<p>lovelines- Oops. I just realized that too. Haha. It's an alumni scholarship. Yeek. Thanks for correcting me :) I'm going to apply anyway...just because it's money ;)</p>
<p>HermioneTapper & lovelines:</p>
<p>Thanks for your insight :) Can you offer some more details on like the timing of the process? When you were informed you qualified, when you had your interview(s?), etc? </p>
<p>Also, the application's almost identical in content to the UC app right? So the main difference is teacher recs + new essays?</p>
<p>Furthermore, should it be okay if my teacher recs (2 teachers, 2 copies of each letter per teacher) are each folded within smaller envelopes, all included in the big envelope that I mail in?</p>
<p>Thank you so much in advance!</p>
<p>There are a few weekends that the website recommends that you keep free should you be called for an interview. I don't know them off the top of my head, but I'd check that out. After any given interview, you find out in 3 days or less. Most of mine...within a day.</p>
<p>Do you have the link to the application? I'm scared of giving you the wrong info, because I know some details were finickity.</p>
<p>What happens if one can not make it to the interview?
My D's schoool has a educational trip aborad planned for March 19-30.</p>
<p>HermioneTapper:</p>
<p>click "Download the Application" to view the app :) Thanks!</p>
<p>hmm, i just got an e-mail and i'm wondering if it's the same as the one you guys got. i dont think it's based on academics, though</p>
<p>first paragraph:</p>
<p>" Throughout high school, you've been a hardworking leader in community
service and extracurricular activities. Now you have an opportunity to
reap the benefits of your labor. Apply for the 2008-09 Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche Alumni Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes and supports
students from historically underrepresented backgrounds who add to the
diversity of the UCLA community. "</p>
<p>it seems like an email for hispanics/blacks who pass some kind of preliminary academic standard</p>
<p>wait, so although UC is aware of race, do they incorporate it in their admissions process?</p>
<p>i'm oos/minority, and personally, i think at best i am borderline.</p>
<p>I know many of you guys got emails. But I got a postcard for the UCLA Alumni Scholarship thing not an email. Did any one else get a postcard from the mail? Does getting a postcard instead of an email actually mean anything?</p>
<p>I received the Alumni email first and then a Alumni postcard later. It might be the same thing. If not, what does your postcard say?</p>
<p>one of you guys said, the ppl who review the scholarship
apps are different from those of college admissions.
So, they wouldnt notice if i used the same essays
for both?</p>
<p>
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wait, so although UC is aware of race, do they incorporate it in their admissions process?
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No, Race/ethnicity page is separated from the rest of the application. It CAN be used for scholarship purposes, but not for general university admittance.</p>
<p>IDK about the post-card, they probably just send it along with the email to make sure you get the notice, I doubt it's anything different.</p>
<p>college: I don't think they will care, they intentionally make the scholarship prompts similar so that you CAN use the same essay.</p>
<p>do you think they'd care if the essays are around 600 words instead of 500? ;)</p>
<p>I would try and keep it below 530.</p>
<p>...question for those who've received it before... so is the $4000-$15000 UCLA alumni scholarship a one time thing over four years? as in $1000-3750 per year?</p>
<p>That's what the app says!</p>
<p>Has anyone received a phone call reminding you to apply for this scholarship? If so, what does that mean? Why would they call you? Does it mean you are admitted?</p>
<p>I don't think it means you're admitted, but it definitely does imply that they care whether or not you apply for the scholarship. It's a good sign :)</p>
<p>Sometimes colleges call people if they think they may have had the wrong address, etc. For example, Michigan called me to ask if I got a welcome packet, and when I asked why they called, they said they had multiple addresses in the system. So that may be why.</p>
<p>I got a call tambien</p>