<p>yeah i actually didnt get the invitation to apply.
does that mean anything</p>
<p>OOS Arizona</p>
<p>...what does OOS mean?</p>
<p>out of state</p>
<p>anyone submitted their essay yet? I'm confused on the long essay. Are you only describing one leadership experience in detail?</p>
<p>if you didn't get the email is there a link to the scholarship application? Can somone please post it? thanks!</p>
<p>Deadline Feb13</p>
<p>In my long essay I recall I used three examples.</p>
<p>Anyone think that applying to these scholarships might hurt chances of admission? The reason I ask is because I'm a borderline applicant and I'd hate to lose admission because of a demonstrated finacial need. I know this is probably a stupid question but ya...</p>
<p>it will have absolutely no effect on your chances for admissions. Alumni scholarships are evaluated separately from admissions. The UC's encourage everyone to apply for FinAid, just in case you are eligible for federally-backed loans; they actually give a boost to low income applicants!</p>
<p>fwiw: unless you have a major hook, borderline apps typically don't fare to well in the scholarship competition; winners usually have high stats, excellent EC's, etc.</p>
<p>Sweetdreams is mostly correct on post #15, but some of your stats DO show up on your application. Your GPA will show up as will your extra curriculars and your essay. Please do not write a dumb essay because it will be read by an interviewer and in many cases the essay will form the "first impression" the interviewer has of you. Depending on the interviewer, he or she may ask questions based on some of the information on your essay, and esp from your extra curricular list. What none of you have discussed yet is that you will be interviewed by an alumni (we donated the funds for these scholarships thus the name alumni scholarships) and that interview is extremely important for your selection. Please don't freak about the effort of writing yet another good essay - as long as your essay is sincere, you should do fine. Simplicity goes a long way and sincerity really comes through. </p>
<p>The interview process is highly variable. You may get an interviewer that gets his or her take from what you wrote on your application, or you may get an interviewer that already has a list of his or her questions. I would suggest you list the extra curriculars that you really enjoy doing because you will be able to talk about those activities with the most ease. Quality is more important than quantity. When interview time comes around, be sure to show a lot of focus and enthusiasm and by all means try not to be nervous (easier said than done, I know) but the alumni truly want to help you succeed.</p>
<p>My personal experience: the interview was EXTRAORDINARILY brief, and when I was done, I was convinced I had not made any impression, whereas with the UCLA Alumni Scholarship, I really felt I had conveyed that I was an interesting kid. There were I think three or four interviewers, and they asked me about some things that I mentioned in my essay and asked me to elaborate. At that point (March? April?) I had talked about my extracurriculars so much that it wasn't that difficult. The questions are very standard, and my answers (I felt) were uninspired, but they did give me the scholarship, so---</p>
<p>Sweetdreams:</p>
<p>If you don't mind sharing, what were your stats? Did people you know get invited via the e-mail to the apply for the scholarships but ultimately get rejected from the school itself? I know the e-mail is in no way an indication of admission but I'm just curious. Thanks.</p>
<p>I don't really know if any of those who got the email got rejected by the school, because (at least at my school) none of us were excited enough by the email to talk about it. To be fair, most of my friends had already found out early decision where they were going, or were looking more at private schools than at UCs in the first place.</p>
<p>My stats were: 1600/800/800/780, 9 exams (four 5's and one 4; the rest still in progress), GPA a bit above 4.0...</p>
<p>Executive editor of newspaper, president of Amnesty International, library volunteer, chair of a committee that planned an annual student conference about community service, some other stuff</p>
<p>I know ppl who got the scholarship though w/ fewer extracurriculars. The important thing (I think) is to show how much you care about the ones that you do, and (maybe) how you plan to continue those in college</p>
<p>Doesn't exactly sound like something for an Eagle Scout with middle of the road stats...</p>
<p>in the essay, could we repeat some of the things that we wrote in the three uc essays? i talked about leadership a lot in my 3 essays, so would repeating them just bore them? should i pick other leadership experiences?</p>
<p>if you don't apply, you most certainly won't get it. If getting the money helps your parents out and you don't mind putting in an hour or two on the application and, if you're invited, an interview, then just do it. If not, don't worry about it. I didn't do it, and should have at least applied (given how easy it was), but I understand the feeling of how much of a hastle it is, and if you don't apply, whatever, you'll live.</p>
<p>ameer -- pick leadership experiences that you are most comfortable and confident talking about in an interview setting. Once you make the first cut, your interview is going to be your most important next step. Your alumni scholarship application essay is totally separate from your uc app, read by alumni, not adcom, so nothing will be repetitive to the alumni. The alumni will be relying on your scholarship app only, and won't even have access to your admission app. No, we alumni will not be bored at all and won't even know or care what you have previously written on other applications. Like I said in an earlier post, the interview situation is highly variable and how well you do, what questions you are asked, how long the interview will take is dependent on who is assigned to interview you. That's one reason to write about leadership experiences you feel very good about. For the most part, all the alumni volunteering to interview students for this scholarship are there because they want to help students succeed.</p>
<p>Good to know UCmama...</p>
<p>Anyone get the reminders to apply? I just got two identical ones...</p>
<p>yea me too
does that mean...you might have a shot at getting it?</p>
<p>i just got the reminder, they said i was a potential canidate...does this mean that im probably gonna be accepted to cal?</p>