Their much-anticipated goal came to fruition when the 19-year-olds were accepted into the institutions of their dreams.
After all, they have older siblings who managed to achieve it – Lau’s brother won a spot to read law at Oxford University in the United Kingdom while Inn’s received a full scholarship to study engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
“I focused heavily on planning, such as when to cover certain topics and when to work on past year papers. It helped prevent last-minute cramming of information, and made the initial struggle of starting easier,” he explained. In approaching outside-the-classroom activities, Lau and Inn had different strategies, with the former pursuing supercurriculars, which are activities related to her degree of choice, and the latter engaging in a wider range of extracurriculars. Lau, who studied the A-Levels at Sunway College, shared that utilising a few weeks of her holidays to intern at law firms, do research and read legal books aided her in crafting her personal statement for her university application.
“At a particularly low point, I decided to seek some sort of professional help, so I reached out to the counselling and wellness unit at my college. My Psychology lecturer, who is part of the team, helped to rationalise my thoughts,” she said.“To a certain degree, I initially avoided challenges because I was afraid to fail as it would prove my ‘stupidity’.
“However, my interviewers were very friendly. Even though their questions were extremely difficult, leading me to think that I would not stand a chance of getting in, I still thoroughly enjoyed my interview experience,” Lau said. She added that she is psyched about experiencing the Oxford tutorial system, in which students are taught individually or in groups of two or three by globally-renowned academics.“Having had the privilege of interning at a fire hydrant company, I was able to witness the struggles and successes of being an engineer. My appreciation for the design and mechanics of systems has grown.
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