I used Google to prepare a little. I got to know the history of the school, its presidents both past and present and host of its alumni.
For the very first time I am going to be in front of Caucasians, the Chairman of the Bayelsa State Scholarship Board and a host of its members. I had never been that nervous all my life. I could hear my heart beat like a live band, I felt like I had a loudspeaker plugged to my heart. I managed to keep calm and reduce my nervousness. I listened to some music to cool off as I arrived at the Scholarship Board.
When I arrived, the security personnel asked my name and my local government area. He looked up to me in amazement as he could not believe that I was the one. He asked me a few personal questions and then he allowed me in. I got into the compound, met my friends for the first time, the people I was contesting against. I got to know them a little because if I were going to the USA, I'm going there with one of them. We had a lot of time to talk and got to know each other quite well because we spent the whole day there. At 2pm the oral interview had begun, it was done according to local government areas. Brass students went for the interview first, then Ekeremor students, it got to my turn a bit past 8pm. It was a short interview not lasting any longer than 30 minutes.
During the interview, all my nervousness seized. I felt free talking to them and expressing my feelings and expectations about going to The Lincoln University. After the Interview, we had to wait for more information from the Board so we waited till 11pm and by that time, we were told to go home and wait for news about the students who succeeded. They would be contacted in two days time via SMS so we should go home and pray.
I got home close to midnight and headed straight for my bed. The night was short because I was stressed out.
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