Eberechi Lovelyn; MBBS

Q1: How did you come to BMU?

A: My dad wanted me to go to a medical university, BMU was one of the options. He had a coursemate who's a lecturer in BMU and she suggested I come here. So, I'm here.

Q2: What's the hardest academic moment that you faced this semester and did you cry?

A: I would say the hardest academic moment I faced was when my sister was ill for more than a week. I cried. But she's okay now so, I'm back on my feet.

Q3: How do you define failure and success as a student?

A: I feel like if you allow negative things said about your course by senior colleagues to get into your head, you will already start failing without even failing.

Then success is doing your best to assimilate everything that you're taught and believing in yourself.

Q3: What do you think people misunderstand most about your course?

People feel like just because I'm studying Medicine and Surgery, I'm expected to know every single thing in detail about the human body.

Then lecturers are fond of calling out Medicine and Surgery students in class to answer questions because they expect that we know the answers.

Q4: Is there any being you believe in and why?

A: Yes, I believe in God because scripture tells us that He's our creator and I have seen Him work in wonderful, miraculous ways that are unexplainable to man.

Q5: Do you think religion plays a role in academics?

A: As a Christian, you have greater advantage of more success because God has assured us in His Word. Why it seems that other religions are still excelling is because God has given them the grace. Grace is sufficient to all, not just to Christians.

Q6: What's your honest opinion about romantic relationships in school?

A: I would advice that you don't do it in school if you're not balanced.

If you meet someone and you enquire from God and He tells you that that's 'the person', as long as you're balanced in every other aspect of your life, you can enter into a relationship.

It depends on the time, though. Time and chance happen together. You have to know when to enter a relationship.

Q7: Do you wish to see your Mr. Right in this university?

A: I believe that if I'm to see a Mr. Right in this university, then God directed the person

There's no problem. If God says, He's the one, then sure. If truly though, he should be able to wait for me to be balanced academically and spiritually.

Q8: If I ask if there's anyone that's shaped your academic journey, does anyone instantly pop up in your head?

A: My parents, my purpose and calling on earth, has and will always be my driving force to achieving academic excellence.

Q9: Are there any faults in our university's educational system that if given the opportunity to change instantly you're going to change?

A: Okay, there are quite a few. I don't know much about the university yet, but from my experience in 100 level, I have something to say.

Our CBT exams were poorly organized. In some cases, students couldn’t write their exams because another student either mistakenly or intentionally used their ID to log into the exam portal. It was very terrible, because the affected students were unable to retake the exam due to the way the system is programmed.

That's something that should be looked into.

Q9: Okay, outside the walls of BMU, let's talk Nigeria. Any faults in the educational system of Nigeria?

Yes there's a whole lot like inadequate and delayed payment of salary. It makes lecturers, teachers, professors to pour out unnecessary and undeserving anger on students.

I believe that Nigeria has enough resources that they need. They should utilize it properly to be able to fend for their youths. Then the second problem would be the loopholes associated with external exams.

In the recently released WAEC results, record has it that there was only 38.2% pass in the whole of West Africa.

Then the rate of exam malpractice and ineffectiveness of lecturers all contribute to faults in the Nigerian educational system.

Q10: Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years; in a theatre room- operating on a patient, or behind the decks- prescribing drugs OR otherwise?

A: The field of medicine I want to venture into is pediatrics. I see myself going places both academically and spiritually.

I see myself fulfilling purpose in the next 10 years.

Q11: What's the biggest misconception you believe lecturers have about students?

A: That students are not serious and they never really look into the reason why students aren't serious.

Q12: What's one question you wish I asked you?

A: "Why I studied medicine."

Firstly, I chose medicine and surgery because I realized that it would be more effective if there is an extension of a spiritual hand in the medical field. Two, I would love to help people.

I see childhood conditions that many doctors have given up on and I really want to work on that by God's grace.