For years, her dream of studying at one of the world’s most selective universities felt out of reach for Rishika Suntharam.
That changed when the student from Nilai, Negri Sembilan, recently became the only Malaysian accepted into an undergraduate programme at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the United States for the Class of 2030.
The 19-year-old, who is set to graduate from her A-Level studies at Kolej Yayasan UEM in Selangor this month, will begin her studies in the US in September.
In her university applications, she not only secured a spot at Caltech, but also received offers from other prestigious institutions in the US, including the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Colorado School of Mines.
“I never thought someone like me – from a minority background in Malaysia – could study in the US until I got a scholarship,” she told StarEdu.
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