Abe said prayers, reading extra hours, minding the kind of friends she kept and wait a minute, enough sleep are among the things that helped her top her class.
Though she was a late starter in the first class race, Opeyemi grades improved in her third year.
She said: Initially, I didn’t really plan for it, but as semesters passed, I saw that it was not impossible to have it. I dreamt it and vowed to make it happen, so I had to read for extra hours and spend some more time with God in prayers. It wasn’t easy but God made a way for me. I didn’t have first class until I got to 300level and that was when I started leading my class. Even though my first year, especially the first semester, was a little bit rough because I resumed very late; I missed tests, did some make-up tests and had to copy notes from friends, so, with that kind of rough beginning and my wish to have excellence, I decided to be more serious with my academics, and it helped greatly, coupled with God’s grace. At the end of that semester, I had 3.96. Some people told me it was impossible to have first class, more so that I didn’t have a very good start but that challenged me to do more and achieve the best.
All workand no play makes Jack a dull boy, Abe said she did not trade her social life away because of academics. She said: I tried to balance my life and be as sociable and interesting to be with as possible. In fact, I spent my leisure time watching movies, resting, entertaining few friends, chatting with my friends, listening to music, and surfing the Internet. So, I was not always reading.
Abe passed her Senior School Certificate Examination and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at one sitting
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