KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 8 -- Top Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) scorer Edward Wong Yi Xian has voiced heartbreak after being rejected by Universiti Malaya (UM) for its Accounting course despite achieving near-perfect results, The Star reported.

The 20-year-old from Bukit Mertajam, who scored a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 4.0, straight A's in all subjects and 9.9 out of 10 for co-curricular activities - giving him a merit score of 99.9 per cent - said all six of his applications through the Unit Pusat Universiti (UPU) were rejected without interview.

Instead, Wong was offered a place in Management at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), his fifth choice.

"When I entered Form Six, I had only one dream - to be accepted int...