Among them are Tan Juan and Gan Fang Wen who will both be heading to Cambridge to read Medicine. Gan Fang Wen have previously garnered the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) awards where she emerged Top in the World for Mathematics AS-Level, bagged the 2nd placing in Malaysia for Best across Four Cambridge International AS-Levels and secured 3rd place in Malaysia for Best across Three Cambridge International A-Levels.
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| (First row from left to right) Tan Yaw Bia, Leong Yean Long, Yeow Kin Yoong, How Wei Jun, Gan Fang Wen, Chen Wen Yin, Sonia Lee Yi Jie, Chan Pik Ee, Foong Kuan Ngee, Tan Juan, Aaron tan Wai Kit and Poon Shi Sum with (Second row) A-Level lecturers, Elizabeth Lee (6th from right) and Cheng Mien Wee, Director of Pre-University studies (extreme right). |
In regards to the Sunway A-Level programme, Gan said, “ The A-level programme is distinct from the other pre-university programmes as it involved more reading, more studying and a more attentive attitude from students who choose to pursue this pathway. A lot is covered in one classroom sitting and if your attendance is weak, you will need to double the effort in order to catch up”.
Gan felt she has come a long way because of her dedicated teachers. She recalls her chemistry teacher as someone who knows how to deliver, knows her student’s strengths and weaknesses and knows how to coordinate well. “The mentor-mentee system was truly helpful in helping and guiding students in their applications to their preferred universities’, she added.
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| The 12 students are prepared to embark on a new journey in United Kingdom and Hong Kong. |
Tan Juan who was class valedictorian for the A-Level Graduation ceremony and highest achiever for Mathematics for the January/ March 2010 shared, “I was heavily influenced by my parents to pursue Medicine. My father is an Anaesthetist in Sunway Medical Centre while my mother is a Nurse. I grew up in an environment where the interest in medicine was emphasised and in turn developed a passion for it”.
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| (from left to right) Khoo Boo Hin, Lecturer; Soh Hian Gek, Lecturer; Tan Juan, Gan Fang Weng, Elizabeth Lee; Leonard Chin, Lecturer; Chong Kok Foo, Senior Lecturer. |
He further added, “I am looking forward to the experience of living abroad and being in a new and stimulating environment where I will be dealing with people of high calibre”. In regards to the A-level programme in Sunway College, Tan Juan shared, “The A-level programme was interesting and challenging at the same time. The lecturers have been very approachable and always go out of their way to tend to their students”.
Joining the pair in UK are fellow course mates Chan Pik Ee who will be heading to Bristol University as well as How Wei Jun and Poon Shi Sum who will be studying in Leicester University and Liverpool University respectively to pursue Medicine.
Foong Kuan Ngee who is going to Heriot-Watt University, Chen Wen Yin who will be going to LSE University and Yeow Kin Yoong who will be going to University of Hong Kong; will all be pursuing Actuarial Science.
Joining them are Sonia Lee Yi Jie who will be studying Dentistry at King’s College, Leong Yean Long who will be pursuing Mathematics majoring in Statistics and Tan Yaw Bia who will be studying Biotechnology with Management in Imperial University. Aaron Tan Wai Jit will be heading to Edinburg University to study Biochemistry.
Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director of Sunway Education Group shared her experiences of studying in Cambridge University and advised them on some of the challenges they might face requiring them to develop maturity quickly in order to overcome challenges and realise their dreams.
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