AFRICA | A brilliant Nigerian lady named Oluwabunmi Amosun has bagged a master’s degree in Education and Society with a 100% grade at McGill University in Canada through the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship.
In 2017, Oluwabunmi obtained her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration wth a first-class honors at the Lagos State University, Nigeria. Her excellent performance earned her the prestigious mastercard foundation scholarship for her graduate studies.
She graduated from the University in 2022. Oluwabunmi took to LinkedIn to celebrate her achievement of graduating from the Canadian University with a huge success, stating that she is proud of the result of her hard work.
”Masters bagged! Today, I am grateful to have graduated with a distinction and a perfect CGPA (4.0/4.0) at McGill University, Canada (M.A. Education and Society). I had a total of 15A’s in all of my courses, a milestone that I am proud of! So much hard work,” she wrote.
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Sharing her achievements in winning the scholarship, Oluwabunmi said she initially applied to many scholarships in 2019 but was rejected despite having a first-class grade. She saved her service year allowance to write the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), but she failed.
Oluwabunmi recalled being dejected as the year also came with a lot of rejections from at least 25 Scholarship applications, stating that despite being hopeful, nothing changed.
With anxiety, she submitted a few applications in 2020 amidst difficulties and inconveniences, as she had to travel back to her university to get a reference letter for most of the applications.
Fortunately for her, in March 2020, she earned two fully funded scholarships. She chose the Mastercard Foundation scholarship to study at McGill University, Canada.
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Oluwabunmi also excelled at the 2022 McGill Dobson Bootcamp & Cup Competitions, where she won first place by presenting the concept of her firm, the Smart Innovation Hub, to a large audience.
Following her undergraduate studies, Oluwabunmi worked as an Administrative Intern with Code Lagos, a project of the Lagos State Government’s Ministry of Education that trained about one million Lagos residents to code in 2020.
She co-founded Smart Innovation Hub while earning her master’s at McGill University, and was still able to graduate from the university with an excellent grade.
Smart Innovation Hub is a non-governmental organization dedicated to educating young people, particularly girls, on entrepreneurial skills and increasing learning opportunities through quality education.
Oluwabunmi made history as the first-ever female Nigerian-selected Scholar at McGill University and one of the two Nigerian scholars selected for the 2020 scholars.
She expressed gratitude to the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for allowing her to visit and live in Canada, saying that her accomplishments and records would not have been possible without the award.
Oluwabunmi said she feels great about her achievement, noting that she is happy that she made her late parents proud. She also said she is glad because she put in all the effort and is grateful that everything counted.
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