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Two Malaysians have not only done themselves proud but their country as well after they made it into world-renowed Harvard University s undergraduate school, Harvard College.
Both 20-year-olds were selected out of 57,435 applicants and emerged part of the 1,968 students selected. That s 3.4 percent of the total.
Muhammad Hamdi Ahmad Hakimi and Jarell Cheong Tze Wen will now be enrolled in the Ivy League school s undergraduate class of 2025, according to the Harvard Club of Malaysia.
Products of Malaysian education system.
Muhammad Hamdi Ahmad Hakimi. IMAGE: @lapetitemaligne / Twitter.
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Two Malaysians students have done the country proud by beating great odds to be admitted into Harvard College, the undergraduate school of Harvard University.
Jarell Cheong Tze Wen from Kuala Lumpur and Muhammad Hamdi Ahmad Hakimi from Kuantan, Pahang rightfully earned their spots at the prestigious learning institution’s undergraduate Class of 2025.
Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and the Ivy League research university is regarded as among the most prestigious in the world.
Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
As such, the competition to enroll into Harvard is extremely fierce with thousands of talented applicants vying to earn a spot and call themselves a proud graduate of the institution.
PETALING JAYA: The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) says it will rectify omissions from the list of private healthcare personnel who are supposed to be included in the first phase of Covid-19 vaccinations.
There had been reports saying that more than 1,000 private healthcare employees had been left off the list.
APHM president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh said it was premature to jump to conclusions as the group did not intentionally exclude any private hospitals from the list. We have rectified the list and updated the Health Ministry. Our association has the list of our members who have responded to us, he said on Thursday (Feb 25).