KB Schoolgirl Hits Perfect Score In US College Admission Test
By Liza Mohd

Bandar Seri Begawan - Charlene Bong, a student from Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Ali in Kuala Belait, has done Brunei proud by getting a perfect score of 2400 on the US SAT Reasoning Test.

This was no simple feat as she was among only 238 people who managed to score a perfect result from more than a million who took the test. The SAT test is the most widely used university admissions test in the United States. College Board, the not-for-profit association that administers the SAT test, announced that out of the 1,465,744 students (international included) who took the SAT this year, only 238 of them (or 0.017 per cent) obtained a perfect score of 2400. Amazingly that's less than one in 6,000!

"I am truly impressed by Miss Bong's remarkable performance on the SAT test," said US Ambassador Emil M. Skodon in congratulating her yesterday afternoon. "It's not only a compliment to her personal skills, but also shows that Brunei's educational system is producing students who can compete. for admission to the most prestigious university programmes in the United States."

"Of course, American universities take into account many other factors than just test scores when making admissions decisions, such as secondary school record, outside activities and the students' own goals. Since there are over 3700 colleges and universities in the US offering programmes ranging from the sciences and the arts, to professional and religious studies, I am sure that Miss Bong will beable to find a programme that suits her skills and academic interests. I hope her example will help show other students here in Brunei that the door to higher education in the US is wide open."

Charlene Bong Yin Siet was first featured in Borneo Bulletin in 1989 for being the first baby to be conceived in Brunei through the IVF treatment. Her birth on December 1988 at Panaga Hospital was particularly significant at that time as she is one of the earliest IVF (test-tube) babies born in Borneo.

After that it has been glory years for her with a long list of accomplishments which include representing Brunei in the Asian-Pacific Children Convention in Fukuoka Japan in 2000, Seameo Maths Olympiad in Penangin 2005 and the International Physics Olympiad in Singapore this year. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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