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Victory Yinka-Banjo: 17 Year Old Girl who Had all A's in WASSCE Offered GHc 28m Worth of Scholarships Abroad

Monday, May 03, 2021 at 11:15 AM by Ebenezer Agbey Quist

- Victory Yinka-Banjo, a teen, has made her country proud as universities in Canada and America are offering her scholarships

- The teenager came into the limelight in 2020 when she made a record of getting distinctions in WAEC and other international examinations

- Top of the schools vying for the girl's acceptance are MIT, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins to name a few

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A 17-year-old teenager, Victory Yinka-Banjo, who had nine A's in WAEC in 2020 is in the news again for even greater things.

CNN reports that Victory was offered full scholarships by Ivy League schools; Yale College, Princeton University, Harvard, and Brown College in both the US and Canada to the tune of more than $5 million ().

17 Year Old Nigerian Teenager who Had 9 A's in WAEC Offered N1.9bn Worth of Scholarships in America and Canada — The teen said she would think well on her choices and pick a university among the lots. Photo sources: CNN, LinkedIn/Victory YInka-Banjo
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In speaking with the media, the teenager said that the whole development came as very surprising to her, adding that she never thought any school would even offer her admission.

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Victory said that the deluge of scholarships has made her more proud that she now praises herself for a job well done.

Other Canadian schools where she got offers from are the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia. US universities like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Standford University, John Hopkins University and the University of Virginia also want her.

The 17-year-old Nigerian said she is however still researching some of the schools that she would like to go like Johns Hopkins, MIT, Havard, and Stanford.

Her mother, Victory, said that she hopes that her daughter’s success story would inspire other young people out there since she is not the typical Nigerian-American who often gets such an opportunity.

The mother attributed the secret of her daughter’s success to discipline, parental guidance, and faith.

Meanwhile, it was earlier reported that a 17-year old Igala born girl, Shaibu Ojonugwa Favour, was confirmed to have made distinctions in her WASSCE paper, a feat not many students her age can boast of.