Regents Scholarship at UCD, UCI, and UCSB

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<p>I have a few questions about it:</p>

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<li><p>How are they awarded? Do personal statements/rec letters/ECs weigh in or is it mostly/entirely based on stats?</p></li>
<li><p>What do you estimate the stat floor to be for receiving this scholarship from the colleges listed? Personal experiences/stats would be appreciated.</p></li>
<li><p>If test scores play a role, are the ACT and SAT considered equal? In other threads I always see people post their SAT but never their ACT scores. Are they both taken into consideration or only the one that is higher?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this. </p>

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<p>Not sure about UCD because none of my kids applied there but I think UCI and UCSB.

  1. No, mostly on stats
  2. SAT>2300+ and depends on major the GPA varies. I think my nephew and nieces, valedictorian but lower SAT, not sure exactly.
    3.Not sure, only took the SAT.</p>
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<p>Son was offered regents at Davis, his SAT: 2370</p>

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<p>Would a 32 Composite ACT and 4.0 unweighted be even remotely competitive at any of the above schools (plus UCSC, forgot to add that)? My transcript lists my “College GPA” as 4.33, but it’s missing the last two terms of my junior year so I expect it would be a little bit higher. I doubt I stand a chance at Davis and Irvine, but I still have a shred of hope for Santa Cruz and Santa Barabara. </p>

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<p>A 34 ACT might get more attention for he Regents. You have to remember that they want almost perfect scores to justify full fees. </p>

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<p>Small, shameless bump</p>

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<p>You can go to UCSC decision thread for previous years. Students will report Regents if they receive it and you can see the stats.</p>

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<p>@DrGoogle I had been doing that. Thanks for the tip</p>

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<p>Son was offered Regents at Davis.
It was based on Stats: SAT: 2370, GPA 4.0. National Merit Corporate Winner
Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>I just don’t think it is something you can rely on. You can guess and analyize but you will never know until you get your letter. 4,75/5 (don’t recall UC gpa) 2050 got 10k at UCR, nothing at Irvine, UCLA, UCB but accepted.</p>

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<p>Then you haven’t looked at many threads.</p>

<p>An ACT 32 is not likely going to get Regents. </p>

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<p>My son was awarded the Regents Scholarship at UCD, UCSB, UCLA and UCB. For Davis and SB both colleges sent him a notice early letting him know of his award and his acceptance. I believe Davis offered him $8000/per year scholarship-this was not financial aid, SB was $6500/per year. In the end he choose Berkeley and that was $2500/year. Davis and SB did not require any interviews, letters of rec. He was just chosen from his original application. UCLA had him submit an extra essay in early Feb. Berkeley had him interview for it. Hope that helps.
His ACT was a 34, His SAT subject tests were 800-Math 2 and 790 Physics. He was 4th in his graduating class of 500 and we are CA residents. </p>

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<p>@sunflowermom What’s your son’s major?</p>

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<p>He applied as Electrical Engineering at all the UC schools, but CAL has it as EECS</p>