Top scorer jittery the night before SPM results

PETALING JAYA: Like thousands of other students, Noor Adeebah Mohamed Razif was extremely anxious the night before the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results were released.
It turned out the SMK (P) Sri Aman student had nothing to worry about - she scored A+ in all 10 subjects, just as she had visualised the night before to calm her nerves.
"Last night I was over thinking everything … but I managed to calm myself down by imagining the result slip in my hands with the perfect scores I always dreamed of," the 17-year-old said, beaming with pride as her friends and teachers congratulated her.
She was the only student to score straight A+ in her school, while 55 other students scored straight As.
Evidently, early preparation and consistent revision helped her tremendously.
"I studied on my own and two weeks before exams, I would usually wake up around 4.30 in the morning and study for an hour," she said.
She is currently enrolled in an Australian Matriculation programme and intends to pursue either engineering or medicine in Australia.
Another student, Tengku Sara Afiqah Tengku Shamzaini, could hardly contain her excitement upon receiving her results, rushing to hug her equally ecstatic mother, Suzanna Yaacob.
"I did not expect to do so well. I expected only a B or at best an A- for Biology and History," she said, pointing to her results slip of 5A+ and 4As.
"I hope to obtain a scholarship to pursue A-levels and later a degree in Finance and Accounting," Tengku Sara said.
In SMJK Katholik, cheers and applause rang out through the crowd when it was announced that Mok Siao Chi was the best student, scoring 10A+.
Her parents received the result slip on their daughter's behalf as she is studying in Singapore on an Asean scholarship.
"She is pursuing her A-levels in Singapore as she received a scholarship based on her forecast results," her mother said.
On their daughter's future career path, her parents said she would probably further her studies in either Engineering or Actuarial Science as she is more numerically inclined.
Lew Yu Jake, who was one of three students who scored 12As, was pleasantly surprised with his results, although he said he had always aimed for the best.
"I have to thank my teachers who helped me and gave me endless encouragement and advice," the aspiring lawyer said.
In his speech, principal Ong Boon Puah said the school's grade point average had improved, from 2.22 in 2014 to 2.03 in 2015.
The school recorded a 100% pass rate in all subjects, except for Chinese and Additional Mathematics which recorded 99.8%.