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Emmanuel Nworie, a first-class mathematics graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has bagged a fully-funded scholarship at a university in the United States.<\/div>\n
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The 27-year-old, who graduated with a cumulative grade point average of 4.92\/5.00, had experienced a life of hardship prior to his application for the Michael Taiwo (MT) Scholarship.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI started having challenges in 2005 when we struggled with the health of my dad. He gave up in January 2009. I have long wanted to be a mathematician. But after my dad passed away, I was deterred because at some point when I was trying to save for undergraduate studies and after two years I couldn\u2019t save enough, so I was frustrated,\u201d he had said in an interview with TheCable.<\/div>\n
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Michael Taiwo, a US-based Nigerian and sponsor of MT Scholarships, alongside Suraj Oyewale, founder of JarusHub, a career and education platform, identified Nworie during the selection of candidates for the scholarship.<\/div>\n
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The UNN graduate emerged as one of the 23 candidates selected from a pool of 1,509 applicants for the scholarship which covers costs for application fees and Graduate Record Exam (GRE) \u2014 a requirement for graduate application for some courses in the US.<\/div>\n
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In a statement on Tuesday, Taiwo announced Nworie\u2019s selection for a fully-funded Ph.D. in mathematics at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.<\/div>\n
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\u201cToday, I am pleased to announce that Emmanuel Chinweuba Nworie has accepted a fully funded offer to study for his PhD in Mathematics at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. SMU is a prestigious private research university. Emmanuel prefers locations with warm weather. He received three great offers, all from schools in the southern part of the US,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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Speaking with TheCable, Taiwo described Nworie\u2019s achievement as remarkable.<\/div>\n
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\u201cHe is going to one of the best universities in the world. SMU is a very expensive school; more expensive than Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale. He will be schooling with people from the richest families in the world. This is the kind of exposure we (the MT Scholarship team) and him felt like he needed, so he can think big with his God-endowed brain,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt costs over $75,000 per year to attend SMU. Emmanuel won\u2019t pay a single dollar out of this. In addition to this, he will be given a very generous stipend to cater for his living expenses. The interesting thing is that he got three of this type of offers from Southern Methodist University, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and the University of Texas at Dallas.\u201d<\/div>\n
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