<p>to any current Cal regent's scholars.. money aside, how influenced should i be by the regent's scholar offer? once you actually get there, is there a significant difference?</p>
<p>I'd like to know this too...bump</p>
<p>You can't tell regent scholars and nonscholars apart. But you do get some benefits: $1K, 4 years of housing, RCSA membership and events, faculty advisor. Pretty much it. Don't be that influenced by the Regents scholar if aid isn't important to you. Most people go off campus after a year, and there are college/major advisers for all students.</p>
<p>This is how it would go in a short Biography or Resume
".. xxxx entered UC Berkeley with a Regents Scholarsip, the most prestigous scholarship offered to an entering freshman by the university."</p>
<p>Your GPA, SAT & GRE scores may change and noone cares about them later but the scholarship is to stay forever.</p>
<p>do you think the Regents prestige will make that much of a difference after we graduate?</p>
<p>No, don't listen to Ijmom. That is one of the worst posts I have read on this subject. </p>
<p>The only real benefit is the aid as mentioned before. Regents scholars will have just as tough a time at Cal than the Spring Admit or the CC transfer (no offense to both). If you are a Regents scholar and decide to come to Cal know that the scholarship itself matters little to potential employers and the such in light of your GPA/GRE/MCAT/etc. Don't delude yourself! </p>
<p>However, the branding itself may help in your freshman year if you are looking for research/job with someone affiliated with the University.</p>
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Your GPA, SAT & GRE scores may change and noone cares about them later but the scholarship is to stay forever.
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See, the difference there is that your SAT, GPA, and GRE scores all help you get into college/grad school, while regents, while being free money, doesn't help you at all. In fact, I think being valedictorian or getting perfect SAT/GRE scores looks much better on a biography, as that is something everybody can relate to, not a scholarship that most people haven't even heard of.</p>
<p>No employer/grad school is going to care about regents because it reflects on your achievements in high school.</p>
<p>It's not like you expect your high school class rank or SAT IIs to help you get to med school or wall street.</p>
<p>The best part about regent should be the scholarship. My EFC is 0 so I got a full ride and it's pretty sweet. This was my reason to choose Cal over the east coast colleges. However, don't expect too much about the faculty adviser. I guess if you are lucky, you might get a good one and she/he probably can help you a bit. I personally didn't find the faculty adviser of any use and I haven't seen him since my regent interview. </p>
<p>The housing priority is nice I guess, but it's not that big of an advantage neither if you end up with not liking the dorm (like me). It's just safe that you can be sure you get the housing you want and not to end up with living in a triple in the units. </p>
<p>RCSA is a quite nice group to start with for people who just came to Cal. It does throw out nice events and if you are willing to commit the time, I am sure you can meet a bunch of really great people there. I personally didn't join a lot of the events they have (too busy), but I have heard really good thing about the association from people who are active in it. Also, it has a nice test bank that's only accessible to the scholars. </p>
<p>About the prestige ... I do feel like it makes my resume looks quite good. It kind of makes you look like the "top of the top" students from Berkeley which is pretty impressive considering how many students who have here. (we have more students than all the Ivies combine!)</p>
<p>emiko what dorm did you get?</p>
<p>wow, that was a lot of help, thanks guys!</p>
<p>emiko, what do mean by the test bank accessible to RCSA scholars?</p>