Nigeria Student Win $3.5M in Scholarship
In a remarkable display of academic excellence, a Nigerian student named Oluwafemi Ositade has secured full scholarships worth $3.5 million to 14 prestigious universities in the United States, Canada, and Qatar. This incredible achievement is a testament to Ositade’s exceptional performance in the SAT, where he scored a perfect 800 in Mathematics and a near-perfect 760 in reading and writing.
Ositade, a member of the Class of 2023 at The Ambassadors College, Ota, achieved a CGPA of 4.04 out of 4.0 and ranked as the second-best student in Nigeria for the year 2023 with a score of 358 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). His academic prowess has been recognized with offers from top institutions such as Harvard University, Brown University, Duke University, the University of Toronto Lester B. Pearson Scholarship, Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, the University of Miami, Howard University, Stetson University, Fisk University, the University of Toronto campuses (Mississauga, St. George, and Scarborough), and Drexel University.
This inspiring story not only highlights the potential of Nigerian students but also demonstrates the power of education and the opportunities it can create. The world now watches as Ositade embarks on his academic journey, with the potential to make significant contributions to the fields of Computational Physics and Quantum Computing.