Rabia Agha

Academic

Career

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Rabia Agha (i17-0733) 
 
I clearly remember the orientation day as I saw 4 years ahead of me. I was scared, intimidated, 
nervous and what not! I looked around me and one thing I knew for sure was that it wasn’t going to 
be an easy time here at FAST NUCES. It was the 2nd semester, when I finally realized that I need to 
focus in life and start working hard and that focus is what changed me, from that day onwards all I 
wanted to do was make my parents proud with all that I had in me.  
An important thing I would like to thank FAST NUCES for is the sincerest friends it gave me, who I 
would have never met if it wasn’t for FAST NUCES, they helped me so much academically and 
emotionally, without whom I believe I wouldn’t have performed this well so far. I used my friends’  
excellent academic performance as a motivation that maybe one day I’ll be able to get a medal too 
and make my parents proud, so I performed good in the rest of the semesters as well but by the 
time the pandemic started, I felt like my dream of getting a medal was just a dream after all, I used 
to tell my friends that I work so hard but I don’t think I’ll be ever good enough to be in the list of 
high achievers, but I was always told to work hard and leave the rest to Allah and so I kept on doing 
that. When the 7th semester started, it was a very tough semester since we had to go to university 
following all the SOPs which made it quite challenging mentally and to maintain that focus with all 
that was going on but one thing I never gave up on was the consistency of hard work and today I 
can finally say that I, Rabia Agha, too is a silver medalist! The gist of all this is that I believe, one 
should never lose that focus, one should always work hard, be self-motivated, and I believe self-
reflection is very important as well as learning from your mistakes is what makes your present 
better than your past.  
Also, I am glad that I took part in various activities apart from studies like becoming Vice Head 
Registrations-FAST University Debating Championship’19, Coordinator Registrations-NasCon’19, 
Usher-Great Debate’19 and Finance Coordinator-NasCon’18 etc. And lastly, all that I have learnt 
from the excellent instructors at FAST NUCES has made me the person I am today as after 4 years I 
can feel it now that I am a much stronger person, more confident and humbler as well.  
To sum it all, one should truly focus on studies, take part in various social activities, make memories 
with friends and make the most out of these 4 years as honestly this time is never coming back, you 
should be able to look back in time and have no regrets that you could have done it better or 
utilized the time properly, so now is the time, and I believe if I can do it, others can do it too! But 
always remember hard work always pays off in the end so never give up and be consistent.