University of Pennsylvania Acceptee Celebrates Gaining Admission to Pursue Her Doctorate Degree

• An excited young lady has recently taken to social media to announce gaining admission to the University of Pennsylvania
• The soon to be PhD student recounted that prior to her success, she was told by many around her not to aspire so high given that she is a woman
• George Kargas commented: "Never let anyone tell you what you are worth and what not! Keep up the great work!"

A brilliant and tenacious young lady has recently opened up about her journey to gaining admission to the University of Pennsylvania on social media.

The post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the LinkedIn timeline of Oluwatoyosi had her sharing that prior to her admission, she was constantly told by those around her to tone her ambitions down given that she is a lady.

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She added that many had no faith in her to succeed at the things she had dreamt of and kept working hard on but thankfully proved them wrong.

Her actual post read;

"To those that told me I am too ambitious for a girl just because I said I want to be a scientist. To those that told me I don’t have what it takes to go to graduate school. Well, you can start practising how to add PhD to the name. Off to the University of Pennsylvania for my doctorate."

Many who saw her post did not hesitate to resort to the comments section to share their opinions.

Some of the comments have been highlighted below by YEN.com.gh;

Caren Clif commented:

Congratulations Scholar....Can't wait for your graduation post!!!

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George Kargas replied:

Never let anyone tell you what you are worth and what not! Keep up the great work!

Engr. Ojima SIMON, MNSE wrote:

I think this is commendable. Success I pray

Shah Wangara said:

Yes really do, like when people accomplish things ❤

From Olatunde David:

Congratulations sister.... Keep the flag of success flying. Gender cannot stand as a limitation to success

Jennifer Noel commented:

Time waits on no one and what you do with your time is what matters most. Before you know it you will wondering, where did the time go. Congratulations on your new beginning.

Mahboubeh Mehmandoust wrote:

Congratulation! Just do your part ! everyone have everything to say always!!! Good luck

Young Man Rejects Full Scholarship from Oxford 3 Years after He Was Denied Admission, Sends Them Epic Response

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a businessman identified as Mark Adams narrated how his brother rejected a full scholarship from the prestigious Oxford University.

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In a LinkedIn post that has now blown up, Mark stated that his brother had applied to read law at Oxford University at age 18 but he was denied admission.

At the age of 21, Mark stated that his brother wrote a legal paper that went viral and made him sought after by many prestigious universities - they all offered him a full master's scholarship.

Source: YEN.com.gh