<p>Some girl in my school that applied to Berkeley got the regents scholarship along with two other students. </p>
<p>Here's a quick rundown of her stats...:
3.5GPA
1500 SAT I
Non-AP Classes
Band and Journalism
No Volunteer work
No family circumstances (at least none that anyone is aware of...)</p>
<p>HOW IN THE WORLD DOES THIS WORK?</p>
<p>Well I have been stressing that the selection criteria was very "stats independent", for lack of a better term.</p>
<p>Anyways, I think that you are wrong about your information--you sound like an immature kid who did not get the scholarship trying to minimize the Regents scholarship or are looking for affirmation that the selection criteria is unfair to those who didn't get it.</p>
<p>Next time you make up the numbers, please be a little more credible....</p>
<p>why do you think i'm making this up? would a name suffice to make this credible? i'm just so utterly stunned at how random the selection process is... baffled...</p>
<p>^^Let me guess...you were not selected??</p>
<p>Anyhow, it is unlikely that someone with a 1500/(2400 I assume) would get into Berkeley. Apparently this person had a 1500 flat as well as well as a 3.5 flat. That means that you do not know first hand what the exact numbers were. Did your friend tell you about this?</p>
<p>There will always be exceptions however. Know that this person was chosen, if the stats are correct, for an acceptable reason. Regardless, if she is not top Berkeley material she will lose her scholarship depending on her Berkeley grades...</p>
<p>If you are posting this to stress how "random" the selection process is then thats fine. But know that all the other CC members have also stressed that too.</p>
<p>I actually am guessing it was 1500/1600, many schools, esp. top-tier ones, still only use CR and Math. Perhaps most of the schools she applied to use this, so when she tells people she has a 1500, she means out of 1600.</p>
<p>Secondly, if that isn't the case, my guess is that she's making the whole thing up. Definitely wouldn't be the first time it has happened.</p>
<p>You don't know everything about her or her application, so you have no idea about what qualities set her apart from all other applicants.</p>
<p>Wow... 1500 is a considerably low score for an SAT don't you think? Whatever the case may be, the Regents scholarship is very random. They must have SOME reason to have selected her.</p>
<p>Yeah, it must be out of 1600.</p>
<p>i'm assuming it's out of the 2400... because after 2005 was when they changed it, and i'm guessing the girl didn't take it that early</p>
<p>maybe she did have family circumstances that no one is aware of... If not, then she is definitely lying about her stats or her invitation for Regents.</p>
<p>Be happy for her; it's a great accomplishment. You'll have your own too, and it will do you no good to judge who is deserving and not deserving of anything. That's the way life is. Plus, she could be offering some great intangible quality that Berkeley could use.</p>
<p>What is the world coming to if we have to tear down others' achievements?</p>
<p>From what I know, Cal seems to be more stats-oriented than UCLA. The kids who got in at our high school all have very high stats (SAT >2250, Rank top 10). Several of these students got Cal but not UCLA which seems to be more holistic.</p>