Politics Student Emerges as Top of Class After Rejection by Law School
- A brilliant university student called Gloria Borlabi, who had been denied admission into law school, later graduated as the top of her year
- Gloria Borlabi had missed the cut-off point into law school by just one point and had to take a different programme as a result
- Four years later, Gloria was not only the top performing graduate but she also won two prestigious awards from the university for her extraordinary efforts
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Gloria Borlabi, a brilliant Ghanaian lady, came out as the top student for the Bachelor of Arts Programme in 2020 at the University of Ghana. According to a report by edwardasare.com, Gloria initially desired to study law but was denied admission into law school.
She, therefore, decided to study towards a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Information Studies and Russian and won multiple awards for her academic work.
Source: UGC
Recalling how that rejection made her feel in 2016 after missing the cut-off point by one mark, Gloria said:
“Words cannot describe how bad I felt but I decided to still take the chance to study Political Science, Information Studies and Russian."
Fast-forward to four years later, Gloria received prizes for the overall best graduating Bachelor of Arts student and the best graduating female student in the Bachelor of Arts programme.
See Gloria deliver her Valedictory speech below:
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Briefly News previously reported on Lehlogonolo Mashishi, who shared that his first setback in university came after his initial funding body had let the young man down and left him with a whopping R106k in student debt.
The aspiring actuarial scientist spent his second year sacrificing the rent and pocket money from his new bursary to cover the old debt, all while working part-time just to make enough money for food and other necessities.
He wrote:
"Unfortunately I cannot tell my full story, but I had to sacrifice the rent and pocket money that I received from my new bursary to pay off my outstanding debt. Consequently, I then had to work part-time in order to pay my rent and buy groceries while simultaneously completing my qualification at the University of Pretoria."
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Source: Briefly News
