Are only freshman eligible for the Regents Scholars program at UCSB? Because I went to the website and it has no information about transfer students.
What about for UCLA? Their website says 600 transfer students are eligible to apply for the scholarship. So how does this work? I know you have to submit two short personal statements but when does this happen? I’m kind of nervous that I already missed the deadline but then it doesn’t make sense because we haven’t even received our admission letters.
I was accepted into UCI for their program, so I don’t even have to worry about that school.
Any help would be appreciated.
UCSB is only Freshmen.
Riverside only freshmen.
UCLA sends out an invitation, any day now. Then they notify winners a week or two after admittance.
Berkeley has no interview for transfers. They just send notice of the win a week or two after admittance announcements sent.
UC Davis, you have to apply in Nov or Dec. for consideration.
Merced, I believe, just sends winners a notice with general acceptance (no interview).
Irvine, I believe, notifies a week or so before general acceptance. Not sure if there are interviews.
UCSD offers regents to transfers, not sure of details.
Santa Cruz offers regents to transfers, not sure of details.
ACTUALLY, this would be a great place for ppl to consolidate all the processes at each UC if they get invited, etc.
Thank you so much @lindyk8
Well hopefully I receive an invitation from UCLA. How do they decide? Is it also the top 1.5%?
Yeah, it seems like the regents invites from UCLA are all over the map. Sometimes they start earlier than this, but last year seemed to be end of March. I know if you get the invitation, you have to get all the material together in about one week, and I think it includes a letter of recommendation.
I’m not sure how they choose. People who are lower than 4.0 sometimes make the cut and 4.0s don’t always.
I have a 3.91, so fingers crossed for the best. Thanks again.
I can’t see how any UC can determine how a bunch of equal transfer GPAs rank in comparison to each other, based solely on GPA. If there are 100 4.0s and they can only rank 75, how do they do that based just on GPA? They can do it with freshmen because they have weighted and test scores, but it’s not really doable with transfers.
So, I think they pick the top 1.5 or 2%, whatever their ceiling is, and the group will often include lower GPAs. From there, they choose the ppl who will be asked to interview or however else another UC goes about figuring it out. That’s just my theory, anyway.
I read something about admissions offices counting EC’s as points as well… I’m sure there’s some formula to be able to rank applicants, people who stand out, etc.
I’m curious what the stats are regarding transfer applicants who do get Regents, or at least have been considered for it. I imagine 3.9+ students.