
Allen
studied in Hwa Chong during his 'O' and 'A' levels. He scored all A1's in his
'O' levels except for his Chinese language. In Hwa Chong, he won the Top Performance
Student award in his faculty combination and was 3rd overall in his cohort. During his 'A' levels, he was among
the very top in the Singapore cohort, scoring A's in C. Maths, F. Maths, Economics,
Physics and Chinese, and achieving distinctions in the demanding 'Special' papers
in Physics and Mathematics. His 7 distinctions at 'A'-levels surpassed the typical
5-6 'A'-level distinctions achieved by President's Scholars during his time. He
was also a member of the school soccer and athletics team during his Hwa Chong
days, and continued to do so for his army camp during national service. He
was the top qualifying student to Nanyang Technological University where he studied
for 2 months before going overseas. During his overseas stint, Allen stunned his
deans by completing his 4-year finance degree in an unprecedented 2 years
(and finding time to complete 2 minors in economics and Information Technology).
As an Evan Pugh scholar, he topped the School of Business and was the top full-time
student in university - achieving a total of 42 'A's and one 'A-' for a near-perfect
GPA of 3.99 out of 4.00. Allen was able
to achieve his outstanding university results while spending 3 hours daily writing
computer software as a hobby. This was possible because he used very effective
study techniques to minimise his study time and maximise his exam results. He won the coveted C|Net's Shareware of the Week international software award as a student with his first Windows software project. Allen
created this comprehensive course to help other students achieve greater academic
success. |