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A BRIEF ON MY CAMPUS STRUGGLES


In 2019, I remembered when I was in SS3, I had calculated that I would become a medical doctor at age 24 but JAMB, COVID-19 and the incessant strikes would not allow me. After three consecutive JAMB UTME trials, I finally got admission into Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to study medicine and Surgery in 2022 and it was then I fully  understood the proverb "Man proposes but God disposes". What a momentous 2022 indeed.

  After escaping the admission hurdles and the admission being accepted, now, it was time for the registration, oh my God! The process was hectic, the long queue was stressful, that stress could even kill a foetus in a womb.

 ASUU could not even allow us to receive two weeks' lecture before they struck and sent us back home, another year wasted.

  Back fully on campus in January 2023 with the JJC syndrome, coping in the new

ABU Zaria

environment was not easy as the weather was not friendly since it was harmattan, and the cold was severe that sometimes I had to postpone my bathe till afternoon or evening. 

  As if that was not enough, the struggles for lectures began, and the JJC syndrome continued, running from one lecture theatre to another, the funniest part of it was during the early morning lectures, no matter how hard I tried to go early to the class to have a seat in the front but those sleepless or more serious students would have occupied the front rows and I would have to manage in the next closer ones.

  The struggle that broke the camel's back was during the first semester tests we did two weeks ago. The struggle was stressful as the tests were CBT and the students were enormously large in number, especially the two GENS where over 12,000 students took the tests and the test centres were just five. Indeed, it was a survival of the fittest, I got to my venue early morning but not until evening before I could write the test. 

  Our first semester exams are coming up in mid-May, which I know will still be a survival of the fittest. I can't wait to finish exceptionally with 100l and start the 200l where they said the real struggles begin.


Suleiman Yusuf,

100l MBBS,

ABU, Zaria.

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  1. AnonymousApril 28, 2023 at 7:00 AM

    MashaAllah!
    What a nice write up. You are so eloquent, Keep it up bro

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  2. Oyinsunkanmi OyinlolaApril 28, 2023 at 10:55 AM

    Hi Yusuf, I'm so happy you eventually got the admission into Medical school. Yes I know the struggle is real, just know that eventually you'll conquer and you'll be happy you faced it now. Congratulations once again, Yusuf! And keep it up with your writing skills also.

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    1. Suleiman YusufApril 28, 2023 at 3:21 PM

      Thanks very much for the inspiration and words of encouragement. I do appreciate it.

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  3. AnonymousApril 28, 2023 at 12:00 PM

    It's truly a struggles indeed.

    May the course be blessed In Sha Allah

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  4. AnonymousApril 28, 2023 at 4:05 PM

    Wow! just wow!

    I am really impressed by this and this should be a big motivation to those thinking of given up!! With prayers and hard work, a dream becomes reality.

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    1. Suleiman YusufApril 28, 2023 at 4:21 PM

      Yes, giving up should never be an option.

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  5. AnonymousApril 28, 2023 at 4:37 PM

    Keep up the good work
    You are doing fine,
    Just never relent .

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    1. Suleiman YusufApril 28, 2023 at 4:41 PM

      In Sha Allah..... Thanks

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  6. AnonymousMay 2, 2023 at 10:46 PM

    Yusuf big congratulations...
    I'm so happy for you and I wish you the absolute best in Medical school.
    Big motivation indeed!!
    Remain focused!

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  7. AnonymousMay 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM

    We suffer the same fate everywhere sadly.I can't wait to finish 100l and progress to 200l Modular

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