<p>Although I'm pretty sure that many of you know about these great scholarships, I, unfortunately, am a bit confused on how the selection process happens when I apply to the UC's. I know that you recieve the award based on your performance (GPA, SATs, EC's, essays, etc.) and that you get the congratulatory letter along with your admission letter. However, I'm not really quite sure what happens after that, seeing that all the UC's have different methods of nominating a person for the scholarship. I've tried to search the individual UC sites to see how this works (as well as on CC), but I keep hearing varying arguments (like having an interview or not). But in all, I'm just going to make this simple and say that I'm really ignorant on this topic, so if anyone could guide me through the steps, clarify any points, or just give me a good place to start I would gladly appreciate it!</p>
<p>For reference, I'm going to be a sophomore this coming August, so I wanted to know this information (as well as a lot of other stuff) before I start a busy schoolyear!</p>
<p>Again, any piece of information pertaining to the topic is welcomed, thanks!</p>
<p>My daughter got a Regent’s to UCSD, Davis and Santa Barbara. The perks are pretty much the same at each, the best perk being that after first quarter enrollment, the Regents Scholars are at the head of the line when it comes to choosing classes. They are given priority over everyone including seniors. </p>
<p>As for dollars, the amounts varied. After going to the Regent’s Scholars weekend at UC San Diego it’s apparent that they are making a real push to attract the best away from UCLA and Berkeley. (It’s pretty much a given that if you got Regent’s at UCSD, you were also accepted at Berkeley and UCLA). So UCSD really sweetened the money deal to attract the scholars.</p>
<p>As I understand it, Regent’s Scholars are the top 1% of the accepted students, so in a class of 7,000 freshmen, 70 will be Regent’s Scholars.</p>
<p>Oh and you don’t apply. It’s just given along with the acceptance letter. Although UCSD made personal phone calls, another part of their push to beat out the top two. I’ve heard that UCLA and Berkeley do interviews. At the Regent’s weekend at UCSD, the Chancellor, the Provost of the college, many professors and other Regent’s Scholars were on hand to make sure that those given Regent’s Scholarships to UCSD were treated like VIPs.</p>
<p>First of all, congrats to your daughter on getting the scholarship! Thanks for the information, it definitely clears up some confusion that I had earlier, so I’ll do some more research on it. :)</p>