TRIALS OF A FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

I was shaking, my hands were vibrating; I was definitely scared, I needed to check this thing

I wondered why network was taking this long to download it ...

The file finally downloaded!!! ‘’Unilag Merit Admission list’’. I hastily scrolled down to Engineering; then systems engineering… 1,2,3,4…..15, I hadn’t seen my name, I was already doubting the presence of my name in the list and then it happened…….
19] Eleonu Ugochukwu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I jumped in excitement; I had made it!!!!!!!!!

Two weeks passed……….

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I entered the university with my head held high; I was going to register and fully become a student, ‘’A university undergraduate for that matter’’ I said to myself. This was my second trial through JAMB and if I hadn’t gotten in then my parents would graciously make life miserable for me for the next one year I’d have spent at home, but here I am; on the registration queue waiting to be registered, feels awesome...

Registration officer: hand me 5 sets of photocopies of your credentials with passports attached to it
Me; Sir I have only 4 sets
Registration officer: My friend, give me 5 sets!!
Me; sir they asked us to bring only 4…
Registration officer: Is something wrong with you??!! Get out of my sight!!!!

I was 100% sure they asked us to come with only 4 photocopies, I checked again online and I saw 4! What is even wrong with this people?!! And that was how I had to go and do another set of photocopies and queue up for registration all over again, I got home 8pm that day stressed and frustrated. This was my first day in school and it wasn’t nice at all!!!!!!

One week later……

It’s the first day of lectures, the timetable showed I had lectures from 9am-5pm
[Nawa oh!!!, this people cannot even pity somebody]
I had issues locating where my lecture was holding,

the previous night I had spent an hour trying to decipher course codes and know which ones I was offering.

Still searching for where my lecture was going to hold, all I was hearing was; go to the dean’s office
[ I don’t even know who that is or where his office is]
go to the lecture theater
[so there is something called a lecture theater?]
go to room 303
[HIAN!! which one is room 303 now??]

After 30minutes of searching and asking for directions, I finally entered the lecture theater half way into the first lecture, I was made to stand behind the class for the remaining part of the class due to my lateness and that was how both my first day in school and my first class in school were horrible!!

Matriculation is still some weeks away... I hope things get better by then..!!!