Guys, I made it.
I woke up on that Thursday feeling exhausted. Of course I couldn’t get any sleep that night. I was extremely nervous. I performed a Tahajjud prayer that morning, praying and praying to god that he would answer my prayer today, the same thing I have asked for every day for the past few years. My mind was all over the place, thinking of all the possibilities that could happen and preparing for all the what ifs. I arrived at my school around 10 a.m. with my parents. We had a small briefing, and the teacher announced that there was a remarkable increase in school average this year in all subjects. I felt a slight line of hope. then the teacher announced that there were 15 people out of 84 people in my batch who received straight A’s. I felt even more pressured to be one of those people, as last year there was only one straight A scorer. Then, a list of names appeared on the big screen in front of the hall……
I almost cried. Alhamdulillah, I got straight A’s in my SPM.
Honestly after that, I only felt the relieved the entire day. My face was emotionless. I guess my mind was exhausted. i didn’t say much to people. My brain was still comprehending what just happened. Only at night did I snap out of it and became emotional again. I cried alone that night, praising and praising god for making this happen. I knew how poorly I did in my exam in March, but He still made it possible for me to get straight As. Alhamdulillah Ya Rabb. (still can’t believe it)
The next few weeks were hectic !! I was beyond exhausted. applying for scholarships and universities, researching programmes and requirements, submitting this and that and taking tests and writing essays. By the end of June, I managed to apply to the UPU system, matriculation, and 11 scholarships, two government and nine private scholarships.
Alhamdulillah, i managed to secure my first UPU choice, Foundation in Physical Science at Universiti Malaya, UM, and also Science Matriculation in kedah. For my scholarships, out of the 11 that I applied for, I was called for further assessment for 8 of them.
BNM, UEM and TM rejected me in the earliest stage.
For TNB, I didn’t get to see whether I made it to the next round because I missed the checking date (my fault lol)
I was rejected after the second stage for Shell and Yayasan Khazanah, which were online tests which covered our logical and numerical skills.
For TNB, I managed to get past the logical, numerical and logic test, and went to the group assessment. However there was no update from them after that.
For Sime Darby, I was called for the group interview after passing the several tests. However, I didn’t participate in that as it was held on the same day as the JPA-MARA scholarship. Now I feel like I should have just went to the Sime Darby interview as I was already in the third stage. I went to the JPA-MARA interview as I thought government scholarships were easier to secure, but I got rejected anyway.
Alhamdulillah, I received the YTP MARA scholarship, which isn’t really a scholarship as you had to pay back 10%. I’m here at Kolej Mara Banting as I’m writing this. I chose to accept this scholarship for now, rejecting UM and Matriks. It’s currently orientation week here and we have a bit of free time right now so I have a bit of time to type this down.
I also received the JPA-MARA Scholarship to also take IBs and study in the UK, but the IB program will take place in TKC, and I’d rather go to KMB than there. Also, I applied for an engineering course, so I’ll stay with MARA for now as they allow me to take Computer Science.
I’m currently waiting for the PETRONAS scholarship announcement too! If I succeed in getting the PESP scholarship then I would most probably accept it and leave KMB 🙂
Will be updating soon!
2 August 2022
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