enrollin 4 pre nd in d yr 2007...After he finished his Nd program in d yr 2010 , he had 2 wrk & save money again so as 2 further his education but unfortunate 4 him, he forfeited a scholarship 2 study abroad due 2 bank statement. ..yet still, he didn't giv up and here he is finally admitted 4 applied geophysics in one of d best university in Nigeria...kudos 2 u bro

Stay tuned

Still ur program, Testimony tym by Timmytimmy anchored by Johnwill, I am SupetT rep Johnwill

Hmmm...**clear throat**

Life is a mixture of all kind, different ppu with different problem and no matter who u are or how old u are, u will surely hav a story 2 tell cos life aiint a smooth road but rmbr "Tough tym nvr last but tough ppu do"

countless of tough ppu had shared dere testimony and I present to u anoda young star in d ouse pwreshbawz

pwreshbawz desired to be an engineer of any type, he graduated his sec sch in d yr 2013 and was chanced 2 sit 4 gce when he was in ss2 (2012)...he did his 1st jamb in 2013 with runz but failed (Lyf lesson), ever since den, he promised nvr 2 runz life again. There after he applied 4 oaupd in which on d day of d exam he was enticed with d beauty of d sch, luckily 4 him he was admitted 4 d pd program 2ru supplementary after all hop had been lost cos he didn't meetup wit d cutoff. Fortunately 4 him, pd was a success and here he is, admitted in his dream sch (course not stated).....Congrats bro

I guess by now my boss leave is over, I will lyk 2 appreciate him 4 granting me d privilege 2 rep him durin his leave ....over 2 u @Johnwill. ...lukin 4ward 2 wrkin wit u nxt tym

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