<p>I believe the issue with Alumni schoalrs to be more than the promises made this year.</p>
<p>In defense of Alumni scholars, who were promised things in the interviews like my d, I would like to say: UCLA Alumni has fulfilled everything it promised to my student 3 years ago, she has given many volunteer hours to the Assn and to the school as required; they have given the scholarship $$ and free printing services. It is not free money, those hours must be logged and legit. It was the ONLY merit offer of the 7 she had that required service. Even the other uc that offered a larger alumni scholarship did not require service. I echo the above poster in how competitive the process was, and how my d looked at it was that ucla was recognizing her achievements like the other uc alumni scholarship she got with a research grant, dean’s scholarships and trustee scholarships she was turning down from other offers.</p>
<p>Sadly, UCLA beyond the Alumni office has taken away every perk she was promised or made the terms and conditions such that it was worthless: priority housing was actually only for one year (which was never said up front) and wasn’t anything more than res hall vs. plaza, no picking your own building; 12 points towards a parking pass (only works if you live far away, not for res hall or nearby apt), now priority reg is gone. This wasn’t her only uc alumni scholarship offer, and UCLA attracted her in part because of this scholarship and the benefits she was told about in her interview. As she is in graduating senior status for registration, it won’t actually affect her that much not now to have or not have priority. </p>
<p>However, as a parent, I think it is misrepresentation and unethical of ucla to change the ts and cs as much as it has. While it may have been unintentional on ucla’s part, the alumni scholars deserve for promises to be fufilled.</p>