Kuala Lampur, Sept. 18 -- Edward Wong walked into 50 years of turmoil in our public universities entrance process, which has been one battle after another over the years.

His imperfections turn it into a perfect storm. Wong is one of thousands in the overachiever CGPA 4.0 waiting room, whether with a STPM (Wong's path), university foundation course or matriculation, who failed to enter a course of his choosing.

Necessary disclosure, his score did not include mathematics, which is a cardinal sin to many, if one is dead set on accounting. No math does not tally for them.

The Malaysian curse, a surfeit of brilliant students that a method to differentiate them fails to exist.

More than 78,000 places were offered for the present undergradu...