/ BY RITA OFORI AMPONSAH
Being offered a Business
program after studying
Science in High School
was no hindrance to the
success of this go-getter.
Not only did she
graduate successfully
from her program with a
CGPA of 3.98 out of 4.0,
she was also selected as
Valedictorian for Central
University’s Graduating
class of 2019. We caught
up with Queendela to
learn how she did this
and what you can also
learn from her.
Tell us a bit about
yourself and your
academic journey so far
My name is Queendela
Adu-Poku. I am a 23-
year-old who believes in
God and hard work. I
love reading a lot. Ithink
it helps me know more
about the world I live in
and it is always a great
way to escape and relax.
I also love music and
that is probably why I am
a bass guitarist. And I
really love Finance! I
started school at
Morning Glory Montessori
School, moved to Corpus
Christi for a year and
settled at Fountainhead
Christian School for the
rest of my primary and
junior high school
education. I went to
Ghana National
College, Cape Coast
where I studied
General Science with
electives Biology,
Chemistry, Physics,
and Elective Maths.
However, after high
school, I decided to
try something new by
moving into business
administration where
I pursued Bsc.
Banking and Finance
at Central University. I
think that sums it up
about me.
Why did you decide to
switch your program from
Science to Banking &
Finance?
I had heard a lot about
Banking and Finance
being a difficult course
but after completing high
school, I was considering
potential courses to
pursue. Some of the
courses I juggled with in
my mind were Petroleum
Engineering, Physics and
Banking and Finance. As
a Science student,
Banking and Finance
should not have made it
on the list but as I
mentioned earlier, I
wanted to try something
new I realized that the
more I read about
Finance, the more I
enjoyed it. Fortunately or
unfortunately for me,
I did not make the cut for
the other programs and
decided to stick with
Banking and Finance for a
year and reapply to those
other ones. But I was
genuinely interested in
challenging myself in the
first year and after that
ended, I did not want to be
anywhere else.
What habits and attitudes did
you think you had during the
period of your degree that set
you up for this success?
From the beginning, I put
everything into God’s hands
but I kept it in mind that God
was not going to help me if I
did not put in the hard work. I
scheduled my time in such a
way that I was either studying,
doing God’s work, participating
in extracurricular activities or
doing something with my
friends.
"I think the
attitudes that
helped me the
most were
discipline and
focus."
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