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==[[Starfleet Academy]]==

[[image:Stacademy.jpg|thumb|right|'''[[Starfleet Academy]], San Francisco, Earth''']]

Ahmed took his entry exams on Stardate 2403.06.05, just in time to manage to squeeze into the summer class. Ahmed scored the tenth highest entry exam scores in the history of the [[Starfleet Academy|Academy]], a fact for which he is extremely proud.

He double majored at the Academy in the areas of Materials Engineering/Damage Control and Trauma Medicine. 

During his time at the academy, Ahmed joined the [[Boxing|Academy Boxing Team]], [[Sailing|Regatta]] and [[rowing]] teams. He took the Lightweight title for three of the four years that he competed at the Academy. As the captain of the Rowing team, led his crew to victory two years in a row. The Academy Regatta on [[Arctura II]] proved to be another victory for the [[Rank|Cadet]] Salid, as his crew and he took the cup in a ship named the [[Jasmine]].

On stardate 2406.08.02 Ahmed participated in the famed [[Starfleet]] [[Academy Marathon]] on [[Danula II]]. This grueling race saw Ahmed finish 221st out of 693 competitors. While not a clear-cut victory, he was pleased that he managed to finish the 40-kilometer race.

Prior to completing his Course studies at the Academy, Ahmed also took and completed his Bridge Certification Training, Command Staff Training and his Departmental Command Courses. The scored well in each of these additional course, a fact that would assist him later in being selected for the position of [[First Officer]] of the [[USS Champlain]].

Ahmed graduated the Academy Class of 2407 on Stardate 2407.01.22. He ranked second in his class. It was on his graduation day that news arrived of his father’s death aboard the [[USS Tripoli]]. He had sacrificed himself to maintain the containment of the collapsing warp core during the battle of [[Cardassia]].