Below is a list of people who have volunteered to be contacted if you have any questions post-workshop about your application or if you want to get in touch to ask something specific. To get a volunteer’s email, just click on their name. Please observe our online etiquette guide (find it here) when contacting volunteers – while they are happy to help, they can only do so according to their schedules. If you are looking for people to help proofread your essay, please give them a reasonable amount of time to get back to you. Huge thanks to all the volunteers below!
Interested in signing up to be one for USAPPS 2018? Watch this space for registration details.
Note: ADP is a general term for a preparatory program that is US specific. Different institutions have different names for it; for the sake of simplicity, we use the term ADP to refer to all of them. The institution-specific names are as below:
- ADFP, ACTP (INTEC)
- AUP (INTI)
- ADP, ADTP (Taylor’s Lakeside Campus, Taylor’s College Subang Jaya)
- PPOU, Foundation Program (UNITEN) – scholars only.
| Name | School and Class Year | Self Description | Ask me about | Preparatory/Pre-university program and institution | |
| Adelyn Yeoh | Mount Holyoke College ’15 | Penangite, former ASEAN Scholar, liberal arts enthusiast, Math and Political Economy double major, enjoys counterculture. Obsessed with my dog, Oats. |
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A-Levels at St. Andrews Junior College, Singapore | |
| Aishwariya Krishna Kumar | University of Pennsylvania ’15 | I’m a rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania studying Economics and Political Science. |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Amelia Yeoh Jia Min | Smith College ’17 | I’m an incoming freshman who plans to major in biomedical science or possibly neuroscience. |
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STPM at Saint Xavier’s Institution | |
| Annabelle Ooi | Mount Holyoke College ’17 | Random thought of the minute: I love Rocky. |
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A-Levels at Taylor’s College Subang Jaya | |
| Ayzvara Suntharalingam | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ’16 | Guy who loves soccer, good food and great music. Taking life on a day-to-day basis. |
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A-Levels at HELP | |
| Brenda Lau | University of Sheffield ’14 | A little crazy in the head (but fun) with a penchant for anything green tea! |
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A-Levels at HELP and Taylor’s College Subang Jaya | |
| Carmen Khoo | Carnegie Mellon University ’16 | An intended Statistics major with a possible additional major in French. |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Charis Loke | Brown University ’13 | Lucky to have had wonderful professors and friends, opportunities to grow and learn, and new perspectives on life throughout college. Write and say hi! |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Bee Chern Wei | Cornell University ’16 | Product of Malaysia made from crazy dreams, curiosity, fat, debates, laughter, friendliness, biology, creative writing, sarcasm, and downright silliness. Limited edition, and not for sale. |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Dania Annuar | University of California San Diego ’16 | I’ll try to answer questions of any kind, so don’t hesitate to ask! Just hoping I can help even a little bit :) |
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IB at Kolej MARA Banting | |
| Daniel Arul Nesan | University of California Berkeley ’17 | Prospective freshman at UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources |
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A-Levels | |
| Dayana Mustak | University of Pennsylvania, ’17 | Intended major: Psychology. Nearing the end of my post A-levels gap year. I love people, poetry and TV shows. Your average girl next door. |
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A-Levels at Sunway College | |
| Dylan Ler | University of California Los Angeles ’16 | I am a chill person studying in UCLA. I did quite a bit of research about education pathways before I came here, so you can ask me about stuff like that. Also, SoCal’s weather is the best. |
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A-Levels at KDU | |
| Elaine Yong | Sarah Lawrence College ’16 | A Kuchingite who loves God, people, pets and Sarawak Laksa. Passionate about human rights and incredibly thankful for the opportunity to study in the US. |
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A-Levels at Sunway College | |
| Elsheba K. Abraham | Johns Hopkins University ’16 | I’m a friendly person who loves to go on adventures and explore new places . I am very into dance (specifically, hip-hop) and also am involved in the campus Christian Fellowship group. I’m currently doing a double major in Behavioral Biology and Anthropology with a possible minor in Italian ! :) |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Eufern Pan | Duke University ’17 | I am of the first batch of Bursary students. I applied to 19 American colleges; accepted by 8, wait-listed by 6 and rejected by 5. |
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A-Levels at Sunway College | |
| Fam Kai-Cong | Bernard M. Baruch College of The City University of New York ’17 | Undisciplined vegetarian who likes to dance, sing, joke around, sleep, eat, fart, laugh, listen to stories, give advice, watch sit-coms, and have i mentioned eat? |
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A-Levels at Taylor’s College Subang Jaya | |
| Farhan Lokman | University of California Berkeley ’16 | Talkative and a sports’ enthusiast. I tend to look serious most of the times but I’m pretty friendly, I guess? :D |
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ADP at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus | |
| Hobart Lim | Yale University ’14 | This Tiong Leng Kia loves all things delicious and thinks there’s no better place to retire than Penang. |
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Cambridge AS at DISTED College, ADP at INTEC | |
| How Han Ming | Wesleyan University ’17 | I love storytelling in all forms. Come tell me a story to make me happy. |
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A-Levels at Methodist College | |
| Hwa Yang Jerng (Jerng) | Bates College ’05 | KL based. I play the anti-social nerd archetype, and have some experience in organizational leadership, information systems, business process optimization, and philosophy of education. |
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SPM at SMK Methodist (ACS) Seremban | |
| Hwang Sin Ye | University of Michigan ’16 | I like reading, and cooing over cute fluffy animals (but only from afar). I also hate using facebook but have recognized it’s necessity. Curse you, Facebook. |
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ADP at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus | |
| Iswari Nallisamy | Cornell University ’14 | Survived the odds of a rural poor background, low SAT score, and a simple resume to make it into Cornell. Believes in making your own destiny. |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Jason Leong | University of Pennsylvania ’14 | [insert smiley face] |
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| Jason Teh | Brown University ’16 | People affiliated with Brown are called Brunonians, not Brownies. :) |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Jeamme Chia (Jing Min) | Sarah Lawrence College ’13 | Slightly socially awkward, food-loving, traveling, Penangnite. I love helping people get from where they are, to where they want to be. Currently in love with “The Newsroom”. Go ahead, Google it. |
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IB at International School of Penang (Uplands) | |
| Johan Mohtarudin | Bates College ’16 | Found my way with a mix of sheer good luck and chance of stumbling upon another’s experience abroad. Would love to return the favour. |
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IB | |
| Jorene Ooi | Northwestern University ’15 | Part-time student and full-time slacker |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Joyce Lim | Wellesley College ’16 | I’m a rising sophomore at Wellesley College! |
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| Khairul Nazran Kamarulnizam | University of Michigan ’17 | Self proclaimed ‘Ally of Hope’. I am willing to help anyone if you don’t mind the slight eccentricity and philosophical banter |
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ADP | |
| Khuan Shern Lyn | Drake University ’17 | I look scarier than my profile pictures but I’m generally approachable, a pain in the behind and highly talkative. I read and write, too. |
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A-Levels at Taylor’s College Subang Jaya | |
| Koh Su Ann | University of Massachusetts Amherst ’16 | Frank and straightforward. Really tall. Outspoken and loves humor and sarcasm. And most importantly willing to help you achieve that American Dream |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Leong Yoke Peng | Northwestern University ’12, Caltech PhD | Mechanical Engineering/Control/Robotics major. Like robots, traveling, violin, and books. Love Chicago. |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Lim Sheng Hui | University of California San Diego ’17 | Lives by motivational quotes. |
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IB | |
| Lim Wei Jie | New York University ’16 | Interested in philosophy. |
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IB at Sri KDU | |
| Loh Kai Syuen | University of Pennsylvania ’15 | I love soul-feeding experiences— anything that cultivates the soul from writing, learning, having new experiences and meeting new people. Anybody is welcome to contact me! |
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A-Levels at Methodist College Kuala Lumpur | |
| Marie Wong | Oxford University ’16 | Chemistry major, music, photography, traveling, from Cameron Highlands but lived in 3 different continents and currently finds home in the City of Dreaming Spires (: |
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IB | |
| Mark Wong Siang Kai | Carnegie Mellon University ’13 | Nerd, outgoing, likes to have fun. |
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STPM | |
| Melwyn Pak | Brown University ’15 | CS concentrator; babels about anything under the sun. Coding/reading/chess/gaming is therapeutic and educational. Following terms will only make sense to some: Paulian, La Sallian, AYTR,Rover. |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Ng Hui Xin | Smith College ’17 | I’m the Malaysian who only found out what mamaks are in secondary school. My interests can’t fit in here – that’s why I’m doing a liberal arts degree! |
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ADP at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus | |
| Ng Jung Kian | University of Southern California ’14 | Ask me anything, and I’ll answer you something. If I don’t know something, I’ll get you someone who knows better at that something. |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Norman Lee | Princeton University ’16 | Studied in Malaysia until Form 5, got the ASEAN scholarship and went to Anderson Junior College in Singapore, now at Princeton reading Mathematics. |
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Singapore A-Levels | |
| Nurul Hidayah Hassan | New York University ’14 | Occasionally known as the Loudspeaker, loves Joel Stein’s “Awesome Column” in the Time magazine and believes that coffee is one of God’s greatest inventions! |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Ong Kar Jin | Yale University ’17 | Hey everybody I’m Kar Jin. I’m really into 3 things in life: food, education and politics… Feel free to contact me over anything really! |
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IB at ISKL | |
| Philip Z Loh | Olin College of Engineering ’13 | Philip imagines himself as a knight who finds more satisfaction in enabling others to achieve their dreams than working on turning his own into reality. |
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A-Levels in Singapore under ASEAN Scholarship | |
| Revathi Krishnan | New York University ’17 | A big planner and a small achiever. |
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A-Levels at Taylor’s College Subang Jaya | |
| Russell Pang | Drake University ’15 | Russell was in your shoes 2 years ago and is grateful for the resources USAPPS provided to help him get into his dream university. |
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A-Levels at HELP | |
| Sanggeet Mithra | Scripps College ’14 | :D |
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IB at United World College | |
| Shafiq Haris | Duke University ’16 | I like cats. |
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ADP at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus | |
| Sheikh Muhammad Sharrif | University of Iowa ’16 | I’m a rising Sophomore majoring in Actuarial Science, and I’m always open to helping out any juniors who want to study in the States. |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Stephy Chong | Pennsylvania State University ’12 | :D :D |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Syarifah Aminah Ibrahim | University of California Los Angeles ’17 | Self-professed literary geek, lover of modern art and good (often gastronomic) food. I’ll help as much as I can, where I can :) |
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A-Levels at HELP | |
| Tan Kai Lin | Cornell University ’15 | I transferred to Cornell University as a sophomore from Taylor’s ADP. I am majoring in Marketing and wish to minor in Communications. |
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ADP at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus | |
| Tan Kay Hwa | New York University ’14 | Econs and Comparative Literature(concentrating in Italian Studies). Hit me up for NYC and Florence stories. |
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A-Levels at Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas | |
| Tan Wei Jie | Rutgers University ’13 | Grad. Wishes to go back to school again. |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Teng Chan Leong | Carnegie Mellon University ’14 | Taiping boy. Normal SMK kiddo. Chemical Engineering. (Mildly) narcissistic. Friendly and prompt with emails, please don’t abuse me. And with this, I’d have 25 words. |
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ADP at UNITEN | |
| Teoh Jia Ying | Middlebury College ’16 | Pretty spontaneous, the kind that walks around barefoot in the rain, does cartwheels whenever needed, knows how to say wheelbarrow in 5 different languages. |
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IB at UWCAC | |
| Victor Tan | University of Chicago ’17 | I’m Victor. Old, took a gap year after IB, prospective econ major. Lack of sleep = All my life problems. Only Malaysian guy at UoC, dunno why. |
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IB at Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas | |
| Wan Khye Theng | University of Pennsylvania ’13 | Recent graduate from UPenn. Would love to help applicants through the application process in any way. |
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ADP at INTI | |
| Yatie Sulaiman | University of Wisconsin-Madison ’13 | I’m majoring in actuarial science and risk, management and insurance. Graduated and working at risk. |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Yeoh Chen Chow | Cornell University ’05 | I’m one of the oldies on this list. Happy to share what I know. Great to see many volunteers here! |
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ADP at INTEC | |
| Yeoh Si Ning | Cornell University ’13 | I greatly enjoy new experiences. I found US to be an invaluable adventure, and would love to help more people get that same adventure too. |
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ADP at INTI | |
| Yoshnee Raveendran | University of California Los Angeles ’14 | — |
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A-Levels at Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas | |
| Yugenderan Balamohan | Emory University ’15 | Photography, Politics and Nasi Lemak |
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A-Levels at KDU College |