Malaysia Chinese who only score 11As offer Havard Palace

The 19-year-old, from Kajang, is the only Malaysian student to be offered a place in Harvard University this year. Only ONE okay... nothing to do with quota but Quality!

Lee, who scored 11 1As in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination, will be sitting the international baccalaureate examination next month. So where is those malay kids who score 19As or what so ever? Harvard or UM?

He beat six applicants to win a place in the university, ranked first in the Times World University rankings.

"It felt surreal. But once reality hit me, I was really excited for myself and my parents," said the International School of Kuala Lumpur student.

Besides the Harvard offer, which comes with full scholarship, he has also received offers to study in several other prestigious universities, including Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell.

He has not decided which university to pick.

Lee said he had a broad range of interests, but was most interested in gender studies and politics.

"The recent general election stirred my interest in politics. I hope to come back and help shape the future of politics or academia here," he said at the Malaysian American Commission on Education Exchange.

His parents, bank officer Lee Teck Onn and housewife Tai Yuet Kim, were overjoyed that their eldest son had received so many offers.

"I am proud of him," said Tai. "He was always curious and asked countless questions ever since he was 3."

MY SAY:

I never believed that those malay kids got 19As or stuff like that because its widely believe that the marking system for them are loose thus easier for them to obtain As in SPM, PMR & UPSR or even higher.

That's why we are suppose to write our RACES & RELIGIONs in the Indentity Card and etc!