<p>Do you know how these are decided by UCB?</p>
<p>top 1% of applicants based on SAT/SAT II and GPA</p>
<p>Wow that's tough! thanks.
I wonder if the're going to cap gpa to 8 honors courses.</p>
<p>"top 1% of applicants based on SAT/SAT II and GPA"</p>
<p>I don't think so.</p>
<p>ok......prove it</p>
<p>(might have to adjust my definition to include instate apps, they get the extra boost)</p>
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<li><p>For one, my SAT I + II (x3) composite is in the 3900s range, and I didn't get Regents.</p></li>
<li><p>There are at least two Regents Scholars living on my floor and they said that the essay and interview counted a lot.</p></li>
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<p>Um, no, it's DEFINITELY not top 1% based on SATs and GPA. I got Regents at every UC I applied to except Cal, and I was really surprised. When I looked at the people posting who had gotten regents app invitations, their statistics were not all especially amazing.</p>
<p>Oh yeah? </p>
<p>Well the single Regent Scholar on MY floor said his interview sucked and for his essay he wrote a short story that was entirely unrelated to him. His scores were perfect and he's the one who told me about the 1% thing. He had perfect scores and lots and lots of community college classes.</p>
<p>Regent's Selection varies by campus. </p>
<p>At places like Santa Barbara and Irvine, the selection of Regents is done based largely on grades, test scores, and GPA--all straight out of your application. You will be sent a letter notifying you that you have been selected for Regents and that's basicly it. </p>
<p>At Cal, a similar set of criteria is used (though the bar is generally higher). That said, your essays play a vital role in this step here at Berkeley and can introduce people with less than stellar statistics into the Regent's process. A few hundred applicants to Berkeley will be invited to interview for Regents. You must "pass" the interview to be offered the Scholarship. Last year, a little less than half of those that interviewed were offerred Regents Scholarships.</p>
<p>Hopefully this clarifies things a bit.</p>
<p>How does out-of-state factor into all this? How many OOSers get offered regents?</p>
<p>finemeal: explain to me why I didn't get even an invitation to apply for regents then</p>
<p>1600/800/800/780/9 AP classes/president of 3 clubs/executive editor of high school newspaper/community service/good application essays/4.36 at one of the hardest schools in the country</p>
<p><em>I'm not trying to sound like a </em>** here, I just want to point out that I personally feel like Cal's Regents thing is very unpredictable and baffling</p>
<p>Here's what the school says.
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Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship Program</p>
<p>Prospective Scholar - Review and Selection Process</p>
<p>Under the purview of UC Berkeley's faculty, approximately 1000 Berkeley applicants with outstanding academic records and personal achievements are considered annually. Each candidate undergoes a two-step review.</p>
<p>Initial Review</p>
<p>Every UC Berkeley fall applicant entering from high school and entering from a California Community College undergoes an initial highly competitive review based solely on information the applicant supplied on the University of California Application for Undergraduate Admission and Scholarships. This information includes academic performance (grades, SAT I and SAT II scores), coursework, academic potential, extracurricular activities, background, evidence of overcoming challenging circumstances, and other academic or personal qualities that would made a distinctive contribution to the campus. (Applicant information not supplied on the Application for Admission is therefore unavailable for consideration.)
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<p>The website also talks about the final review process, which varies depending on where you're coming from (instate high school, CC transfer, out of state high school).</p>
<p>This is the process for transfers, which I ascertained from the scholarship coordinator once I recieved the Regent's Scholarship this year:</p>
<p>First, only 4.0 students are considered, the rest are filtered out. There were about 400 of these for those who would matriculate in 2005 fall. Then, the essays and e/c stuff was taken into account to choose the final 20 Regents scholars. The applicatin review is less rigorous for freshman admits.</p>
<p>Being regent isn't that special.</p>
<p>It's better than nothing....</p>
<p>anything is better than nothing.</p>
<p>exactly...I'm glad we see it the same way</p>
<p>Definitely not top 1% by grades, SAT....
I got Regent (and I was VERY surprised), and that's my stat.
1450 best combined SAT I
800/800/730
now....that can't be top 1%........
btw, the only EC I had ever done in HS is 300 hours of tutoring. hahaha
and my interview? um.....It was like a dead-air 5 minute long 'chat' with a professor.
Then on April 4, 2005 on my admission website: "Congrats! You've been awarded the....."
lol. w t f?
maybe my essay rocks, but who knows?</p>
<p>"anything is better than nothing"...well, that's not saying much.</p>
<p>Is the Regent's Scholarship a full ride scholarship? If so, then it's DEFINITELY something and I'd really like to get it! lol</p>