{"id":58982,"date":"2021-07-16T05:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=58982"},"modified":"2021-07-16T05:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:12:12","slug":"17-year-old-who-scored-highest-in-2019-utme-others-offered-4-35m-scholarships-to-study-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/16\/17-year-old-who-scored-highest-in-2019-utme-others-offered-4-35m-scholarships-to-study-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"17-year-old who scored highest in 2019 UTME, others offered $4.35m scholarships to study in United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>17-year-old Ekene Ezeunala, who scored the highest score at the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and 29 others received fully-funded scholarships totaling $4.35 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021\/2022 academic session.<\/p>\n<p>The 30 Opportunity Funds Program scholars,\u00a0 high-achieving , low-income students were selected following a competitive process. The beneficiaries received financial aid from the U.S. Consulate General that covered expenses involved in the college application process such as payment for standardized tests, application fees, and visa fees in addition to air travel to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeunala, who scored 347 at 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/14\/utme-senate-moves-to-amend-jamb-act-to-peg-age-limit-at-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UTME<\/a>, attended Meiran Community Senior High School, Lagos, received full funding to study Computer Science and Mathematics at Columbia University in the City of New York.<\/p>\n<p>The lucky US-bound students are selected for six undergraduates, three masters and twenty-one doctoral academic programs including Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computer Science and Engineering for the 2021\/2022 academic session<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Temitayo Famutimi, Information Specialist, Public Affairs Section of the United States Consular General in Victoria Island Lagos, on Thursday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/30\/nigerian-teenage-girl-gets-19-scholarship-offers-from-us-and-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship<\/a> programs cover expenses for standardized tests, application fee and visa fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking on Thursday in Lagos during a reception in honor of the U.S. bound students, Consul General Claire Pierangelo urged the scholars to make the most of their opportunity to get a top-notch education while gaining the first-hand experience of American life and culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate each one of you on your tremendous success. Your success is evidence of your leadership, academic performance, and the great potential young Nigerians hold for the future of this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very important step in your life. I strongly encourage you to maximize this opportunity. This is not just about your education as you have proven yourselves to be academically outstanding students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am also referring to your chance to broaden your horizons and embrace the diversity of people around you and learn, not just about America, but also about other cultures,\u201d Pierangelo told the departing students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEkene Ezeunala, one of the 2021 Opportunity Fund Program scholars, achieved the highest score in Nigeria at the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The 17-year-old alumnus of Meiran Community Senior High School Lagos received full funding to study Computer Science and Mathematics at Columbia University in the City of New York,\u201d Pierangelo said.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking, Ezeunala said the EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program is \u201ca truly life-changing experience. EducationUSA opened up a whole new world of opportunities and resources I never knew were available to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another 2021 OFP scholar, Urinrin Otite, was the first student to earn a first-class degree in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Otite will be attending Lehigh University in Pennsylvania where she received a fully-funded offer to pursue a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering with a research focus on the resilience and sustainability of structures and infrastructure systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back, the EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program was the bridge I needed to reach my dream of studying in the U.S., and I would recommend reaching out to EducationUSA as the perfect first step to anyone hoping to study in the US,\u201d Otite said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17-year-old Ekene Ezeunala, who scored the highest score at the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and 29 others received fully-funded scholarships totaling $4.35 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021\/2022 academic session. 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