Regents Scholarship Invitation--Good sign?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>So I just recieved an email from UCLA Fin Aid office with an "invitation" to apply for a regents scholarship. I received an email about the regents scholarship before but it seemed more like a mass email whereas this one specifically says</p>

<p>"Congratulations!</p>

<p>Because of your outstanding academic record, you have been selected to compete for the UCLA Regents Scholarship and other research scholarships for the 2011-12 academic year."</p>

<p>Is this a good sign or do they just send this out to everyone? And now I need to actually write those two extra essays ... T_T senioritis is kicking in, must... resist....</p>

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<p>I GOT THAT TOO! I’m freaking out because I don’t even know if I’m in the school or what, but why would they write that if we weren’t in? I’m so confused and scared to be excited hahaha</p>

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<p>Wait I just found this on the Regents scholarship website</p>

<p>“Selection Process
The top 1.5% of the entering freshmen applicant pool are invited by the Faculty Committee on Honors, Awards and Prizes and the Financial Aid Scholarship Office to compete for the UCLA Regents scholarship.”</p>

<p>YAYYYY</p>

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<p>ahhhhh im about having a heart attack right now! i want to know if this means we’re in!</p>

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<p>well at the bottom of the scholarship app it says</p>

<p>“Please Note:
Submission of the Regents Scholarship application does not automatically guarantee admission to UCLA.”</p>

<p>but it definitely is a good sign then :)</p>

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<p>baaaaaah too stressful!</p>

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<p>TOP 1.5%?! ARE YOU SURE?!</p>

<p>How the heck did I get that invitation?! I understand that I have a 2300 SAT and took 10 AP tests (not classes) in 1 year, but my UC GPA (4.17) and school courseload is average/below average. Those AP tests actually did something???</p>

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<p>Yes, it’s definitely a good sign. I don’t know if there are any applicants who get invited for Regents but don’t get admitted… it would seem kind of crazy to me but I suppose it happens.</p>

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<p>@ryan – here’s the website with info about the scholarship:</p>

<p>[UCLA</a> Financial Aid Office | CAL GRANTS | LOANS | WORK STUDY | SCHOLARSHIP | PELL GRANTS](<a href=“http://www.fao.ucla.edu/uclascholarships/regents.html]UCLA”>http://www.fao.ucla.edu/uclascholarships/regents.html)</p>

<p>and it says top 1.5% of applicant pool twice :)</p>

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<p>Oh my goodness… I totally didn’t expect this… and I thought that getting into UC San Diego would be a battle… I knew I had a chance to get into UCLA, but I would have never imagined to be in the top 1.5%.</p>

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<p>Yep… Definitely a good sign. You’re pretty much accepted into the university (I haven’t heard of anyone who was invited to compete but not get accepted into the school). Congratulations!! You should definitely be proud of yourself because it’s a very prestigious scholarship. (Priority pass!)</p>

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<p>I definitely thought I would be at least invited to get this. I have a 4.5 UC GPA. Oh well.</p>

<p>By the way, my friend received this invitation and forwarded me the email. It says, “The UCLA Regents Scholarship represents one of the highest honors awarded to entering students at the University of California and offers a merit award of $2,000 per year for four years.”</p>

<p>Is this some sort of typo? How can one of the most prestigious scholarships only offer 2K a year?</p>

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<p>@thankyou4flying – it offers $2k in merit based aid, but also offers to cover all of the student’s financial need. I think there are other perks as well. and I don’t think it’s based solely on stats either</p>

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<p>@petaandpita – That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification!</p>

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<p>Congratulations to the people that got invited to apply for the scholarship! There’s a 99.9999% chance that you will get in. To clear some things up, $2k is the minimum amount you get. With the Regent’s Scholarship they meet full financial need without loans and work study so for me, along with financial aid, it turned in to a full ride. Also, you get to register for classes before everyone except athletes and you are guaranteed parking and housing on campus all four years. Let me know if any of you have any more questions.</p>

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<p>For what it’s worth I had a friend last year who got the invite and didn’t get in. I also had a friend who accidentally submitted it blank and still got the scholarship.</p>

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<p>I got the invitation, but I’m not too sure if it’s actually top 1.5%. If they base it only on GPA, then no way I would get it. </p>

<p>I have a 3.75 UW, 4.3 weighted. (Not even top 4% in my school for ELC).</p>

<p>I do have high SAT I and II scores, and great AP scores. I think the personal statements where good too, but I’m fairly confident that I’m not in the top 1.5% of the applicant pool for UCLA. </p>

<p>Somethings iffy here.</p>

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<p>Congrats you guys! Are all of you California residents?</p>

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<p>i got the invite too :] i’m from CA btw.</p>

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<p>Regents and Alumni Scholarships are the two most prestigious offered by UCLA (based on slightly different criteria- Regents is top- 1.5% of GPA/SAT, Alumni is top- 3% based on a more holistic evaluation, and up to 3 different interviews). </p>

<p>Getting a personal invite for either is a good sign, so congrats!</p>