Too hard to enter there ... my niece said that we couldn't be ourself in the discussion, must show them that we are the best from the best even we are lying about our personality and attitude in front of them, but he got the scholarship anyway, so much money to spent ..
P/s: Sometimes many of the best student couldn't enter there because of their lack of communication skills, only a talkative person and know how to pretend a fake personality could enter there .. 

That's what I said about group discussion .. let's see one example, you are discussing in your group in front of the interviewer .. then you are trying to be yourself, your trueself is didn't like to talk but only voice your opinion in a simple way .. you give another person a chances to talk and you only speak for a certain time and didn't want to involve with the debate .. and do you think they still take you just because you have your principe not to try to be others? I don't think so, they searching for a talented and have a leadership attitude, not only the academic result .. perhaps you can ask every person that get the scholarship .. do they just keep their mouth shut in front of the interviewer, participate when the time come or they try to show the interviewer they are the best in the group? 
P/s: Got this tips from my niece, he attend the scholarship last year and he need to participate everytime in the group discussion even he is not a talkative person, and he said that he can see people that never talk much in their life suddenly talk to much just get the 'ticket' to enter there  .. everyone that have been called to the camp is totally one of the best student in this country, then how they will fight for the limited scholarship? Just using their result? Think of it .. 

Just sharing my niece story .. I'm not qualify to enter there but I understand how the intake happen .. really scary for me .. 

from told by ESU.. they only sponsor two student per intake (or per year i forgot) for medic.. n assume the scholarship as their contribution to country.. PETRONAS is not a charity organization to sponsor student.. but they are investing for each sponsorship.. thats from ESU not me..

Well i attended educamp last year and the vice pres said they give 10 seats for overseas med.

hafiz i guest u r an utpian..
can u tell in depth about the course BIS..n wat is the job prospect..
i just applied for it n dont expect to get it..but pet. offered me that course

Is Petronas really serious about this. I spoke to a lot of straight A students with excellent co-curriculum achievement and blah blah blah and they got rejected. Bumi and non bumi also. Does petronas know that all these Bright students applied for JPA too? Even if they really call the cream or the cream of the crop, I would say a majority of them will take up JPA rather than Petronas. The Educamp is another waste of money and limits the selection of candidates. Rather they should have a more spread out interview like JPA.

JPA is Government and Petronas is not.  Petronas caters first to their employees' kids and any balance would probably go to deserving bumis and non-bumis (80-20 like JPA?)  I'm sure they are not about to sponsor 1,800 scholars like JPA and considering the size of their organisation all across the country and elsewhere, the number of employees applying for their kids would probably make up three fourths of the number of scholarships on offer.  And to top it all, I know of a guy who only scored one A in SPM but he got a scholarship to study in UTP because his mom is a Petronas' staff. 

Another point I want to highlight but I don't know how true it is.  This is from a friend's friend so I can't confirm its authenticity.  Anyway, she told me her friend was on a Petronas scholarship.  On graduation, she worked for Petronas but after half a year, Petronas released her.  Few months down the road, she received a letter from Petronas to repay around RM100k they spent on her education!  I was like    but anyway, irregardless, I think all of us should read carefully whatever we sign, contract, bond, etc.  Read the fine prints.

And the case I mentioned earlier here, about that employee's kid who obtained the Petronas scholarship with only one A in SPM?  The latest I heard was he didn't get through his 1st year in UTP and was asked to repay the amount Petronas spent on him.  His mom is, of course, appealing the case.