Hoping for the best: Chew (centre) consoling a relative says he hopes to be placed in a public university to keep expenses to a minimum.
TELUK INTAN: Form Six student Chew Man Fei had hoped to get into a matriculation programme so that it could help fast track his path to a public university.
The SMJK San Min student said he had applied and appealed to get into the programme three times but without any success.