Twelve outstanding Cambridge GCE A-Level students of Sunway University College recently swept a total of 14 Cambridge International Fellowship Awards awarded by the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). This is the first time that Sunway University College bagged 14 such awards, the largest number for the institution so far.
The students scored the highest, 2nd highest and 3rd highest marks in the world for various subjects based on their A and AS Level examinations in 2009. Out of the 12 students, 7 scored the highest marks in the world for a subject.
The 7 students are:
- Oh Coyin (Physics),
- Sarah Chew Jink Sian (Psychology),
- Kuan Kai Yuan (General Paper),
- Charmaine Leong Sook Yee (Mathematics),
- Lee Kin Wai (Mathematics),
- Chua Hui Ling (Mathematics) and
- Lee Jian Ren (Further Mathematics).
Oh Coyin also had the 2nd highest for Biology and Lee Kin Wai also earned the 2nd highest for General Paper.
Front row (left to right) Charmaine Leong, Jessica Ooi, Sim Hui Wen, Oh Coyin, Chua Hui Ling. Back row (left to right) Dr Wong Yoke Chen (Director, A-Level programme), Thong Ming Sen, Ng Hui Sin, Lee Kin Wai, Kuan Kai Yuan and Justin Ooi
The others, Sim Hui Wen (Mathematics), Thong Ming Sen (Law), Ng Hui Sin (Further Mathematics), Jessica Ooi Sui Ying (Psychology) and Justin Ooi Seng Geap (Psychology) attained one award each for scoring either 2nd or 3rd highest marks in the world for a subject.
Oh Coyin has been offered a place to study Medicine at the University of Cambridge and University College London. She was also offered a place at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Ng Hui Sin has been offered a place to study Actuarial Science at the London School of Economics. Sim Hui Wen is studying Medicine in Monash University, Sunway Campus Malaysia.
Thong Ming Sen said of his studying experience in the A-levels at Sunway “The A-Level programme was well-conducted and the lecturers were very helpful. The materials were very relevant and comprehensive”. Thong is hoping to pursue Law at the National University of Singapore.
These awards by the CIE were first given out last year and are exclusively for Cambridge International Fellowship A-Level centres. CIE centres around the world are only given this honour if they have established an excellent track record of academic achievers. Sunway University College earned this status in 2005.
The A-Level programme at Sunway was established at Sunway in 1987. Sunway University College belongs to the prestigious group of around 60 Fellowship centres in the world, and is one of four in Malaysia among the more than 1,100 CIE centres worldwide.
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