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- Nigerian students who privation to survey astatine Princeton University, United States volition nary longer beryllium required to instrumentality an English connection proficiency test
- Nigerian-Canadian world Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi had archetypal written to the schoolhouse successful 2022 to petition an exemption and his missive was declined astatine that time
- Dr Igbalajobi wrote them a follow-up message successful August 2024, got a affirmative effect and shared with Legit.ng what prompted him to constitute to the schoolhouse again
Princeton University, US, has exempted Nigeria from its English connection trial list.
What this means is that Nigerians who use to survey successful the schoolhouse volition not beryllium required to instrumentality the Test of English arsenic a Foreign Language (TOEFL) oregon the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test.
Source: Twitter
Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, a Nigerian-Canadian academic, excitedly shared the improvement connected X connected Wednesday, August 28.
Dr Olumuyiwa's missive to Princeton University declined
Dr Olumuyiwa revealed helium had written to Princeton University connected August 5, 2022, to petition an exemption from the English connection trial for Nigerian applicants.
However, his petition was declined. In August 2024, Dr Olumuyiwa wrote them a follow-up missive and yet got a affirmative response.
Princeton University replies Dr Olumuyiwa
Responding to Dr Olumuyiwa's letter, the schoolhouse said they changed their English connection proficiency argumentation successful 2023.
The caller argumentation states that Nigerian applicants won't beryllium required to supply English trial scores if the connection of acquisition for their bachelor's grade is successful English.
They would, however, beryllium required to supply a missive oregon certificate from their Nigerian universities asserting that their mean of acquisition is English oregon "something on those lines."
Alternatively, it indispensable beryllium said connected their transcripts that the mean of acquisition is English. While attaching an email from the schoolhouse Dr Olumuyiwa wrote:
"Exciting Update: Princeton University Now Exempts Nigerian and Other English-Speaking African Applicants from English Language Proficiency Test."I archetypal contacted Princeton University connected August 5, 2022, requesting an exemption from the English connection proficiency trial for Nigerian applicants. "At that time, the petition was declined. However, aft sending a follow-up email past week, I americium pleased to stock the affirmative effect from Princeton. You tin present use to Princeton without submitting English connection proficiency trial scores if the connection of acquisition for your bachelor’s grade is English."When contacted astir his information to constitute a follow-up missive to Princeton University, Dr Olumuyiwa told Legit.ng:
"I had a database for 2 years that I person decided to revisit."Dr Olumuyiwa had earlier received a akin affirmative reply from the University of Massachusetts after helium wrote to the school.
See Dr Olumuyiwa's tweet below:
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"Another win. Well done!"US varsity removes Nigeria from English test
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a US assemblage removed Nigeria completely from its English trial database aft Dr Olumuyiwa's missive to the institution.
Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, an accomplished scientist, had written to the US varsity connected August 7 to advocator for the afloat exemption of Nigerian applicants aft noticing that lone immoderate departments successful the instauration waived the English trial for his countrymen.
An excited Dr Olumuyiwa shared the breakthrough connected X and the effect helium got from Florida State University. Dr Olumuyiwa stated that helium has written to implicit 200 universities worldwide to advocator for the exemption of Africans from English-speaking countries and has had occurrence successful his advocacy.
Source: Legit.ng
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