The period after A-Levels were filled with anxiety, as we all waited for our results. I really wanted to find out if I had made it to medical school. In those days, the normal thing was to publish the names of successful applicants in the dailies, after which one would be invited to attend an interview at the University of Ghana. However, the year 1979 was a bit different because the A’ Level results were delayed. An official announcement wasmade in the newspapers and on radio that all applicants for medical school should report to the University of Ghana for an interview. I remember they were only taking approximately 85 students out of the 350 to 400 students that came for the interview. It was a tense period for me indeed. Immediately after the interview at the Great Hall, in Legon, the list of successful candidates was read out. Would my dream of becoming a medical doctor ever materialize? It was music to my ears when I heard my very own name, Augustus Eduafo - Medicine. It was such a joyful day for me; a very proud moment, that someone like me, from Swedru Secondary School, had rubbed shoulders with students from Achimota, Mfantsipim, Holy Child, and the likes of them, and had succeeded. It was a very great achievement for me, indeed. In all fairness, we were extremely lucky because the medical school in Ghana was free at that time. Had this not been the case, I wouldn’t have been able University 16 The Birthday Journal
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