Few Regent's Questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hi,
I am going for an interview for this scholarship. I was wondering whether we bring reccomendations or not, i remember specifically seeing that we were not supposed to bring reccomendations.</p>

<p>I was also wondering whether the distribution of invites was determined by major and the different levels of the pools. </p>

<p>Finally, I read somewhere that UCLA Regent's is 1.5 percent of the applicant pool. Doesn't that make UCLA Regent's alot more selective than UC Berkeley's? I didn't get UCLA btw.</p>

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<p>about the letters, here's the exerpt from the USPHO Regents email:
...Scholarship Recipient Selection</p>

<p>A faculty committee selects Scholarship recipients based on information the applicant supplied in the admissions application, the interview discussion, and optional letters of recommendation. (Candidates submit optional letters of recommendation only to the interviewing professor at time of interview.) </p>

<p>Guess it can't hurt to bring letters; I think I'm definitely going to</p>

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<p>Supporting Documentation
Please do not submit letters of recommendation or any other documentation unless specifically requested to do so.</p>

<p>Excerpt from: <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/scholarships/schol_campus/schol_ucb.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/scholarships/schol_campus/schol_ucb.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Where did montecristo09 get his info. What should I do?</p>

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<p>Bring them; they won't hurt. In this case, they <em>are</em> asking for them, if you want.</p>

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<p>If you want the scholarship I would certainly bring them. I was debating it, but ended up handing over a rec that I knew was amazing to the prof who interviewed me. I think thats the reason I got the scholarship!</p>

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<p>I cut and pasted that bit about the rec letters exactly from the official email that <a href="mailto:uspho@berkeley.edu">uspho@berkeley.edu</a> sent me....it's the one telling students that they are prospective Regents candidates. The bit about the rec letters are towards the end of the email, so perhaps you didn't see it...?</p>

<p>The email begins with:
Dear montecristo09,</p>

<p>Congratulations!</p>

<p>On behalf of the faculty at UC Berkeley, I am pleased to notify you of your candidacy for the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship. This award is the most prestigious offered to the entering class by Cal, one of the world’s premier learning and research universities. Benefits include prestige, a monetary award, guaranteed on-campus housing, a Faculty Sponsor, membership (optional) in the Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar's Association, and financial aid advising.</p>

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<p>Aww, does this mean that if I haven't gotten an e-mail then I'm not a candidate? : (</p>

<p>For those of you that are, what are your stats? I have been searching all over and can't get a good idea of what a Berkeley Regent's candidate is like in terms of academics.</p>

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<p>dylpkls91: You can check out my profile for my stats; I'm not big on posting them up haha. I'll say >2300, 7 APs at the end of junior year, 800 community service hours (those are my biggies :) )
I first received the Regents notification by email, and then a package was mailed to me.</p>

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<p>Son got offered Regents at every UC he applied to (including Cal).</p>

<p>I think they mainly look at GPA and SAT scores (2300+ seems about right).</p>

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<p>I don't have a SAT score above 2300 (not even above 2000) and I'm a candidate for Regents at Cal</p>

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<p>^ are you ELC? What is your GPA?</p>

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<p>I am, but Berkeley doesn't do that, does it?</p>

<p>Well, my GPA is 4.0 uw and 4.54 weighted.</p>

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<p>So if I haven't gotten Berkeley Regent's by now then I shouldn't expect to? I have a 3.9UW/4.4W GPA, 2210 SAT, 32 ACT, one 3 AP and two 5 APs... ELC, CA resident...</p>

<p>Also, what about UCLA and Davis?</p>

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<p>dylpkls91: No idea. Maybe you should ask them if the email got lost or something? You seem like a good candidate..
I haven't heard anything from UCLA, and I didn't apply to Davis.</p>

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<p>UCLA regents invite came out around Jan 20, think letter was dated the 23rd and we find out if we actually are regents scholars @ time of admission
& you find out if you get davis regents @ time of admission also; they don't notify you beforehand that you are being considered like UCLA/Berk</p>

<h2>think they say something like "congrats regents scholar" on your status page</h2>

<p>berk also sends a packet of info with like the overnight stay information and official letter telling you that you are being considered...my friend got the packet but no email and she called and they said they dunno what happened to the email but she is a regents candidate so maybe that what happened to you?
good luck :)</p>

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<p>UCLA CAME OUT?
._<em>. Darn. I guess for some reason they hated me, because I got Berkeley's T</em>T</p>

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<p>At my high school, 15 people were interviewed for Regents at Berkeley while 2 were invited to apply to UCLA's Regents</p>

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<p>I didn't get regents for UCLA either, but I did get one for Berkeley. Only 3 students, including me, at my school are being interviewed for regents at Cal. I think only one person from my school was invited for regents for UCLA</p>

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<p>Wow..I guess LA is more selective then.</p>

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<p>also, the ones that got the Cal regents are the top 3 ranks at my school and the person who got the LA regents is ranked 4? I think....</p>