Student Gets PhD Scholarship in USA With Only First Degree, No Masters, IELTS And TOEFL

• A student identified on LinkedIn as Oyefunmilayo Amoda has arrived the Oregon State University for her PhD studies
• Oyefunmilayo will be pursuing her PhD in nutrition after she bagged a fully-funded scholarship in the prestigious school
• Amazingly, Oyefunmilayo did not go through masters and also did not use IELTS or TOEFL in her application process

A student who did not go through masters has bagged a PhD scholarship in USA.

The student, Oyefunmilayo Amoda, has arrived in the USA to commence her PhD program at Oregon State University.

Apart from not going through masters, Oyefunmilayo did not submit IELTS or TOEFL before she was admitted and offered the fully-funded scholarship.

As soon as she arrived, she took to her LinkedIn page to share the good news.

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Can you gain admission abroad without IELTS and TOELF?

Oyefunmilayo's experience has shown what is possible in foreign universities.

She said in her now-viral post:

"I graduated in October, 2021 with BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and without Master’s degree, without GRE/TOEFL/IELTS and zero application fee, I was able to get a PhD admission.

"The application process was not an easy but a complex one, but having the right information and resources, it was a success."

LinkedIn users congratulate Oyefunmilayo

Olajide Bolanle:

"Awnnnnn. Congratulations once again darling. Keeping soaring high darling. All things will work together for your good dear. I must appreciate you for your support too. Thank you for believing in me and i must say you're indeed a goal getter."

Lilian Lau commented:

"Congratulations!!! Let me know if I can help in any way from down south in California. Best wishes!"

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Zainab T Muhammad said:

"Congratulations. I hope it doesn’t stop here, wish you success to the top. Your post did inspire me this evening. I hope to see you when we eventually make it there too. Keep making this gender proud."

Former KNUST Student Who Graduated 2nd Best in Her Engineering Class Lands Full Scholarship To Pursue PhD

In a related development, YEN.com.gh reported that a brilliant Ghanaian girl by the name of Hillary Nana Yaa Owusu recently took to social media to share another feat of hers after becoming the second best graduating student in her Telecommunication Engineering class back at KNUST.

The post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the Twitter timeline of @goldenhillarie had her announcing that she has acquired a fully funded scholarship to pursue a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.

In an interview with YEN.com.gh Hillary opened up about her reaction the moment she found out she had a full ride to pursue her PhD.

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"I was completely overwhelmed. For me, my feat was proof of the huge role God plays in my life. Yes, I put worked hard and was intentional about searching for opportunities to further my education abroad but it would have all been impossible without God. For that, I'm grateful", she said.

Source: Legit.ng