Last year it was a mixed. Some wore jeans but most were closer to business casual (ex. khaki and polo shirt for guys). It is a big event with a lot of people so no one really pays attention to what others are wearing. Have fun!
I wonder the same thing about the Regent’s Scholarships. They said at the NYC reception that it’s the top 2%, but when reading these threads, it seems like the many of those offered Regents are also applying to UCLA, Berkeley or other top Universities. And although my wife and I and my daughter all think UCSB is a great school, many in California seem to rate it below some of the others and post on this site that UCSB is not their top choice. So if many Regents turn down UCSB, do they offer a lower scholarship award (say $3000) to the next level applicants a little later in the process, to try to ensure those in the top 3-5% commit?
@PAparentoftwins No, they have historical data about the percent of Regents Scholars who are likely to attend UCSB. They do not have a fixed number of scholarships that they will award and a 2nd round of offers after some of the invitees choose not to attend.
The same is true of other UC Regent programs, including Berkeley. A number of those granted Berkeley Regents do not choose to attend Berkeley because of offers from high-ranked privates.
One other question. As my user name states, I am a parent of twins in Pennsylvania and from talking with my best friend, his daughter is in her 3rd year at Lehigh University, but this year, their son started college at The Stevens Institute in Hoboken, NJ. Lehigh reduced her tuition down several thousand $$ because they had 2 children going to college at once. So my son is going to Temple University, and we just found out yesterday that Temple does not reduce tuition like Lehigh did, but they told us to ask UCSB if they do. Does anyone know if UCSB does this?
@PAparentoftwins I doubt that any large public universities make deals to reduce tuition. It is a fixed price.
While financial aid includes the number of students in the family currently in college in the calculation, UCSB does not give financial aid to out-of-state students.
Thank you @Ynotgo. My daughter also got accepted to UCLA on Friday and part of her financial aid included a $748 “UCLA non-resident grant”. It’s not much, but I was just wondering if UCSB did anything similar…any amount helps 