YALE UNIVERSITY - INTERVIEW (Part 2)

PART 2

What should I do??? So, spontaneously I reacted as cool as a cucumber - (cool ker cucumber nih??*&^%$)

Hati aku kuat menyatakan yg aku mmg perlu mintak maaf secepat mungkin... nway, sebab dier dah start menghujani aku dengan soklan2 cepu emas, ku terpaksa tangguhkan dulu process appologize tuh...

owh tak ingat lak nak ckp, sebelum interview tuh aku beli 'clorets mint', obviously tuh memberikan nafas yg segar, in case la sebelum tuh ader makan makanan yg boleh memberi bau yg kurang menyenangkan pd mulut... -one of the techniques to triumph in ur interview...hehehe aca jer..

{modified version}- mane la aku igt sangat time tgh nervious..tapi 'giest' dier lebih kurang camni la.

Ammar: Hi Ms. teh, nice to meet you.

Ms. Teh: Wanna drink first, you might want a cup of coffee or tea.

Ammar: No thanks. (trying to be gentle...hehehe padahal sedap gak kalu bley minum tea time tuh)

Ms. Teh: Sure???

Ammar: Yeah,coz I have just taken some bread and drinks previously.

Ms. Teh: So, i think we can start our interview now.. {She introduced herself} My name is Ms. Teh Geok Lian and I had graduated from Yale - so many years ago. I am now one of the alumnus of Yale University and have had a lot of experience in conducting interviews for applicants who are really interested in applying to Yale...

Okay Mr. Ahmad, (she called me by my last name or the US called it the Sir name)...actually where do you study right now and what kind of program are you in?

Ammar: Oh, I'm enrolling in a special 1-year program called the ATU - American Top Universities ...{bla..bla..bla}

So, tuk meringkas kan...dier de la suruh aku describe diri aku..mcm 'how do you perceive yourself or how do you describe yourself or how do you see yourself as a person, are you a hardworking student, are you the kind of person who has a balance life, are you a well-rounded person...'

Aku pun cakap la mcm aku nih seorang yg holistic and well-rounded based on the fact that even though I excelled in my exams, but aku participated gak dlm extra-curricular activities ngn possessed leadership qualities..aku ader la gak terangkan pasal pertandingan robotics yg aku masuk and experience aku serta mcm mane aku mengatasi conflict dalam kumpulan..something like that lah...

And der satu soklan tuh dier tanya..'what is the thing that you considered the highest achievement during your high school/secondary school???' ( try jawab..senang jer kan)

Anyway, x larat aku nak menaip semua soklan2 dier..mmg byk gak la...

So, after a while tibe giliran aku lak tuk interview dier..hehehe..aca jer..the next half hour aku diberi peluang tuk tanya soklan2 pasal Yale...byk gak lah soklan2 yg aku bombard kat dier mcm 'how's the level of competition there???' and sebagainyer..soal punyer soal..last2 dah sejam dah masa berlalu..so, aku rasa dier pun dah de keje nak wat..or mungkin dier nak pegi makan lunch..So,

Ms. Teh: Is there anymore questions that you would like to ask....???

Ammar: Oh no, I think the anwers given are sufficient already.

Ammar: [tiba lah masanyer] ....Ms. Teh,I am really sorry. I would like to appologize for addressing you wrongly in the emails that I have sent you...

Ms. Teh: Oh, it's okay. Quite a lot of people addressed me that way..

Ammar: hmm...{ah, lega....nasib baik dier x marah - tapi mungkin dier saje jer ckp yg ramai org address dier mcm tuh- papepun alhamdulillah aku telah dimaafkan}

Ms. Teh: Mr. Ahmad, thanks for attending this interview. Nice to meet you and gud luck in your future!

Ammar: Welcome, nice to meet you too.

Macam tu lah lebih kurang flow dier..lepas tuh aku cepat2 bergegas ke KTM serdang tuk gi UNITEN sebab aku de kelas pukul 4 ptg...pagi tuh terpaksa lah ponteng satu kelas...arini pulak kul 4.20 petang bertempat di KLCC..aku akan ader interview tuk Cornell University pulak..one of the top universities...nama interviewer dier Mr Chen Chow- and I'm totally sure yg dier nih 'Mr' ....nak aku prove???...nih biodata dier...

Mr. Yeoh Chen Chow

• Secretary of American Universities Alumni Malaysia (AUAM)·



• Alumni of Cornell University ’05, with B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Eng. (Cum Laude Honors) with triple minors in Industrial Science & IT, Engineering Management and Information Science·



• Cornell Intl Students and Scholars Office Book Award (1 Intl Student Undergraduate awarded each semester)·



• Cornell Uni. William Einwechter Award (Best ECE Graduate).·
  
  



• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Elec. Engineering Honor Society.




• Asst. Secretary & Activities Coordinator, M’sian Mensa Society.



• Head of Sponsorship, Experiences 2006 Kuala Lumpur.



• Jointly Developed http://http://www.recom.org/, The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network. (2003-present)·



• Analyst in Accenture Malaysia.

and this (interview) will be another story....

Thanks kengkawan for the comments...sorry for the delay of this post...TQ