My daughter was really hoping to be in the running for the trustee scholarship. She has a 3.97 UW 4.6 W and 35 ACT. Also, volunteer hours, etc. however, when we came for the school tour, the guy who did the initial talk ( not the tour guide) told me she wouldn’t get it because her UW gpa was below a 4.0. Has anyone heard anything about the qualifications because this sounds a bit harsh!
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We went on the tour recently and talked to admission folks while we were there. My son has very similar stats as your daughter’s and while I do not believe that everyone without a 4.0 UW is automatically disqualified, you have to keep in mind 15,000 students are applying and there are only 10 trustee scholarships. There are several students that we know of just from my son’s HS alone that are applying to LMU with those ACT/GPA scores so I imagine when you add together all the HS’s in this country there are probably at least several hundred kids with top 1% stats looking at those same 10 scholarships at LMU. So I’m not worried my son won’t be considered just because of the “B” he received when he was a freshman, I’m just skeptical because the math makes it a long shot.
Thanks for the response. That’s a bit discouraging, but certainly makes sense.
do you have to apply early action to be considered?
Three years ago my daughter with similar stats of 3.96 UW/4.65 W and 2370 SAT (old SAT format) got the Trustee scholarship (though decided to attend UCLA with a Regents scholarship).
@uclaparent9 does your daughter like UCLA? My daughter will likely need to choose between the two schools. She is really interested in LMU’s honors program and loves how small it is. However, UCLA is such an amazing school, I’m just worried she’ll get lost in the system (she’s very quiet/shy). Any info would be hugely appreciated. Thanks 
My daughter has no regret. She loves UCLA (though she loved LMU at the time too!). UCLA is definitely more challenging (academically)…even for very bright students such as yours and mine (she has to fight hard for every A), but at the end it could be more rewarding with job (or admission to a top graduate school) opportunities.
In UCLA your daughter has more opportunity to find activities which suit her best (about 1000 clubs to join). And with a vast diversity in the student profile, I am sure she can find her niche.
Thanks! Any insight really helps.